Uncanny Ipswich
Over the years Ipswich has been host to a number of uncanny, and sometimes unexplained, occurrences. A browse of old Queensland Times issues reveals mysterious lights in the sky, spooky apparitions appearing in the dead of night, and strange weather incidents. Raining fish In May 1930 it rained...
Rosewood ghost
On Saturday 7 January,1914 the original Rosewood Hotel in John Street was destroyed by fire despite the efforts of locals. The history of the present day Rosewood Hotel, known as the Middle Pub, includes continual references to its “water ghost”. Sheets of water have been seen flowing...
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...
Bertie Piper Unveiling
On Saturday 15th May, the new statue of Bertie Piper will be unveiled in the Ipswich Cemetery. Bertie, as he was known, died from suspected gastroenteritis on January 10, 1904, at the tender age of 12. His grieving parents enlisted the help of a South...