About East Toowoomba
East Toowoomba is a suburb of Toowoomba,
Queensland, Australia, located 2 kilometres (1
mi) from the central business district. At the
2011 Australian Census East Toowoomba
recorded a population of 5,675. The east and
south of the suburb is crossed by the Warrego
Highway.
East Toowoomba contains the main Bridge
Street campus of Southern Queensland
Institute of TAFE, and two elite independent
schools, Toowoomba Grammar School (boys)
and Fairholme College (girls).
In addition, East Toowoomba contains
Toowoomba Preparatory School, Toowoomba
East State School (1887) and Mater Dei
Primary School (Catholic, 1917).
Toowoomba East State School is Toowoomba's
largest primary school with 950 students
attending.