St John’s Lutheran Church, 32 Roderick Street, Ipswich
In the early 1850’s many early immigrants who settled in the Ipswich area were from Germany. Regular migrant shipping services from the port of Hamburg, Germany travelling to Moreton Bay, Australia began in 1852. A large number of the German immigrants were of the Lutheran Faith, and settled...
C. A. Johnson, Tailor
If you were in need of a new tweed suit in Ipswich of the 1880’s you may very well have dropped in to Charles August Johnson’s tailor shop. Johnson was 26 when he commenced business in 1876, opening his doors in Brisbane Street at the Top of Town....
Dr Eleanor Constance Greenham – Queensland Medical Pioneer
The city of Ipswich is home to many Queensland and Australian firsts, and recently a list was compiled by the Ipswich City Council, in an effort to highlight our wonderful early history. The Ipswich Firsts timeline contains an amazing array of interesting facts regarding the first horse...
155 Years of Municipal (Council) History: 1860-2015
Ipswich was proclaimed a Municipality on 2 March 1860 and this was published in the Queensland Government Gazette the following day. Attaining muncipality was a major milestone for Ipswich as the proclamation separating the Colony of Queensland from New South Wales had only been read a few months before on 10 December 1859. On...
Picture Ipswich – As Time Goes By
As regular readers of “By the Bremer:Memories of Ipswich” would probably be aware, the images that are used on this site come from a wonderful library resource called Picture Ipswich. Now with over 10,000 images, Picture Ipswich provides a unique insight into the local history of Ipswich – its people,...
Awards for Excellence 2015…….Student Awards
Calling for Entries in the 2015 Student Awards. Your school could win $2000 and be the holder of the perpetual trophy for twelve months. The purpose of the Student Awards is to encourage students from all levels of education to participate in design and heritage conservation projects that...
St Joseph’s Primary School, North Ipswich
The area of Ipswich is home to many primary and secondary schools, with several new establishments recently opening in the wider suburbs to accommodate this growing population. However, it is important to remember those schools with long and eventful histories, such as St Joseph’s Primary School in North...
The Ipswich Gas and Coke works, North Ipswich
The Ipswich Gas and Coke Company Ltd. was situated at The Terrace, North Ipswich, near the north bank of the Bremer River. The company commenced business in 1877 and was managed by a local directorate. The first gas mains were laid on 27 May, 1878 with the...
A Poppy A Day
The red memorial poppy, first sold in Australia in 1921, is a symbol of loss and hope. In the spring of 1915, red poppies were one of the first plants to appear in the ravaged battlefields of northern France and Belgium. Moved by the sight of poppies on...