Queensland Times on Trove
National Library of Australia allows free access to text-searchable digitised Australian newspapers through Trove Digitised Newspapers. You can save yourself hours browsing through newspapers on microfilm when you search digitised newspapers. The following newspapers can now be searched on Trove Digitised Newspapers:- Queensland Times, Ipswich Herald & General...
Ipswich – Heritage City
Anyone that’s lived in the area of Ipswich, Queensland for awhile would hopefully be aware of its rich and diverse heritage. But for the visitor just passing through, the significance of the city may go unrecognised. To test your knowledge of all things Ipswich, here’s a couple of...
Arthur Foote’s Ipswich Joinery
In 2013 Rev. Arthur Trevor Foote was awarded the Viva Cribb Bursary to assist him in researching and documenting his great grandfather Arthur Foote’s significant role in Ipswich’s early history. “Footprints in Ipswich History: an historical outline of the life of Arthur Foote, his family, and the Ipswich...
The Marburg Show 1887-2013
In August of 1886 the Marburg, Kirchheim, Glamorgan Vale and Back Plains Agricultural and Industrial Association were formed. (Farmers’ Association for short, now Marburg Show Society) The annual subscription for membership was 5 shillings. A gathering of the Association met in March 1887 and agreed to the...
Books about Ipswich
Picture Ipswich is a collection of historical images which provides a unique insight to the local history of Ipswich – its people, families, places and way of life. These images tell a story of how the city grew from its beginnings to the present day. The collection represents...
The Ipswich National School
School attendance was not compulsory until 1880 and in Ipswich’s early years education was deemed not as necessary as learning how to keep house or working to make money. Schooling at this time was either for the wealthy in private homes or church funded denominational schools. In 1847...
Blackstone State School – Gone but not forgotten
In 2009 the Blackstone State School was closed under the Queensland Government’s ‘State Schools of Tomorrow’ program. The school was 122 years old and held deep Welsh roots in the small community of Blackstone. As many may already know Blackstone was a predominately Welsh coal mining community with...
An Ipswich Christmas in the 1900’s
Christmas in the 1900’s in Ipswich was a special time with The Queensland Times running advertisements throughout November and December for local businesses to encourage local residents to purchase from their wide selection of gifts for the family. Presents varied with each mother, father, wife, son, daughter, sister...
Women and Sport in Ipswich 1880 – 1939.
In the late 1800’s sport was very much a man’s world. Society women were just beginning to get involved in passive and gentile sports like croquet, lawn bowls, tennis and golf which were seen to be beneficial to one’s health and allowed one to still keep ones femininity....