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The other hotel in Toowong Centre, on the corner of High Street, the Royal Exchange Hotel, was also built following the opening of the railway to Toowong. It received its present name in 1903 when early settlers began bartering goods on the traffic island in front of the hotel. This island is still there, between the blue Toowong Tower and the hotel
Citations
Toowong History Group Inc; Brisbane City Council, Heritage Register Summary, http://bit.ly/2tcXOdW
Image Citations
Royal Exchange Hotel. Toowong History Group
Map References
QSA. QSA Series ID 2043 City of Brisbane and Suburbs Maps – A1A Series. 4 chains to the inch. Brisbane and suburbs. Sheet 1. 4 chains to the inch. Brisbane, Survey Office. 634532