History
The Rotary Club of Toowoomba is Toowoomba’s oldest Rotary Club. The Club.was Chartered on 6 October 1930 and was sponsored by the Rotary Club of Brisbane. In turn the Rotary Club of Toowoomba sponsored the Rotary Club of Toowoomba City, the Rotary Club of Toowoomba Garden City, the Rotary Club of Toowoomba South, the Rotary Club of Ipswich, the Rotary Club of Gatton & Lockyer and the Rotary Club of Dalby.
Rotary Charter (588 KB)
50 Years on the Downs (4246 KB)
Since 1986 the Rotary Club of Toowoomba has established a sister Club relationship with the Rotary Club of Mitsukaido (Japan) in District 2820. In the late 1980s and early 1990s the Rotary Club of Toowoomba also had a Charter of Association with the Tsuruga Rotary Club in Japan.
The Rotary Club of Toowoomba celebrated its 60th Anniversary in 1990 with an Anniversary Dinner with special guests Sir Clem Renouf and Clive Berghofer MLA. Over 255 Rotarians, their partners and past members and their partners attended.
60th Anniversary (1369 KB)
Two major programs were launched in the 1990s. The inaugural Pride of Workmanship Awards were presented at a Club meeting in April 1992 and The Bowel Scan Awareness Programme began in May 1999.
Images from our 80th Birthday Celebrations in October 2010.
Presidents & Secretaries Honour Board:
| YEAR | PRESIDENTS | SECRETARIES | YEAR | PRESIDENTS | SECRETARIES | |
| 1930 | F.J. Paterson | O. Fowler | 1980 | W.J. Fagg | K.J. Quirk | |
| 1931 | F.J. Paterson | K. MacFarlane | 1981 |
H.F. Driver |
H.J. Smekel |
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| 1932 | J.W. Rosbrook | K. MacFarlane | 1982 |
R.H. Poulton |
H. Fowler & B. Townsend |
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| 1933 | K. MacFarlane | O. Fowler | 1983 | N.W. Brampton |
W.J. Scattini |
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| 1934 | T.P. Connolly | T.W. Duffill | 1984 | R.A. Arnold |
R.F. Taylor |
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| 1935 | F. Gillespie | N.G. Hatton | 1985 | D.S. Stevens |
N. Backman |
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| 1936 | C. Fortescue | N.G. Hatton | 1986 | R.W.A. Morrison |
B.R. Carter |
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| 1937 | D. McInnes | N.G. Hatton | 1987 | E.G. Potts |
B.J. Vettiger |
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| 1938 | D.H.Stewart | N.G. Hatton | 1988 | A.N. Fuss |
N. Backman |
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| 1939 | J.W. Armitage | C.B. Nixon | 1989 | E. T. Evrat | P.B. Taylor |
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| 1940 | A.A. Griffiths | C.B. Nixon | 1990 | L.T. Statham |
A. Mladenovic |
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| 1941 | E. Clay | C.B. Nixon | 1991 | N. Backman |
P.M. Fleming |
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| 1942 | E.E. Gold | C.B. Nixon | 1992 | R.F. Taylor |
B.J. Vettiger |
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| 1943 | B.L. Pumfrey | C.B. Nixon | 1993 | B. Manning |
N.J. Smart |
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| 1944 | A. Collins | C.B. Nixon | 1994 | M.T.M. Bond |
R.J. Scott |
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| 1945 | G.R. Harrington | C.B. Nixon | 1995 | A. Mladenovic |
D.J. Whitehill |
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| 1946 | C.B. Nixon | G.R.Harrington | 1996 | P.M. Fleming |
W.M. Strong |
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| 1947 | Morgan H. Simon | R.H. Trethewey | 1997 | R.J. McKeon |
P.J. Emerson |
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| 1948 | A.E. King | M.P. Champion | 1998 | R.J. Scott |
P.G. Haddon |
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| 1949 | K.G. Jefferies | W.O. Kinane | 1999 | R.J. Inglis |
S.M. Antonio |
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| 1950 | S.S. Webb | W.O. Kinane | 2000 | D. Whitehill |
T. Davis |
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| 1951 | A.E. Lavers | J.F. McConachie | 2001 | E. Wildman |
P. Russell |
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| 1952 | H.G. Jones | J.F. McConachie | 2002 | T. Davis |
D. Snow |
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| 1953 | R. Weppner | J.F. McConachie | 2003 | J. Petriwskyj |
D. Collyer |
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| 1954 | N.W. Evans | D.J. Robinson | 2004 | D. Snow |
J. Collard |
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| 1955 | C.T. Shannon | F.C. Sanders | 2005 | P. Russell |
S. Tanzer |
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| 1956 | D.J. Robinson | F.C. Sanders | 2006 | M. Liebke |
J. Young |
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| 1957 | W. Thompson | W.M. Simon | 2007 | M.M. Wheatley |
J. Collard |
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| 1958 | F.C. Sanders | J.B. McKinstry | 2008 | S. Brown |
S. Doyle |
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| 1959 | W.M. Simon | L.A. Butt | 2009 | W. Armagnacq |
D. Hamilton |
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| 1960 | J.B. McKinstry | J.F. Pigott | 2010 | A. Tilly |
S. Searston |
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| 1961 | R.T. Donovan | A.J. Millroy | 2011 | G. Adamson |
G. James |
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| 1962 | J.F. Pigott | A.R. Feil | 2012 | S. Doyle |
S. Brown |
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| 1963 | L.A. Butt | L.A.S. Carson | 2013 | N.J. Beaman |
A.B. Mullen |
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| 1964 | C.H. Newnham | T.R. Blomeley | 2014 | M. Norman |
A.Twiddle |
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| 1965 | S.H. Owen | P.C. Snow | 2015 | S. Searston |
T. Blakeley & A. Mladen |
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| 1966 | K.C.Bailey | T.R. Blomeley | 2016 | R. McCormack |
C. Clark |
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| 1967 | J.R. Hockings | D.P. Pollock | 2017 | A. Thomas |
A. Mladen |
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| 1968 | J.F. McConachie | A.I. Myers | 2018 | C. Clark |
S. Rooney |
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| 1969 | H.B. Jarnesen | M. Coughlan | 2019 | D. Snow |
S. Roberts |
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| 1970 | A. Kerr | G.W. King | ||||
| 1971 | R.J. Sellars | G.W. King | ||||
| 1972 | J.L. Drummond | E. Thorne | ||||
| 1973 | K.W. Hutchison | E.T. Evrat | ||||
| 1974 | P.C. Snow | H.F. Driver | ||||
| 1975 | B.N. Burton | B.D. Hinchliffe | ||||
| 1976 | P.W. O'Brien | K.W. Kyle | ||||
| 1977 | H.J. Smekel | D.S. Stevens | ||||
| 1978 | L.N. Clyde | J.F. Reed | ||||
| 1979 | G.C. Vandersee | M.T.M. Bond |
| E.T. Evrat |
| E.T. Evrat |
| E.T. Evrat |
| E.T. Evrat |