Looking Back with Picture Ipswich – Our Eastern Suburbs
The Ipswich Library and Information Service recently held a “Looking Back with Picture Ipswich” session at the Redbank Plaza Library. Several staff members were involved with this presentation and the main focus was on the eastern suburb images that are currently available through Picture Ipswich. The session...
A Sapper, an Officer and a Gentleman
If you like exploring military history and family history then find some time to read an interesting book written by Ipswich local, Terence King. Terence recently donated a copy of his book – “A Sapper, An Officer and A Gentleman: the Story of Lieutenant Charles William King...
Marburg
The following is an article from the Brisbane Courier in 1907 explaining how Marburg came to get its name THE NAME OF MARBURG MARBURG WAS NAMED after a town in Germany, but it seems it got the name in a rather peculiar way. HERE IS THE STORY –...
Looking Back with Picture Ipswich – Our Eastern Suburbs
Picture Ipswich was launched in May 2008 and is an online resource containing a collection of historical images, documents and oral histories of people and places in Ipswich. Local history enthusiasts are invited to attend a free “Looking Back with Picture Ipswich” session at the Redbank Plaza Library...
Identifying our history through Picture Ipswich
Picture Ipswich is an online database of images operated by the Ipswich Library and Information Service which captures the lifestyle and history of Ipswich. Many of the images in Picture Ipswich have been kindly provided by the community. The picture below was taken in 1972 at the 4IP...
Ipswich Show
It’s that time of year again, the weather starts to turn cooler as autumn nears its end and we eagerly await the Ipswich Show. It has been a long held tradition to showcase the region’s best produce. The very first Ipswich Show was held on Wednesday, April...
“From controversy to cutting edge”
We have a new addition to our Local History Room collection in the form of a colourful hardcover book detailing the history of the F-111 jets in Australian service, written by Mark Lax. Titled “From controversy to cutting edge”, this beautiful book covers the history of the jet...
Our own castle
Lewis Thomas was born in Wales in 1832 and started his working life in a woollen mill at the very young age of eight. He went on to work in coal and lead mines and in iron works. He emigrated to Australia in 1859 hoping to make...
Electricity comes to Ipswich
At 8:30 PM on Saturday 26th March 2011, lights will switch off around the globe for Earth Hour. While you are sitting in the dark during Earth Hour, consider Ipswich residents of less than a century ago who had never had the experience of instant light at a...