Men's Toilet, Russell Street, Toowoomba, Public toilet heritage site in Russell Street, Toowoomba, Australia

Men's Toilet is a small free-standing brick urinal on Russell Street, opposite Toowoomba railway station. It has a single arched entrance and a decorative street facade, and stands as a transitional design between the iron pissoir and a fully enclosed toilet building. The urinal stalls originally drained to a nearby drain, while the closet was cleaned by a pan service until the whole structure was connected to the sewerage system in 1926.

Built in 1919, the urinal replaced iron street urinals that the council had recommended removing in 1918. Its stalls drained to a nearby drain, while the closet was cleaned by a pan service until the whole structure was connected to the sewerage system in 1926. The manhole covers at the rear may date from that connection.

The Russell Street urinal was built as a men's facility only; women had no public toilet there, and in 1931 the Country Women's Association lobbied the council for lavatory accommodation for women and children without result, so the women opened CWA Rest Rooms in Margaret Street that year.

The urinal stands on Russell Street directly opposite the Toowoomba railway station, at the city end of the station precinct, so it can be reached on foot from both the platforms and the main shopping streets. It is a small free-standing building set back from the footpath; the street facade and the palm trees at the rear are the parts a passer-by can see.

The 1919 urinal was a transitional design between the decorated iron pissoirs of Brisbane and the fully enclosed toilet building. Its unsigned plans were probably drawn by Toowoomba City Engineer Mr Creagh, and the manhole covers at the rear may date from the 1926 sewer connection.