Australia’s refugee resettlement program is, per capita the third largest in the world (International Organisation for Migration [IOM] 2019). In 2015, the Australian Government announced the one-off resettlement of 12,000 Syrian and Iraqi refugees in addition to the annual humanitarian refugee intake of just over 13,000 (Bourke 2015). Most of these refugees arrived in 2017, effectively doubling the annual refugee intake. Many went to regional centres. This chapter examines one of those places, Toowoomba in Queensland, through the lens of social transformation (Polanyi 2021). Drawing on interviews with families, as well as stakeholders in the direct settlement process, the chapter outlines how successful refugee settlement is shaped. This chapter first discusses the context of refugee families’ settlement from 2016 to 2017. It then provides an analysis of the transformation in families over a period of three years. The community reception, response and challenges are woven into this story to highlight how the lives of refugee families are transformed. Finally, the policy implications for successful regional settlement and retention are considered drawing on this case study of Toowoomba.