Winning the Coal – Coal Miners’ stories from the Rosewood Scrub
Launched as part of Seniors’ Week activities, Winning the Coal : Coal Miners’ stories from the Rosewood Scrub, co-authored by locals Bob Hampson and Wendye Gratton of the Rosewood Scrub Historical Society, was funded by Ipswich City Council through the annual $5000 Viva Cribb Bursary. The book celebrating the...
Ipswich land sale
On the 4th September 1843 an advertisement for the sale of land in Ipswich appeared in The Sydney Morning Herald. On Saturday 4 November the Auctioneer’s account sale was listed in that same paper. Purchasers of Town Lots were G. Thorne, W. Moore, Solicitor Adams, R. Dicks, Surveyor...
Picture Ipswich and More – Sport in Ipswich
The Ipswich Library and Information Service recently held a Picture Ipswich and More session concentrating on the history of sport in the Ipswich region. The session was well attended and we were lucky enough to have two local guest speakers – Mr Lance Waldon and Mr Noel Kunde. ...
Visit by Rosewood Women’s Group
On Wednesday 11 th August, the Rosewood Women’s Group visited the Viva Cribb Local History Resource Room. Images and information about Rosewood was the main topic of interest for the group.
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. This photograph is of the Butter Factory on Jacaranda Street,...
The Incinerator Theatre
In 1936, Walter Burley Griffin was contracted to design a municipal incinerator for Ipswich. George Brockwell Gill supervised the construction. The incinerator was designed to process the rubbish generated by a city of 20,000 people, but by 1960 the population of Ipswich was twice this number. Use of...
Neville Bonner AO
The Ipswich Art Gallery currently has a wonderful new display highlighting Neville Bonner and his career. The display will be open until August 15th, and the gallery is open 7 days a week from 10am – 5pm. Australia’s first Indigenous Senator and former Ipswich resident Neville Bonner AO...
Ipswich Immigration Depot
Referring to this article, the North Australian reported the following: “An answer to the memorial of the inhabitants, praying that a moiety of the Immigrants by the Phoebe Dunbar should be forwarded, on their arrival, to this town, has been received from His Excellency the Governor General; and...
Visit by West Moreton Anglican College students
On Wednesday 28 July, ten international students from Hong Kong visited the Ipswich Library. The focus of their visit was to learn more about the history of the Ipswich area. The students enjoyed learning about the online resource, Picture Ipswich, and were fascinated by the microfilm readers in...