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Overview The suburb of Clifton of the Darling Downs farming region in the Toowoomba local government area is a rural locality populated by 1,456 people according to the 2016 census. It is located west of the New England Highway, 49 kilometres South of Toowomba and 179 kilometres southwest of Brisbane. Its surrounding localities are Kings Creek, Missen Flat, Ryeford, Headington Hill, Sandy Camp, Elphinstone, and Spring Creek.
Living in Clifton The suburb has several primary schools, such as the Clifton State School, St. Francis De Sales School, and the Clifton Cluster Special Education Program, for both primary and secondary levels. The suburb also has a government secondary school, Clifton State High School.
The local library, Clifton Library on Meara Place, is open from Tuesday to Saturday. Clifton is situated six kilometres west of Bange's Airfield, home to the Darling Downs Sport Aircraft Association Inc. and the Lone Eagle Flying School.
The town's most prominent attraction is The Clifton Historical Museum which features a vast range of early agricultural tools and machinery. The museum is operated by volunteers from the local historical society.
History of Clifton Clifton was first settled by the Europeans in 1840. Its name was derived from John Augustus Milbourne Marsh's name for a pastoral run around 1844.
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