![]() ![]() Travers Goff was appointed manager of the Australian Joint Stock Bank in Herbert Street, Allora and arrived in the town in 1905. Another interesting building is Reppels B&B in Drayton Street which was originally the Reppel's Bakery and Temperance Boarding House, a charming timber building constructed by Henry Reppel in the mid-1880s. Of particular interest are both the Australian Joint Stock Bank and the Queensland National Bank building both of which are constructed in timber and remarkably elegant. The old Shire Hall, now part of the Allora Museum, is distinctive. Both St David's Anglican Church (1888 and listed on the Queensland heritage register) and St Patrick's Church, an elegant wooden Roman Catholic church (1898), are fine examples of timber country churches. This is one of the prettiest and most historically interesting towns in the Darling Downs. Get your bearings from a large Town Map on the corner of Muir and Herbert Streets and make sure, at the very minimum, that you walk the length of Herbert Street, Drayton Street and Warwick Street. There is no better way to explore Allora than to walk around the streets pausing at the numerous buildings (there are over 30 sites) which have small, informative plaques outside. on Sundays but can be opened at other times by contacting (07) 4666 3185. This second museum, previously the town's courthouse and very modestly constructed from timber, was built in 1860. ^ TOP Things to See and Doįew towns can claim to have two museums but Allora has a rather handsome building (the Old Shire Hall) on the corner of Forde and Warwick Streets which specialises in reading facilities and special displays and a second museum (the original museum) where the town's most important attraction is a replica of the Talgai skull, an Aboriginal cranium estimated to be 9,000 - 10,000 years old. It fits because the Dalrymple Creek can be very swampy. In the case of Allora there is some evidence that there was a word in the local Aboriginal language - 'gnallorah' meaning 'swampy place'. Often the origin of a town's name is pure guesswork. LocationĪllora is located 158 km south-west of Brisbane, 25 km south of Toowoomba and 467 m above sea level. ![]() It is located at the point where the New England Highway crosses Dalrymple Creek. ![]() Known as 'The best little town on the Darling Downs'.Īllora, known as the 'Best little town on the Downs', is a genuinely charming and interesting small, rural settlement with a large number of well preserved historic buildings. ![]()
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