Boody’s Store – Hungry Flats – Brassall
William Boody was born in Queensland in 1901. His first employment was at Cribb & Footes Department Store as a clerk. At the age of 21 his position was terminated as was the practice at the time because full adult wages had to be paid once you were...
Biggingee Sorabjee Poochee – Ipswich photographer
Biggingee Sorabjee Poochee was born in Bombay, India where he opened his first photography business in a studio on Military Square Lane. It is thought that Poochee first made his way to Australia in the early 1860’s upon which he married Mary Ann Williams in Parramatta, New South Wales....
Looking Back at Ipswich’s Fascinating Past
Looking Back – Footsteps through Ipswich was a free information awareness session that was held at the Ipswich Central Library on Tuesday 15 October 2013. One hundred Local History enthusiasts turned up to hear the fascinating tale of the Prussian-born explorer and naturalist Ludwig Leichhardt. Helen McMonagle, President...
Looking Back – Footsteps through Ipswich
Local History enthusiasts are invited to a free information session on 15 October 2013 to mark the 200th anniversary of Ludwig Leichhardt’s birth! Step back in time and learn more about this explorer as Helen McMonagle from the Royal Historical Society of Queensland talks about Leichhardt’s explorations and his connection to...
Woodlands of Marburg
Charles Smith came to Australia from England in 1864 and resided with his family in Ipswich for two years before they relocated to the Marburg area. Between 1866 and 1870, Charles acquired hundreds of acres of land in the Walloon Parish and in September 1870, he bought the...
The Old Flour Mill – Past and Present
The Old Flour Mill at the ‘Top end of Town’ was built in 1901 to house the Ipswich Flour Milling Company Ltd. Previously this site had been home to a Grocer, Mr M. J. Real and a Fruiterer, Mr W. G. Hinton. Mr Francis Kates, a parliamentarian...
Gooloowan – The Home on the Hill
Gooloowan is situated on 43 Quarry Street Denmark Hill overlooking the vast city of Ipswich. It is steeped in a rich history that extends back to the purchasing of the land in 1862 by the famous Ipswichian Benjamin Cribb. After immigrating to Ipswich in 1849 with his...
White Rock, Opossum Creek and Woogaroo Creek
White Rock is situated at the end of School Road, Redbank Plains, one of Ipswich’s oldest surrounding suburbs. White Rock today exists as a protected conservation estate and is also situated in close proximity to several other environmental landmarks of Ipswich including: Spring Mountain, Opossum Creek, Woogaroo Creek...
Congratulations to the winners of the 2013 Viva Cribb Bursary.
Rev. Trevor Foote & Bremer Forum The Viva Cribb Bursary assists ‘Local Historians’ by providing funding for the cost of documenting, recording or publishing a significant aspect of the local history of Ipswich. This year the bursary is shared between two applicants who will each record a piece...