Ipswich to Bigge’s Camp Railroad
The first section from Ipswich to Bigge’s Camp of the Southern and Western Railway although not opened until the 31 July, was given a test run on Saturday 1 July, 1865 by some Ipswich locals. The following report appeared in Local and General News in the Queensland Times...
The Old Flour Mill ghost
Named as one of the region’s most-haunted locations in a book by dark historian Jack Sim, the Old Flour Mill will be auctioned this month. As noted in Jack’s book, Hubert, a young worker at the Flour Mill had been ill with Scarlet Fever. Feeling better he returned...
Mayors of Ipswich
John Murphy was born on the 25th September 1820 in County Cork, Ireland to Daniel Jervois Murphy and his wife, Susan (nee Godson). He arrived in Ipswich in 1852 and became a Storekeeper and Commission Agent. In 1862 John married Hannah Julia (nee Smith) and they had six...
An Invitation to Looking Back with Picture Ipswich
In 2008 Ipswich Library launched a new online resource. The resource was called Picture Ipswich and is a collection of images, film, documents and oral histories, recording Ipswich’s past. Initially 150 images were available but the number of images featured on the site is now over 2500. You...
St Stephens Presbyterian Church gymnastic team
Many of the images in Picture Ipswich have been kindly provided by the community. Along the way gems have come to light that are unable to be identified or important information is missing and because of this we need the community’s help. We think this could be...
RADF Showcase
The Regional Arts Development Fund Ipswich Showcase will be an exciting exhibition of new work by our local artists. Held in the Ipswich Art Gallery on the 21st July – 15th August. One of our most famous local artists was d’Arcy Doyle. d’Arcy Doyle Place was named in...
Booval Brewery
The Queenslander of 3 June 1898 reported that the Booval Brewery Company had been in business for six weeks under the management of Mr W. Chardon. The brewery was well situated and possessed a well of excellent quality spring water which was thought an advantage in the brewing of...
Suburbs – Bundamba
Suburb of Bundamba Originally the suburb was named Bundanba, it is believed to have derived from the Aboriginal words ‘bundan’ and ‘ba’, meaning a stone axe and place of. This referred to Bundamba Creek which was a source of good stone for hand axes. The name was officially...
Town of Ipswich plans
The Viva Cribb Local History Resource Room has recently acquired copies of four maps drawn by Surveyor Henry Wade from the Queensland State Archives. These maps include the: Proposed plans of town of Limestone (to be called Ipswich), 1842; Garden and suburban allotments in town of Limestone, 1842; ...