Toowoomba North State School

1/12A photo for the main Toowoomba North State School building lead the front page of the Darling Downs Gazette when it was built. It cost about 22,112 pounds.

2/12Toowoomba North State School playground, dated 1962.

3/12Toowoomba North State School class, from 1916.

SOCIAL MEDIA IMAGE DISCUSS USE WITH YOUR EDITOR - One of Toowoomba's oldest state primary schools, Toowoomba North, will mark 150 years since its founding, at the weekend.

4/12SOCIAL MEDIA IMAGE DISCUSS USE WITH YOUR EDITOR - One of Toowoomba's oldest state primary schools, Toowoomba North, will mark 150 years since its founding, at the weekend.

5/12A photo of the Mort Estate School class and building, from 1876.

6/12The 1955 scholarship candidates from Toowoomba North State School.

Toowoomba North State School has been part of Alison Ingham's life for 40 years. She attended the school as a young girl, sent her children there, worked in the tuckshop and for the past 20 years, has been employed as a teacher aid.

7/12Toowoomba North State School has been part of Alison Ingham's life for 40 years. She attended the school as a young girl, sent her children there, worked in the tuckshop and for the past 20 years, has been employed as a teacher aid.

8/12Students and teachers from North Toowoomba Boys School Queensland. The photo was taken in the early 1900s. Picture: John Oxley Library

9/12Mort Estate School building, dated 1869.

Sir Littleton Ernest Groom was a pupil at Toowoomba North State School. He went on to become a respected politician and was the Australian attorney-general from 1921-1925.

10/12Sir Littleton Ernest Groom was a pupil at Toowoomba North State School. He went on to become a respected politician and was the Australian attorney-general from 1921-1925.