History behind the naming of Rogers Drive and Motee Crt at Highfields

Have you ever wondered where the Street Names in Highfields for Rogers Drive and Motee Crt came from? Rogers Drive runs behind the Highfields Village Shopping Centre and the Highfields Cultural Centre and behind the Rogers Reserve from Highfields Road through to Polzin Road and Motee Crt comes off Merritt St (from Rogers Drive).
These street names are named after the former owners of this land, Mr & Mrs Charles & Motee Rogers who were well known Toowoomba Musicians and ran the successful Midlands Poll-Hereford Stud on the surrounding land many years ago. They were also part owners of "Rogers Bros" which was one of the largest Milk Vendors in Queensland and a Toowoomba business.
Mr and Mrs Rogers bequested the land for Preserve Charles & Motee Rogers Bushland Reserve at Highfields to the Crows Nest Shire Council after lengthy discussions and agreements, to ensure that this patch of remnant vegetation would be preserved for future generations to come. Mr and Mrs Rogers donated the rest of their land (which is now Highfields Village Estate) to the Royal Flying Doctors Service. They were very generous people. Out of respect for this generous donation and for the memory of Mr and Mrs Rogers we owe it to them as a community, to do whatever we can to continue to honour and preserve this environment and not forget about the significance of this bequest.

Motee Court and Rogers Drive street signs at Highfields, named after Charles and Motee Rogers.