Drayton, Queensland

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Township in Queensland, Australia. Part of the City of Toowoomba.

The first substantial settlement on the Darling Downs in c.1842. The nearby township of Toowoomba expanded more rapidly than Drayton, and in the 1860s the centre of population shifted to Toowoomba, leaving Drayton as a southwestern suburb.

One of the oldest buildings in the Drayton area is the Royal Bull's Head Inn. The town also saw the area's first newspaper, the Darling Downs Gazette, in 1858.

Politics

Drayton lies in the City of Toowoomba a Local Goverment Area in Queensland. It is contained in the Queensland State Seat of Cunningham and the Commonwealth seat of Groom.

Royal Bull's Head Inn

1847-48: Inn first built. Founded by William Horton, an English convict.
1858: Currently extant brick and plastered timber structure substaitially complete
1879: No longer in use as an Inn, became a private home
1973: Purchased by the National Trust
1976: Ongoing restoration begun

The building now serves as a show-case of life in the 1870s. Some rooms have been maintained in their original state.