Spotlight on Toora
Key Points in History
Date | Key Point |
1850 | Buchanan brothers set up a sawmill in Muddy Creek (near present day Toora) |
1850 | Small settlement set up in Muddy Creek |
1876 | Toora's name was established East of Muddy Creek |
1880 | The Franklin River school was opened on the property of settler John O'Dea |
1884 | Minimg began (ended 1942) |
1889 | the settlement and school was named Toora |
1892 | The Great Southern Railway was extended from Leongatha to Toora |
1892 | Toora and Welshpool Pioneer newspaper was started by Randolph Bedford |
1893 | A dairy factory was opened in 1893 |
1907 | Tin Mine School opened, (Closed 1967) |
1914 | Public hospital opened |
1928 | Toora had public baths on Muddy Creek Upstream from the watery sediment |
1970 | A half sized Olympic Pool replaced the Muddy Creek Baths |
2001 | Wind turnbines installed in the hills |