Ipswich Historical Markers Database I to Z
. HERITA GE Pl.ACE ~ .\LI RB L;J A.ri 1nit1at1ve of losw:ch City Counc-,i, (rrarXer r·...-.•1:ter c~CB l Page | 1 Ipswich City Council, Planning and Development Department, Strategic Planning Branch, 2017 Ipswich Baptist Church Suburb: Ipswich Location: 188 Brisbane Street Installed: 31 July 2001 Plaque Text Constructed in 1876 this Gothic style building is the oldest Baptist Church in Queensland. The front of the church was altered in 1938 when according to a newspaper report it was ‘modernised with futuristic perpendicular architecture’. ,f3W~I!!, ► •t s--:-- r.. :!.? lp,::11Jc.u .IJupll!::1 Cliusc.h Mallt.,Jb,1.t ...... CU,1C...C, Page | 2 Ipswich City Council, Planning and Development Department, Strategic Planning Branch, 2017 Ipswich City Uniting Church Suburb: Ipswich Location: 27 Ellenborough Street Installed: 14 February 2019 Plaque Text The first Wesleyan services in Ipswich were conducted by Rev William Moore in 1848. A timber chapel was built in 1849 facing Limestone St and a brick chapel was built in 1858 by Samuel Shenton, facing Ellenborough St. It was extended to the east in 1863 to a design by Benjamin Backhouse including a gallery with seating for 130 people. In 1892 the transepts and a vestry designed by Henry Wyman were added. The pipe organ installed in 1905 was rebuilt in 1977 and a side porch was added in 1924. A two-storey parsonage was built by Samuel Shenton to the north of the church in 1864. The building was damaged by fire in 1920 and was renovated, then extended forward and extensively altered in 1958 to convert it to offices known as Wyvern House. The present-day Sunday School Hall was built in 1877, the Young Men's Hall in 1921 and the second parsonage, now used as a day respite care centre, was built in 1958. The church is the oldest surviving church in continuous use in Queensland and a rare example of a church built prior to Separation. It is an example of a simple Revival Gothic church building. HERITAGE PLACE IPSWICH CITY UNITING CHURCH The ftst Wesleyan services in lpslrich were cond\Jcted by Rev Wl"ram MolJ<'e rn l84& A limber d!apel was buit in 1849 facirlg Limestone St and a bridt ~pel ·.ims bull in Hl58 by Sarooet Shenton, fa-cirpg EJenbM:iugh St II was enended to the eas1 in 186-3 tu a de~ by Benjamin Baekhouse includil'lg a gaUery wi!h seati!'lg for 130 DeOOle. ln 1892 the transepts and a vestry designed by Henry Wymati were added ~ p;pe o,,gan instaled in 1905 was rebllit in 1977 and a Si Page | 3 Ipswich City Council, Planning and Development Department, Strategic Planning Branch, 2017 Ipswich Club Suburb: Ipswich Location: 14 Grey Street Installed: 2 June 2005 Plaque Text This distinctive home was designed by George Brockwell Gill and was built about 1916 for prominent Ipswich businessman J.P. Bottomley. The grounds of his home were often used for fund-raising events such as garden parties. The house remained in the Bottomley family until it was purchased by the Ipswich Club in 1959. Page | 4 Ipswich City Council, Planning and Development Department, Strategic Planning Branch, 2017 Ipswich General Cemetery Suburb: Ipswich Location: 124a Warwick Road Installed: 19 December 2000 Plaque Text The first burial ground in the town of Ipswich then known as Limestone was shown on the survey map of Henry Wade in 1842. The ‘old graveyard’ established in 1844 is reputed to have been located in the south- western corner of the present cemetery. By 1855 it had been abandoned and a new cemetery was established nearby. The headstones and the stories that they tell form an important part of Ipswich heritage. Source:Picture Ipswich, Ipswich City Council Page | 5 Ipswich City Council, Planning and Development Department, Strategic Planning Branch, 2017 Ipswich Girls Grammar School Suburb: Ipswich Location: Queen Victoria Parade Installed: 8 August 2007 Plaque Text The Ipswich Girls’ Grammar School was the last of the non-denominational grammar schools to be established in Queensland. The original building was designed by George Brockwell Gill. The school opened to students on 1 February 1892 with an enrolment of 31 girls under the charge of the first Headmistress, Miss Fanny E. Hunt. In 1892 a gymnasium, play shed, stables, fences, roads and trees were added to the school grounds. Amongst the trees planted at this time were those lining the main driveway, forming an avenue consisting of Weeping Figs, Moreton Bay Figs and Camphor Laurels. The gatekeeper’s lodge was built in 1892 by Worely and Whitehead to the design of George Brockwell Gill. In 1901 the original school building was extended on its northern side, giving the school a symmetrical frontage and adding a decorative lantern in the northern wing. In 1952 the current gates to the school were opened as the Estelle Cribb Memorial Gates. Estelle was a former student who later became a teacher here after completing University studies in Sydney. The Cribb family has had a strong association with IGGS from its beginnings, Thomas Bridson Cribb M.L.A. being the first Chairman of the Board of Trustees of IGGS. The Cribb’s have served as Trustees on the Board until recently. The assembly hall which was designed by architect Karl Langer opened in 1968. In 1991 a replica building was constructed on the western side of the old lodge as a small theatre auditorium. Since 1995 several new complexes have been added to the grounds including the gymnasium on the south-west portion of the school. Page | 6 Ipswich City Council, Planning and Development Department, Strategic Planning Branch, 2017 Ipswich Grammar School Suburb: Ipswich Location: 1 Woodend Road Installed: 2 June 2005 Plaque Text Ipswich Grammar School was the first secondary school established in Queensland and is one of Australia’s first five grammar schools. It was officially opened by the Governor of Queensland Sir George Ferguson Bowen on 23 September 1863 with sixteen students enrolled in the first year. The original school building was designed by Benjamin Backhouse and was built by Ferguson and McLaughlin. Western extensions to this building were designed by F.D.G Stanley and G.B. Gill and constructed in 1877 and 1921. A new classroom block was designed by Dr Karl Langer and completed in 1961. Source: Picture Ipswich, Ipswich City Council Page | 7 Ipswich City Council, Planning and Development Department, Strategic Planning Branch, 2017 Ipswich Walloon Railway Line 2 markers were erected to identify this section of the railway line. The markers are located either side of Albion Street, Brassall. Location 1: Collins Street, Brassall Location 2: North Street, North Ipswich Installed: 1 August 2001 Plaque Text The original railway line was completed and opened on 31 July 1865 as part of the Ipswich to Bigge's Camp (Grandchester) railway. The line began at the Ipswich Railway Workshops crossed the Mihi Creek and turned south west crossing Ironpot Creek. It continued to present day Wulkuraka then turned west to Walloon. Page | 8 Ipswich City Council, Planning and Development Department, Strategic Planning Branch, 2017 Karragaroo Suburb: Eastern Heights Location: 8 Karragaroo Street Installed: 15.08.2019 Plaque Text Karragaroo was built in 1884 for Ambrose Foote, who was the son of John Clarke Foote, partner of Benjamin Cribb in the iconic Ipswich department store of Cribb & Foote. The house is of brick construction and originally stood on about 10 acres of land on one of the highest points of the town. In 1919 after the death of Ambrose Foote the estate was subdivided and the house sold to Ipswich photographer Frank Arthur Whitehead. After his death in 1943 it passed through a series of owners before the house was turned into eight flats in the 1950s. Karragaroo was restored to its original state in 2006. Page | 9 Ipswich City Council, Planning and Development Department, Strategic Planning Branch, 2017 Keiraville Suburb: Ipswich Location: 20 Roderick Street Installed: 29 May 2003 Plaque Text The land on which Keiraville stands was sold as separate lots in 1884. Built c1886 Keiraville has had a series of owners and occupancies by members of the Cribb family. In 1936 it became a manse for the Congregational Church and in 1992 it became the Counselling Centre of Lifeline Community Care Ipswich and West Moreton. Page | 10 Ipswich City Council, Planning and Development Department, Strategic Planning Branch, 2017 Lakemba Suburb: Ipswich Location: 14 Chelmsford Avenue Installed: 2019 Plaque Text The land on which Lakemba stands was originally owned by George Rennie Wilson who was a member of the well-known Ipswich mercantile family of Messrs. G. H. Wilson and Co. Victor Stuart Wilson, held the land when it was sold, still vacant, in 1901. The residence with its filigree lace cast iron balustrades and intricate timber fretwork, is believed to have been constructed in 1902 by local building contractor William Betts as a residence for his wife Isabella and their family. Isabella owned the property from 1902 to 1919. William had the contract to build the Congregational Sunday School alongside architect George Brockwell Gill. Mary Calvert Horsley, newsagency proprietor, purchased 'Lakemba' in 1920 and lived there until 1936. Alan Bridson Cribb, of the well-known Ipswich mercantile family, purchased 'Lakemba' from Mary. Previously a grazier and councillor on the Ilfracombe Shire Council, Cribb returned to Ipswich in 1934 to take up a position at the Ipswich Woollen Co. Pty. Ltd. The original block included a tennis court which was subdivided and sold in the 1960s. Alan sold 'Lakemba' in 1983. Source: Discover Ipswich website Page | 11 Ipswich City Council, Planning and Development Department, Strategic Planning Branch, 2017 Leichhardt Park Suburb: One Mile Location: 1A Old Toowoomba Road Installed: 5 March 2015 Marker No: 0121 Plaque Text The Riverside Reserve, which was designated One Mile Park in 1925, was officially termed Leichhardt Park from 1930 onwards, as the famed explorer reputedly camped here. Following representations by local residents, the Ipswich City Council named the suburb of Leichhardt after the famous explorer Friedrich Wilhelm Ludwig Leichhardt on 20 July 1953. _...)' .. .. Page | 12 Ipswich City Council, Planning and Development Department, Strategic Planning Branch, 2017 Little Ipswich School Suburb: West Ipswich Location: 12 Omar Street Installed: 22 June 2006 Plaque Text Ipswich West State School and Ipswich West Special School stand on a site which has been used as a primary school since 5 August 1861 (then called Little Ipswich State School). Little Ipswich was an area of early urban settlement in Ipswich and in 1862 there were 52 pupil enrolled at the school. The Boys’ School building was erected in 1882 on the site of the present Special School. The school was erected to one of the standard designs of Robert Ferguson, Superintendent of School Buildings for the Department of Public Institution from 1875 to 1893. A new Girls’ School building was built in 1907. In 1934 the Boys’ and Girls’ Schools again became coeducational, occupying only the brick buildings. Source: Picture Ipswich, Ipswich City Council Page | 13 Ipswich City Council, Planning and Development Department, Strategic Planning Branch, 2017 Manson Park Suburb: Raceview Location: 19 Cemetery Road Installed: 19 December 2000 Plaque Text During the Second World War a cemetery was established on this site for American servicemen. Many American servicemen died or were killed in action in Australia or South East Asia. Burials commenced in May 1942 and continued throughout the war with the final number of interned reaching 1260. The park was named in honour of Rose Manson who cared for the graves during the war. Page | 14 Ipswich City Council, Planning and Development Department, Strategic Planning Branch, 2017 Marburg Community Centre Suburb: Marburg Location: 71 Edmond Street Installed: 16 June 2003 Plaque Text This single storeyed timber building was erected in 1912 for the Queensland National Bank as their Marburg branch premises. It was designed by Ipswich architect George Brockwell Gill and was erected by Ipswich contractors Hastie and Halliwell. Page | 15 Ipswich City Council, Planning and Development Department, Strategic Planning Branch, 2017 Marburg Hotel Suburb: Marburg Location: 61-65 Edmond Street Installed: 16 June 2003 Plaque Text The Marburg Hotel was erected in 1881 for Wiegand Raabe who was a Kirchheim (Haigslea) farmer and publican. The hotel was originally a single storeyed building with the second storey being added about 1887 by Otto Sakrzewski who had married the widowed Mrs Raabe. Page | 16 Ipswich City Council, Planning and Development Department, Strategic Planning Branch, 2017 Marburg Railway Crossing Suburb: Marburg Location: 84 Edmond Street Installed: 8 October 2013 Marker No: 0108 Plaque Text The crossing was first used in 1912. When the double gates were opened for approaching trains, the Toowoomba Highway was closed to traffic. The approaches were defined by fences narrowing to the width of a horse drawn carriage. Page | 17 Ipswich City Council, Planning and Development Department, Strategic Planning Branch, 2017 Marburg Railway Station site (former) Suburb: Marburg Location: 85-89 Edmond Street Installed: 8 October 2013 Marker No: 0109 Plaque Text The Marburg Railway Station was completed in December 1911 and officially opened on 26 January 1912. The street was called Strauss Linden before being changed to Edmond. Originally this facility provided the district farmers with a means to bring their produce to market more quickly. Passengers were also able to use the facilities. The Station had a ladies’ waiting room, general passenger waiting room and an office. There were a goods shed, crew quarters and covered pig and sheep pens. There was a siding to the Woodlands Sugar Mill along George Street. The last passenger train service to Marburg was on 21 March 1964. Source: Rosewood Scrub Historical Society Picture Ipswich, Ipswich City Council Passenger's were also able to use the fac,•.1~•~'?,. had a ladies' waiting room, general passer-.qe .... and an office. There were a goods s'1ed, c~ev•• covered p1.9 and sheep pens. . There was a Woodlands Sugar M1U along George S1•cf:L }he ....,.~~~ oassenger train service to Marburg was on 2, tl.ar:::::- Page | 18 Ipswich City Council, Planning and Development Department, Strategic Planning Branch, 2017 Marsh Family Home Suburb: Raceview Location: 185 Wildey Street Installed: 24 May 2012 Marker No: 0105 Plaque Text The home of James and Anna Marsh was built in 1902. James who was a Moreton Shire Councillor from 1933 to 1946 was the son of John Moss Marsh and his wife Ellen. The land on which this house is located was part of 12 acres of land that was settled by John Moss Marsh in 1862. John came from an agricultural background in Cambridgeshire and he maintained an orchard on his property which partly bordered Wildey Street and Edwards Street. Page | 19 Ipswich City Council, Planning and Development Department, Strategic Planning Branch, 2017 Masonic Hall Suburb: Ipswich Location: 82 and 82a Nicholas Street Installed: September 2017 Marker No: 0125 Plaque Text The first Masonic Hall in Ipswich located on the corner of Brisbane and Thorn Streets opened in 1863. The first meeting in the hall was on 9 March 1864 and the last meeting was on 23 June 1868. From this time up until 1875 when a permanent home was constructed for the lodges, meetings were held at various places including Tattersall's Hotel, the Wintergarden Theatre and the National Bank. The foundation stone for a new hall on the corner of Nicholas and Roderick Streets was laid on 3 November 1875. By 1927, the hall was no longer adequate for the lodges and a new hall was planned for the land beside the second hall. The foundation stone of the third hall was laid by Charles Stumm on 18 August 1928. Designed by Henry Wyman and constructed by Bro. J. Hoare this building was dedicated on 8 December 1928. ..,~ """""·"' ¢ ,.:,,,.~ , •• ,,,~"" """:' 00 ,,·.,••• ' •i9?.s,"_ots,g:~f!~ bY H~r:~~ ---/,yir,a., a~d ~nstn.i(:tej b)°.B1c. .'!.·•10.1';; \~,:; ',i.1,'·,·•· • \ :, - · •. : · ; , ·. . ' :, - '. 1: '1 ,•,as. ded,cated. os s .Decemoer · • 928: ' Lf\ An _,nd,at,ve of lpsw,ch C'ty Cc:inc,i; 2017. 'Marker r,Jrn\>~, ;;· 'l'.o. i\ -·ii'°V Page | 20 Ipswich City Council, Planning and Development Department, Strategic Planning Branch, 2017 Mary Tregear Hostel Suburb: Ipswich Location: 84 Limestone Street Installed: 29 May 2003 The plaque was replaced on 24 May 2012 as the original had been damaged. Plaque Text Chief Constable Edward Quinn was one of the earliest owners of this c1860 Colonial Georgian house. It was later occupied by the Campbell family who were one of the first pioneering families of Ipswich and it remained in the Campbell family until 1947 when the QCWA bought the house and converted it into a hostel for women. It is named Mary Tregear Hostel after the first President of the Ipswich Branch of the QCWA. Source: Picture Ipswich, Ipswich City Council - ~:~1.f\ , 1(1 LB ,uRY TRt Page | 21 Ipswich City Council, Planning and Development Department, Strategic Planning Branch, 2017 Merryfields Suburb: Ipswich Location: 1 Park Street Installed: 13 August 2007 Marker No: 0083 Plaque Text Merryfields was the home of the Hunter family who settled in the Ipswich area c1860. They built a four roomed cottage called Gunyaba on a rise overlooking the town. The name Gunyaba means ‘House on top of the hill’. The little home was built of pit sawn timber. All of its fittings were cedar and the old kitchen and servants’ quarters stood separated across a passageway from the main building. Stables for horses and a shed for the carriage stood at the back of the house. Architect George Brockwell Gill saw Gunyaba when he arrived in Ipswich in the 1870s. When the Hunters moved to a larger home nearby Mr Gill, his wife and child moved to Gunyaba. Dr and Mrs Stuart Patterson moved into the house in 1940 and they changed the name to Merryfields. Merryfields was occupied by the Patterson family until sold in 2006. Page | 22 Ipswich City Council, Planning and Development Department, Strategic Planning Branch, 2017 Merton Suburb: East Ipswich Location: 2 York Street Installed: 2 June 2005 Plaque Text Ebenezer Hargreaves named the house ‘New York’ as he came from Yorkshire and Pollet Loftus Cardew named the house ‘Merton’. This name is retained today by the Morris family. John Morris from Wales purchased Merton in 1916 and his descendants still reside at Merton. Page | 23 Ipswich City Council, Planning and Development Department, Strategic Planning Branch, 2017 Mines Rescue Station Suburb: Booval Location: 264 Brisbane Road Installed: 22 June 2006 Plaque Text A Mines Rescue Brigade was first established in 1913 with a small group of trained miners attached to the ambulance service. A station was opened in 1915 in North Ipswich and then moved to this site in 1923, with the opening of the Rescue Station and the Instructors residence. This station was designated the Queensland Mines Rescue Station and was the first fully equipped and independent Rescue Station formed in Australia. As the mining industry expanded, the brigade activities increased and a new and larger station was opened in 1949 on this site. Page | 24 Ipswich City Council, Planning and Development Department, Strategic Planning Branch, 2017 Mona Lodge Suburb: Ipswich Location: 88 Nicholas Street Installed: 2019 Plaque Text “Mona Lodge “was built circa 1858 by Thomas Lyons as a rental property. Hence its Duplex lay-out, two front doors and mirror-image living rooms and living quarters. In 1873, Mona Lodge was rented by Mary Darnley Morrison to be her private school premises. Mary used the house to conduct dancing, French and German classes as well as housing boarders. In 1875 Mrs Morrison extended Mona Lodge to house 14 boarders to cater for her school's demand. When in 1885 the owner Mr Lyons built “The Chestnuts” on the sub-divided block, Mrs Morrison bought both houses. In 1901, in order to pay off debts, Mona Lodge was sold to Charlotte Grace. Between 1910 and 1932 Mona Lodge had several owners until Percy and Connie Simpson bought it. In 1993, Alan and Linda Cooper acquired Mona Lodge and began the enormous restoration task. John and Ruth Wylie completed the restoration work over 2 and a half years from February 2015. Source: Discover Ipswich website Page | 25 Ipswich City Council, Planning and Development Department, Strategic Planning Branch, 2017 Mountford Suburb: Ipswich Location: 27 Clay Street Installed: 5 March 2015 Marker No: 0118 Plaque Text On 10th August 1885 Ebenezer Watson Hargreaves purchased this land for twenty six pounds and this early colonial cottage was built the following year. Hargreaves, a local Alderman, purchased a number of plots on Clay and Omar Streets. The house was purchased by Albert and Sarah Mountford in 1926 and they resided here for over half a century. Their son, Private Norman Mountford, was a Japanese prisoner of war during World War II. He died in Siam in 1942. The property was named in his memory by his family. t!l.\l, ll II I >. L • , , , I , , \!pl 'I.I,. I· .. ~.•.,·.~~ ..·•·~ Page | 26 Ipswich City Council, Planning and Development Department, Strategic Planning Branch, 2017 Notnel Suburb: West Ipswich Location: 6 Burnett Street Installed: 7 August 2007 Plaque Text Patrick O’Sullivan purchased this allotment in 1855 and by March 1857 the title transferred to David McLaughlin, an Ipswich builder. A brick cottage and workshop existed on the allotment as early as 1863. In June 1872 title to the land was registered in the name of John North and by 1876 he had acquired allotment 98 adjacent to 6 Burnett Street. North demolished a timber cottage that was on this allotment and utilised the land for the next 22 years as his garden. North died in 1898 and the property passed to his wife, Laura Ann North, who remained there until she sold the estate in 1907 to George W. W. Rylatt, a local dentist. Ownership passed to Carl Friedrich Wilhelm Runge who owned 2 Burnett Street at the time. He rented 6 Burnett St out until his death in 1923, after which time it was held in trust. The title transferred to his son, also named Carl Friedrich Wilhelm Runge who sold the allotment as subdivisions. By 1934, the title to the land changed hands and George Hawley was registered as the owner of the property. The Burnett Street estate remained in the family for 56 years and it was named “Notnel” (Lenton backwards) by George Hawley in memory of Lenton Avenue where he had lived in England. Notnel was purchased by the Small family in 1990. Page | 27 Ipswich City Council, Planning and Development Department, Strategic Planning Branch, 2017 Nurse Domrow’s house Suburb: Rosewood Location: 67 John Street Installed: 22 June 2009 Plaque Text This land was the site of a Nursing Home conducted by Augusta Wilhelmina Domrow in the early part of the twentieth century. Nursing homes differed from private maternity hospitals in that generally only the midwife attended the birth. Gordon William Wesley Chalk (leader of the Queensland Liberal Party from 1965-1976) was born here on 16 May, 1913 and it is recorded that Dr. Robert Wallace was in attendance at the birth. Private maternity hospitals gradually replaced nursing homes and by the middle of the 20th century were themselves superseded by free maternity wards attached to the State run public hospitals. These maternity wards were authorised under “The Maternity Act of 1922” and were funded by proceeds from the Golden Casket. Source: Picture Ipswich, Ipswich City Council , I _,,: ... • ' ••• ll"e .,te Of • ...... "-• ._.._t1.. 111'1 a....,..u ...... _.....,,. ~.:-. ·" ,,_ ,..,., r,.,t • ' ' "' , • .-.1,.,., r • .,,..,.,. ,..,,.. ,.., ...,.,•• Al•M•ll fro- p,.·,1!• _t..,,...., l'IOolf-1■1· ,,. .... , ...... , 0,Ny ,~...... 1119-11.... .,. """""· c.o,_,,. .,,..,...... w••• en.• ,-_,,., -•1 N ,c,'<1••..i.", ~•--11. .,_,ty .. _. t-was - ,.,,, ~•• ..,,.,..;• .,~~• -·""•-~• IH:s,1961111 u.,, ~...,...,. •• [,,t ~t "'d•C. ••-• If'! :-!,61'.'•'.■~o :4!_ ~'I•~~ , ' • - -. - - -:.._• ..:• . :' _J ...._...... ,...1.,,..t~- .-"'-10•l4Ei ,a,.--,~~};~~-•d_,~MI~ • -~-- f~f~i!~i~~'• 2' ,~ An .~rn1 ,atiVe ~ of ,.J0Swi?h~~.1!y ~C,<>u~,c:•. ' Cm1rker ;inumoe,:-p098;'"' .,..,,, -~ .-.... • -;-~ :\t ~~~r>,).•·• -i,•· #-··~ '.,.,._:, -...-i'> Page | 28 Ipswich City Council, Planning and Development Department, Strategic Planning Branch, 2017 Oakleigh Suburb: Bellbird Park Location: Brittains Road Installed: 9 June 2004 Plaque Text Built in 1887 for Dan Jones (Cotton King) and his wife Bess Josey. Purchased by Henry Lewis Jones (Harry), Dan’s brother in 1898. Harry developed Mel Bonum apiary and won international acclaim for his queen bee breeding. A bee keeping goods factory, H L Jones and Sons was established where the Weeroona Hotel now stands at Goodna. Harry also operated a timber-mill in Mill Street, Goodna. He was elected the first Chairman of Moreton Shire Council. A notable visitor was Sir Arthur Conan Doyle of Sherlock Holmes books. Oakleigh is also recognised in the naming of the ‘Oakleigh Room’ in the Ipswich City Council Administration Building. Source: Picture Ipswich, Ipswich City Council Page | 29 Ipswich City Council, Planning and Development Department, Strategic Planning Branch, 2017 Old Court House - Ipswich Suburb: Ipswich Location: Cnr Roderick and East Streets Installed: 22 June 2006 Marker No: 0077 Plaque Text On 6 June 1857 Charles Tiffin arrived in Brisbane to be the new Clerk of Works for the New South Wales Colonial Architect’s Department. Within two weeks Tiffin was instructed to design a new Ipswich Court House and the resulting stone and brick neoclassical building became the prototype for many of the courthouses built in the colony during the rest of the century. The Ipswich Court House was completed in 1859 and in the early years the building was used for public meetings as well as a court house. The original building consisted of the central sandstone courtroom with a vestibule at the front, flanked by two brick wings. In 1936 a major extension in rendered brickwork was made to the west, adding a new court room and ancillary rooms with the entry off Ginn Street. With this addition the building was able to continue its function until a new Court House was built on a different site in 1982. After the building ceased being used as a courthouse the bench was moved to the original court room and the building became a community cultural centre. Source: Picture Ipswich, Ipswich City Council on e June 1857 Charriia•_',:!f\t'l!:•rrl,ed In B Page | 30 Ipswich City Council, Planning and Development Department, Strategic Planning Branch, 2017 Old Flour Mill Suburb: Ipswich Location: 227-229 Brisbane Street Installed: 2 June 2005 Plaque Text The Flour Mill was built in 1901 for the Ipswich Flour Milling Company and was one of a series of flour mills connected with parliamentarian Francis Kates. The mill was designed by George Brockwell Gill and constructed by Worley and Whitehead. In May 1910 Cribb and Foote bought the property to accommodate several departments while their new building was being erected and in 1926 the property was bought by the Johnson family and used as a car showroom. Source: Picture Ipswich, Ipswich City Council Page | 31 Ipswich City Council, Planning and Development Department, Strategic Planning Branch, 2017 Ozanam House Suburb: Ipswich Location: 66 Roderick Street Installed: 21 June 2006 Plaque Text The majority of the land on which Ozanam House stands was purchased by James Stirling in November 1879. The land transferred to William Berry in 1884 and then to Richard Davies Graham in 1885. The date of construction of the building is most likely c1886, as R.D. Graham took out two mortgages on the property in June 1886. It is likely that Ozanam House was designed by R.D. Graham who practised as an architect, civil engineer, licensed surveyor, agent and auctioneer with his firm R.D. Graham and Son from 1883-1887. The property transferred to Samuel piper in 1892 and then to John Canty, a blacksmith, in 1906. On the death of John Canty in 1946, the property transferred to Ethel May Senior. The land was subdivided in 1950 with Senior retaining the rear portion and the Roderick Street frontage containing the house was transferred to Thomas Keith Johnson. Mr Johnson owned and operated a sweet making factory in the centre of Ipswich near the railway station. In 1960 the Metropolitan Central Council of Brisbane of the Society of St Vincent de Paul became the owner of the house and in 1961 it took possession of the rear portion of the land. The name of the organisation was later changed to the Society of Saint Vincent de Paul State Council of Queensland. Page | 32 Ipswich City Council, Planning and Development Department, Strategic Planning Branch, 2017 Parkview Suburb: North Ipswich Location: 26 Downs Street Installed: 22 June 2009 Plaque Text The original owner of the land on which Parkview stands was Benjamin Cribb who purchased the land in 1862. Following his death in 1874 the estate transferred to William Cribb, Joseph Foote and Clarissa Cribb. The property remained in the Cribb family until 1898 when it was transferred to John A. Priestley and Frederick George. Springall. F.G. Springall, co-owner of the foundry 'Springall and Frost' located in Lowry Street, North Ipswich became the sole owner of the Downs Street property in 1889. F.G. Springall built the first steam engine in the colony of NSW and he was an Alderman of Ipswich Council from 1887 to 1891. In 1925 the land transferred to Charles Larsen and the following year it was in the ownership of Helen Holmes. Subsequent owners included Harriet Bell in 1943 and George Pickering in 1944. George was co- owner with Walter Pickering from 1948 until 1968, then Walter Pickering retained ownership of the property until 2000 when it was purchased by the Cannon family in 1968. Page | 33 Ipswich City Council, Planning and Development Department, Strategic Planning Branch, 2017 Penrhyn Suburb: Ipswich Location: 103 Limestone Street Installed: 21 June 2006 Plaque Text In 1875 John Farrelly, builder and architect purchased four blocks of land in Limestone Street and progressively built four brick houses on them, now numbers 103 to 109 Limestone Street. Penrhyn was built in 1879 and was rented before Farrelly and his wife Susan resided there from 1884. The house design makes it appear earlier than its actual date of construction and it is probably built partly from demolition materials. The bricks in No. 103 appear very old and the concave curve of the verandah roof is more typical of an earlier style. Farrelly died in this house in 1904 and the Limestone Street property passed to his widow Susan until her death in 1908. The four houses plus a cottage in Waghorn Street (since demolished) were auctioned in late 1908 to settle the estate and No. 103 was bought by the Watson family several months later. Later owners include the O’Keefes, Parcells and Macadams. Conservation work was carried out in the early 1990s. At this time, it was converted into a professional office and a small extension was built on the western side to allow kitchen and bathroom facilities to be relocated from the northern verandah. Page | 34 Ipswich City Council, Planning and Development Department, Strategic Planning Branch, 2017 Price’s Corner Suburb: Brassall Location: 66 Haig Street Installed: 22 June 2009 Plaque Text A Bunya Tree enclosed with a hardwood paling fence and a small plaque were erected close to this site in 1915 to honour Mr John Price who was an early Brassall pioneer. The plaque read: ‘This tree is planted as a tribute, by his many friends, to commemorate the place where the late Mr. John Price spent many pleasant hours. He departed this life May 24th, 1914, aged 68. To die is to gain.’ The tree was known to generations of Brassall children as ‘The monkey puzzle’. The Price Memorial Tree was removed on 24 May 1967 as part of road reconstruction and widening on this corner which was know by local residents as Price’s corner. John Price lived on one corner of the Hunter-Haig Street intersection for many years. A native of Kildare in Ireland, he moved with his family to Australia at the age of ten. •.. r- I ' , , ..' '.. , ! --. ~-. ' 'l Page | 35 Ipswich City Council, Planning and Development Department, Strategic Planning Branch, 2017 Purga United Church Suburb: Purga Location: Purga School Road Installed: 7 August 2007 Plaque Text The community at Purga developed during the 1860s, opening its first school in 1871. The church was built as a non-denominational church in late 1922 with money and materials donated by local people. The Lessors were George Harding, Richard Thomas Morgan, George Chant, Julius Schubel, John Ellison, Ernest Henry Hughes and Malcolm Dick. There was a yearly rental of one shilling to be paid on the first day of November in every year. Generations of families still living in the district have worshipped at the church. After changed circumstances rendered its tenure less secure, the Purga Friends Association Inc moved the church to its present location in 1995 because they feared its loss. Page | 36 Ipswich City Council, Planning and Development Department, Strategic Planning Branch, 2017 QCWA Girls Hostel Suburb: Ipswich Location: 5 Brisbane Street Installed: 21 June 2006 Plaque Text The building was constructed c1885 as a single storey timber house for Thomas Towell and his second wife Sarah. Dr Edward Brown purchased the house in 1908 and added the second storey by 1911. Dr Brown used the enlarged building as a residence and consulting rooms and built a timber hospital ‘Oakdale’ adjacent with its entry facing Milford Street. He later added a second hospital building and a matron’s residence. Dr Brown died in 1941 and the house was bought by the QCWA in 1949 for use as a hostel for students and young women. Page | 37 Ipswich City Council, Planning and Development Department, Strategic Planning Branch, 2017 Queen Victoria Silver Jubilee Memorial Technical College (TAFE) Suburb: Ipswich Location: 88 Limestone Street Installed: 11 June 2003 Plaque Text A public meeting of Ipswich citizens in May 1897 agreed to construct a Technical College as a celebration of Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee. The College was designed by Ipswich architect George Brockwell Gill and it was opened by the Governor, Lord Lamington on 4 June 1901. The building was funded with a government grant of £2000 with a further £1000 being raised locally. ;~~1,tll~~:::~.:t'?/. ~'?:'J~l,(;~~f f ·T~~~~?-i~'.~I! $,~lle.~~;;as~-~ -~_ele~_r-:1trpn oJ Oueen VfCl Page | 38 Ipswich City Council, Planning and Development Department, Strategic Planning Branch, 2017 Railway Stores Building Suburb: North Ipswich Location: 2 Downs Street Installed: 29 May 2003 Plaque Text The Railway Stores building was constructed in 1879 by Ipswich contractors McGregor and Brown. It is the only remaining building of the original workshops and it retains evidence of various uses for stores, administration and as a tarpaulin workshop. This building is a fine example of a brick and stone Victorian warehouse. Source: Picture Ipswich, Ipswich City Council Page | 39 Ipswich City Council, Planning and Development Department, Strategic Planning Branch, 2017 Redbank Mile Post Suburb: Redbank Location: Near the Redbank Railway Station entrance facing Brisbane Road Installed: 10 April 2015 Marker No: 0112 Plaque Text The original mile post was erected next to this location. It marked the first primary road from Brisbane to Ipswich. The original main road followed the alignment of Brisbane Terrace through Goodna, over the railway bridge and along Brisbane Road through Redbank. The route of the original road was altered in 1955 to the present location of the Cunningham Highway. The current road through the township remained as a main road until ca1965. From this marker it was 7½ miles to Ipswich and 17 miles to Brisbane. The marker was one of two remaining mile posts situated in the City of Ipswich. The original mile post was affected by the elements and deteriorated significantly. This replica mile post is an exact copy of the original. Page | 40 Ipswich City Council, Planning and Development Department, Strategic Planning Branch, 2017 Redbank Plains State School Suburb: Redbank Plains Location: 39-53 School Road, Redbank Plains Installed: October 2013 Marker No: 0107 Plaque Text A non-vested school was opened at Redbank Plains in 1868 by the Catholic Church. The first teacher was John Carroll. When a state school was opened in 1874, Carroll became the first head teacher of the school and he continued until 1909, assisted for many years by his wife Mary who taught reading and sewing. The oldest school building now on site is believed to have been relocated from Newtown State School after it closed at the end of 1915. Page | 41 Ipswich City Council, Planning and Development Department, Strategic Planning Branch, 2017 Rhossilli Suburb: Newtown Location: 4 Glebe Road Installed: 24 May 2011 Marker No: 0103 Plaque Text This site was originally a 200 acre dairy farm that was occupied in the 1860s by Postmaster Richard Gill. It is unknown who built this house, however local Ipswich Stonemason Mr E. Greenway (nephew of Francis Greenway) scratched his name and "1888" into the concrete base of one of the five fireplaces, accurately dating the building's completion. Rhossilli has been home to several prominent locals including William Summerville who was a Solicitor, Chief Magistrate, Mayor of Ipswich and Member for Stanley. Summerville died in 1919 and his large family moved away, taking the original building name, Caerleon, with them. The next owner was Henry G. Simpson, a solicitor and community leader, whose widow converted Rhossilli into flats. By 1960 a Mrs Rodwell had bought the property and changed it into a convalescent home. It was a Nursing home until the early 1990s and operated as a hostel until 2005. The house had fallen into serious disrepair before it was purchased by Ron and Liz Jumelet who restored it to a family residence. IIF H: ITJ\GE PLACE I< IIOSSILLI ~ Ipswich This site WIS orlglnany n 700 iJPn de1ry tarm that w•~ occuPted In tne 1860s by Po5tniaster A1charo G111, \\ is unknown who built fht!"l t>ot1se, however !peal tp,wict\ Stonemeso~ Mr E. Gruunway !11upt\ew ot Fre.nc1, Greenway) scrtttched his name one,·• 1HHH" into the concrete base 01 one of the five tireptecos. accurately dat,ng the bu-lOlng'a completion. Ahossilli hes been homo lo sovornl prominent locals \nc1ud\ng W11/iem Summerville wtlo wets H Solicitor, Chief Magistrate, Mayor ot tpsw/ch and Memher for Stanley. Summer\/1\le died m 1919 and his large family moved away, ta\<1ng the ortgtna\ bui/(1/ng name, Caerleon, witt1 them. The ne)(t owner was Henry G. Simpson, a sorrclfor and communi1y leader, whose widow converted Rhossilli ir1to lints. By 1960 a Mrs Rodwell had bought the property nn<1 r.hRnged 1t into a convalescent /lpme. It was a Nursinn tmmc unttl the early 1990s and operated as a hOsl,!1 wll,I ?nrn,. l he hOuse had fallen Into serious disrepair beloro ii wa,; purchased by Ron and Liz Jumelet who restored JI to a family residence. An inil1al1V<> ol lp,;wlch City Council lmerker 11L1mtu:1 010a :.. •=··• :-:.:·•··• .... ~ l Page | 42 Ipswich City Council, Planning and Development Department, Strategic Planning Branch, 2017 Road Distance Marker – North Ipswich Suburb: North Ipswich Location: On footpath outside 48 Pine Mountain Road Installed: 16 June 2004 Plaque Text The Ipswich to Gatton Road Distance Marker located on Pine Mountain Road, North Ipswich is a rare surviving example of the type of road distance marker once commonly used around Ipswich in the 1950’s. It is precast reinforced concrete with printed black letters on a white background, with a weathered top edge. Page | 43 Ipswich City Council, Planning and Development Department, Strategic Planning Branch, 2017 Rockton Suburb: Newtown Location: 4 Rockton Street Installed: 15 May 2002 Plaque Text Rockton began as a brick cottage built in 1855 for W Craies who added a substantial extension in 1856. E A Bullmore added the second storey in the 1880s shortly after finalising the purchase and his widow had the G B Gill tower built c1900. Architect Wil Haenke bought Rockton in 1918 and faced massive internal restorations. His descendants who are the present owners have also carried out extensive restorations in the last 20 years. Page | 44 Ipswich City Council, Planning and Development Department, Strategic Planning Branch, 2017 Sacred Heart Catholic Church – Booval Suburb: Booval Location: 19 Cothill Road Installed: 19 December 2000 Plaque Text Sacred Heart Church was constructed and opened by Archbishop Duhig in 1915 and from 1931 to 1997, Booval House opposite was used as St Gabriel’s convent for the Sisters of Mercy who taught in the Sacred Heart School. Page | 45 Ipswich City Council, Planning and Development Department, Strategic Planning Branch, 2017 Sacred Heart Catholic Church - Harrisville Suburb: Harrisville Location: 54-58 Queen Street Installed: 22 May 2002 Plaque Text Harrisville was originally part of the Ipswich Catholic Parish. Ipswich Priests such as Father Andrew Horan travelled to Harrisville to celebrate mass in local homes and in Doolan’s Hotel. This church was opened on 18 April 1909 by Bishop Duhig who was then Bishop of Rockhampton and who had served the area while a priest at Ipswich. Group of people outside the Sacred Heart Church, Harrisville in 1909. Source: Picture Ipswich, Ipswich City Council 1997. Source: Expanded Ipswich Heritage Study Page | 46 Ipswich City Council, Planning and Development Department, Strategic Planning Branch, 2017 Shilliday Suburb: Woodend Location: 4 Arthur Street Installed: Late September 2017 Marker No: 0126 Plaque Text Michael Kelly purchased this property on 14 October 1863. The land was sold to Eliza Meredith on 14 March 1870 and six years later it was purchased by Charles Henry Fleischmann. He married Mary Wernowski 3 days later. The house was probably constructed after 1876 and before 1882. Mary advertised for a general servant in the Queensland Times in June 1882 with applicants to contact her at Arthur Street. Charles was the son of Johan (John) who set up his saddlery business in Bottle Alley and then in Nicholas Street. Charles joined the firm in 1890 and took over after his father's death in 1897. Charles died on 26 October 1932 and Mary died 14 February 1933 in her Arthur Street home. The house was named after the paternal grandmother of the owner of the home in 1987. \ \ I I I Page | 47 Ipswich City Council, Planning and Development Department, Strategic Planning Branch, 2017 Sid Cotton Grave Suburb: Tallegalla Location: Tallegalla Cemetery, 365-377 Rosewood-Marburg Road Installed: 1 June 2005 Plaque Text Sidney Cotton grew up at Hidden Vale homestead near Grandchester. In World War I he enlisted in the Royal Navy Air Service and invented the ‘Sidcot’ flying suit. After the war he took aerial photographs and in the later 1930s with war looming he was given an aircraft which he flew to European countries. He flew the last civilian plane out of Berlin taking pictures of the docked German navy with a handheld camera before World War II commenced. Assigned by British military to head up an elite aerial spy force, he used Spitfires painted sky blue to fly undetected across enemy territory and designed a cockpit with side bubbles to enable better photo taking. He was a friend of Ian Fleming who created the fictional character of James bond. Sidney died in 1969 and his ashes are buried in the Cotton family grave at Tallegalla. Page | 48 Ipswich City Council, Planning and Development Department, Strategic Planning Branch, 2017 Siemon House Suburb: Leichhardt Address: 29 Siemons Street Installed: 8 October 2013 Marker No: 0106 Plaque Text In 1861 Alderman John Johnston of Ipswich purchased five acres of land in this area. In 1865 portion number 80 was sold to Adolphus Hasenkamp, and subsequently purchased by Councillor John Eastwood in 1868, John Orth in 1876 and by William Siemon in 1880. This house was constructed c1880. In 1872 William Siemon and Sons Ltd, was founded by William Siemon, and commenced trading as general merchants in Ipswich. In 1883 William Siemon opened a branch in Brisbane and successively expanded the operation into North Queensland. William's son George Frederick Siemon, managed the Ipswich branch of William Siemon & Sons Ltd. On 1 November 1885 George purchased this house from his father. Page | 49 Ipswich City Council, Planning and Development Department, Strategic Planning Branch, 2017 Soldiers Memorial Hall Suburb: Ipswich Location: 61 Nicholas Street Installed: 26 June 2003 Plaque Text The RSL Hall is the most significant memorial erected in Ipswich to honour the soldiers who served in World War I. In 1920 with the permission and assistance of the then Minister of Lands it was decided to erect a hall on a portion of the area known as the Central Gardens. Architect George Brockwell Gill prepared the plans and in a grand ceremony on 26 November 1921 the Governor Sir Matthew Nathan officially opened the hall. Page | 50 Ipswich City Council, Planning and Development Department, Strategic Planning Branch, 2017 Spicers Hidden Vale Suburb: Grandchester Location: 617 Mt Mort Road Installed: 22 June 2006 Marker No: 0078 Plaque Text The explorer and botanist, Allan Cunningham, camped close by to the north of here in 1828-1829. In 1849 Henry and Maria Mort took up ‘Franklin Vale’ which carried 13,000 sheep on the 384,000 acres of leased land. Maria was the daughter of James Laidley after whom the town of Laidley was named. After 1859, the new Queensland Government resumed most of ‘Franklin Vale’ for closer land settlement, leaving Henry and Maria with approximately 10,000 acres of the original leasehold. Of the resumed land, Philip Jost took sole ownership of ‘Old Hidden Vale’ in 1871 and bred sheep, cattle and racehorses. It was renamed ‘Hidden Vale’ when A. J. Cotton purchased the land in 1900. he took up residency in the valley below the current homestead. He sold out in 1911, but soon after repurchasing in 1914 he built a large double storey homestead on this site. it was later replaced, after a fire, by the present building. His son Sidney Cotton became famous as a pioneer of aerial photography and was a notorious spy. He is cited as the inspiration for the James Bond character in Ian Fleming’s novels. In recent years the cattle property reverted to the name ‘Old Hidden Vale and the retreat retained the ‘Hidden “Vale’ name. I - - - ____ r•_ _ • - · IILRll\,,l l'Ll'l'LRS llllll>I, \\II The explorer end botanist, A110, . , . ,· · -arr.µp·:1 close by t o t he north of here 1n ·,8c:8 '.8.-.. s Henry and Marie Mort took up 'Franklin wi-.,cr carried 13, 000 sheep on the 3 86,000 acres of ,eased 8 0 O1 ~gg~ "1~~j to~n8 ir L~i~tJ1;t:ras n~~~~~ k1~i~e( 8 tf~~r the new Queensland Gove rnme nt resumea 1 most ot 'Franklin Vale ' · fo r closer land settlement, leaving Henry y ggiin~ f,:;"a;.;~~ 1g~proximately 10,00~acres of the Of the resumed land Phlltp Jost took sole ownersh,p"of 'Old Hidden Vale' •- in 18 71 and bred sheep, cattle and racehorses. It was renamed 'Hidden Vale.,. when A.J . _Cotton purchased the land in 1900. He took up residency the valley below the current hom_estead. He sold out "' 1 but soon after repurchasing in -914 he built a large o e, storey homestead on this sit was later• . i ed after a fir e, by the prese \ding. His..son s otton ttecame famous eer of aerial ph _ raph and no torious allied\ti. He is cited as the ·nsJj'fration for fie James Bond ctEll'J.!._n Fle ming's 1'-'els. · , . ent , ears the cattle p roperty has rever_ted to the •~ i9cten ale' and t he retreat r etained t he swlch City Council <0078J :~e: :: · Page | 51 Ipswich City Council, Planning and Development Department, Strategic Planning Branch, 2017 St Alban’s Anglican Church Suburb: Goodna Location: 69 Alice Street Installed: September 2017 Marker No: 0131 Plaque Text Mr J. H. Buckeridge, the diocesan architect prepared the plans of St. Alban’s Church to be constructed on land that was donated by C. Holmes. Ipswich architect, George Brockwell Gill supervised the construction of the church which was undertaken by Worley and Whitehead who were the successful tenderers. The Governor, Lord Lamington (Charles Baillie) laid the foundation stone on 5 February 1897. The first Holy Communion was on Palm Sunday, 14 March 1897 and Bishop Stretch performed the dedication ceremony on Thursday, 8 April 1897 at 7.30 p.m. At the time of the dedication, St Alban’s was part of St Paul’s parish. Page | 52 Ipswich City Council, Planning and Development Department, Strategic Planning Branch, 2017 St Brigids Catholic Church Suburb: Rosewood Location: 11 Railway Street Installed: 19 December 2000 Plaque Text Father Horan of Ipswich secured land fronting the railway line and a simple timber church with a shingle roof was built in 1885, however within 20 years this church was too small and the present church was built. Opened in 1910 St Brigid's features an interior that is exceptional including murals, a pressed metal ceiling and stained glass windows depicting female saints. Page | 53 Ipswich City Council, Planning and Development Department, Strategic Planning Branch, 2017 St Brigid’s Presbytery and Convent Suburb: Rosewood Location: 28 Matthew Street Installed: September 2017 Plaque Text In 1915, Father Kelleher was appointed the parish priest for the Rosewood area. That same year tenders were called for the construction of a presbytery to be used as a residence for Father Kelleher. The tender submitted by G. Rodgers of Toowong for £1140 was accepted and building of the presbytery designed by R. Coutts and Sons commenced in late 1915. On 30 April 1916, Archbishop James Duhig blessed the exterior and interior of the presbytery. In 1922, the Sisters of Mercy came to Rosewood and the presbytery was taken over as a convent. A new presbytery was built the same year but was destroyed by fire on 20 February 1948. The Sisters of Mercy remained in Rosewood until 2011. Four years later the convent was sold and it was relocated to its present site. Page | 54 Ipswich City Council, Planning and Development Department, Strategic Planning Branch, 2017 St Francis Xavier Church Suburb: Goodna Location: 6 Church Street Installed: 21 October 2000 Marker No: 001 Plaque Text This church was the first in the Goodna area and the foundation stone was laid on 15 August, 1880 by Bishop Quinn known locally as Bishop O'Quinn who was Queensland’s first catholic bishop. Built of sandstone quarried locally, the church was designed by architect Andrea Stombuco and was opened in May 1881. Page | 55 Ipswich City Council, Planning and Development Department, Strategic Planning Branch, 2017 St Joseph’s School site (former) Suburb: North Ipswich Location: 34A Albert Street Installed: 8 October 2013 Marker No: 0110 Plaque Text On this site, St Joseph's Primary School, Liverpool Estate was opened in September, 1913 by the Sisters of Mercy. The first principal was Sister Mary Carthagh. The school operated here until the mid 1940's when classes were relocated to the then wooden hall on Pine Mountain Road, Raymond’s Hill. The school still operates on that site today. Principal of St Joseph’s School, Martin Lewis, with Councillor Cheryl Bromage and Year 7 students Hayley Else and Charlie VinceSource: The Queensland Times https://www.qt.com.au/news/new-sign-marks-site-of-original-st-josephs/2083657/ Page | 56 Ipswich City Council, Planning and Development Department, Strategic Planning Branch, 2017 St Mary's Catholic Church Suburb: Woodend Location: 18 Elizabeth Street Installed: May 2001 Plaque Text The present St Mary’s Church built in 1904 based on a design by F.D.G. Stanley is actually the third church to be located within the precinct. The first church was a simple timber building that was replaced by a stone church in 1858. The Celtic crosses on each of the spires are made of burnished bronze and are 3 metres high and the church is constructed of Helidon sandstone. Page | 57 Ipswich City Council, Planning and Development Department, Strategic Planning Branch, 2017 St Michael's Catholic Church Suburb: Pine Mountain Location: 856 Pine Mountain Road Installed: 19 December 2000 Plaque Text The first church on this site was erected in 1878 and the current church was built in 1934. An early priest of St Mary’s parish was the young Father James Duhig who returned in 1951 as Archbishop to celebrate the golden wedding anniversary of a couple he had married in 1901. Page | 58 Ipswich City Council, Planning and Development Department, Strategic Planning Branch, 2017 St Patrick’s Convent Suburb: Goodna Location: 15 Church Street Installed: 14 August 2007 Plaque Text St Patrick’s Convent was built to accommodate the Sisters of Mercy who had been travelling daily from Ipswich to Goodna to teach in the school. It was completed in 1911 and blessed on 11 March of that same year. Until the end of 1985, the convent was home to many Sisters of Mercy who ministered in the local Catholic school and parish. In 1986 the Sisters of Mercy established a new ministry to support unaccompanied humanitarian refugee minors and the convent became a centre for refugee youth. The convent was re-named Trung Tâm Hòa Binh – Peace Centre and was known by this name until 1995. In 1996 the Peace Centre was amalgamated with two other Sisters of Mercy sponsored programs, St Vincent’s Home, Nudgee and Fatima, Toowoomba to form one organization, Mercy Family Services. In keeping with the tradition of the Sisters of Mercy who once lived here, Mercy Family Services, Goodna continues to deliver services that foster the well-being of children, young people and families, helping them to feel valued, connected, strengthened and have hope for the future. Source: Google Maps Page | 59 Ipswich City Council, Planning and Development Department, Strategic Planning Branch, 2017 St Paul's Anglican Church Suburb: Ipswich Location: 124 Brisbane Street Installed: 31 July 2001 Plaque Text The foundation stone of this church, named after St Paul, the Apostle to the Nations was laid in 1856 by the Bishop of Newcastle. It was opened on 12 June 1859 and is the oldest Anglican Church in Queensland, although some major elements of the original building have been added to or altered. In 1860 the church installed the first pipe organ in the colony and it is still in use today. Page | 60 Ipswich City Council, Planning and Development Department, Strategic Planning Branch, 2017 St Paul’s Young Men’s Club Suburb: Ipswich Location: Cnr Limestone Street and d’Arcy Doyle Place Installed: 14 August 2007 Plaque Text St Paul’s Young Men’s Club was built in 1911 to the design of architect George Brockwell Gill and became a soldiers’ rest room during World War I. Ipswich City Council purchased the building in 1938 and it was used as engineering offices, then as the town library and later as an art gallery. Page | 61 Ipswich City Council, Planning and Development Department, Strategic Planning Branch, 2017 St Peters Catholic Church Suburb: Grandchester Location: 1-9 George Street Installed: 2 August 2001 Plaque Text Many Catholic families came to Grandchester during the construction of Queensland's first railway line and some remained to take up land in the district. Consequently, Father Andrew Horan of Ipswich invited Archbishop Dunne to officially open and bless the present church in Grandchester on 4 November 1894. The building is of simple Gothic design and was constructed by Mr J Madden of Ipswich. Page | 62 Ipswich City Council, Planning and Development Department, Strategic Planning Branch, 2017 St Stephen's Presbyterian Church Suburb: Ipswich Location: 22 Limestone Street Installed: 1 August 2001 Plaque Text The Hon Arthur Macalister laid the foundation stone for the church in August 1865 and the current St Stephen’s Church designed by Joseph Backhouse was built in 1866. Its decorative style is sometimes referred to as ‘Carpenter Gothic’. Page | 63 Ipswich City Council, Planning and Development Department, Strategic Planning Branch, 2017 St Thomas Anglican Church Suburb: North Ipswich Location: 15 Lawrence Street Installed: 15 May 2002 Plaque Text The 1980s exterior conceals a remarkable interior typical of an English-style church but in timber rather than stone. The church was dedicated on 11 March 1889 and was built by Messrs Perry & Betts and was designed by J H Buckeridge. The pipe organ came from the original Methodist Church in Albert St Brisbane where it had been installed in 1878 and it is the oldest extant pipe organ in Queensland. Page | 64 Ipswich City Council, Planning and Development Department, Strategic Planning Branch, 2017 Stone Kerbing – North Ipswich Suburb: North Ipswich Location: Near St Joseph’s Church in gardens between service road and main road Installed: 5 March 2015 Marker No: 0116 Plaque Text During the Great Depression, local governments and Main Roads played a significant role in unemployment relief. Broad median strips lined with limestone kerbing separate the rows of traditional houses either side of this road. This laying of limestone kerbing is a recurring theme in Ipswich streetscapes. The Waterworks Road stone kerbing and the footpath widening in Simmons Road was completed in 1938. Page | 65 Ipswich City Council, Planning and Development Department, Strategic Planning Branch, 2017 Stone Kerbing - Redbank Suburb: Redbank Location: On footpath outside 60 Brisbane Road Installed: 5 March 2015 Marker No: 0113 Plaque Text During the Great Depression, local governments and Main Roads played a significant role in unemployment relief. In 1935 the Moreton Shire Council proposed a £10,000 scheme to construct footpaths along the main road between Bundamba and Redbank. This remnant kerbing and guttering from an early road demonstrates the skill used in preparing the stones and the lasting quality of the workmanship. The sandstone is believed to have been quarried locally from the Woogaroo Sandstone Quarry. Page | 66 Ipswich City Council, Planning and Development Department, Strategic Planning Branch, 2017 Tallegalla Cemetery Suburb: Tallegalla Location: 365-377 Rosewood-Marburg Road Installed: 1 June 2005 Plaque Text In May 1876 Charles Freeman donated 10 acres of his land at Tallegalla for a cemetery and church site. The cemetery was originally called the Walloon Cemetery but by 1886 was known as the Rosewood General Cemetery. By 1902 it was the Rosewood Cemetery and by 1920 it was called Tallegalla Cemetery. Page | 67 Ipswich City Council, Planning and Development Department, Strategic Planning Branch, 2017 Tallegalla Primary School Suburb: Tallegalla Location: 2 Tallegalla-Two Tree Hill Road Installed: 1 June 2005 Plaque Text Tallegalla State School opened on 10 June 1879 and consisted of a timber school building and residence. The school building is a rare surviving example of a small timber school designed by Colonial architect F.D.G. Stanley. The original residence was replaced in 1931 by the present building. Page | 68 Ipswich City Council, Planning and Development Department, Strategic Planning Branch, 2017 Tivoli Branch Line Suburb: Tivoli Location: 69A Francis Street Installed: Not yet installed Plaque Text As early as 1889 owners of mines in this area lobbied the government for a branch line to ease transportation difficulties associated with coal mining. Early collieries had to cart coal to the railway in Ipswich which incurred road haulage charges as well as rail rates. The Tivoli Branch line opened in 1898 to serve the collieries of North Ipswich which included the Eclipse owned by John Wright, Abermain owned by W.R. Black and the Haighmoor and Rothwell Haig collieries owned by the Stafford Brothers. Within two years of opening, a siding was laid from the Tivoli Branch railway to the recommissioned Old Tivoli Pit coke ovens near the entrance of the Rothwell Haig tunnel entrance. The Branch line which ran between the Railway Workshops and what is now the Warrego Highway closed in 1965. Page | 69 Ipswich City Council, Planning and Development Department, Strategic Planning Branch, 2017 Tivoli Hill Horse Trough Suburb: Tivoli Location: Corner Moores Pocket Road and Tantivy Street Installed: 19 December 2000 Plaque Text A landmark in the area since the turn of the 20th Century this trough is an example of various horse troughs that were once a common feature of life in Ipswich. Source: Picture Ipswich, Ipswich City Council Page | 70 Ipswich City Council, Planning and Development Department, Strategic Planning Branch, 2017 To Me Ree Suburb: Ipswich Location: 7 Macalister Street Installed: 9 June 2004 Plaque Text George Williams built Tomeree in 1911 for his daughter Nelly and her husband Sydney May. Nelly was an amateur artist and was one of 13 children. Sydney, a notable Queensland musician and church organist lectured in music at Queensland University and was associated with the foundation of the Queensland Conservatorium of Music. Sydney had a deep interest in Aboriginal culture and encouraged the use of aboriginal place names. Tomeree is the Aboriginal name for a headland in Sydney Harbour. Page | 71 Ipswich City Council, Planning and Development Department, Strategic Planning Branch, 2017 Toronto Suburb: Ipswich Location: 30 Quarry Street Installed: 29 May 2003 Plaque Text This picturesque Carpenter Gothic style cottage was built in 1863 for Elizabeth Lloyd and was originally named Devonshire Cottage. The house has a semi detached kitchen wing at the rear and its roof was originally shingle. The lamp post near the front gate is from the c1880 wing of the Ipswich Hospital which was demolished c1970. Page | 72 Ipswich City Council, Planning and Development Department, Strategic Planning Branch, 2017 Training Wall Suburb: Barellan Point Location: 175-179 Riverside Avenue (Joseph Brady Park) Installed: 16 June 2004 The first historical marker for this site was damaged by the 2011 flood and was replaced in July 2012. Plaque Text In February 1864 John Petrie was awarded the contract to construct a training wall at the junction of the Bremer and Brisbane Rivers to channel the flow and avoid the formation of a sandbar. Joseph Brady was selected to superintend the construction of the wall and in 1865 he was appointed as the Engineer of the newly formed Department of Harbours and Rivers. Page | 73 Ipswich City Council, Planning and Development Department, Strategic Planning Branch, 2017 Ulster Hotel Suburb: Ipswich Location: 25 Brisbane Street Installed: 7 August 2007 Plaque Text The land on which the Ulster Hotel stands was originally purchased by Martin Byrne on 1 November 1851. The first hotel on the site was named the Royal which was a low-set timber building with a shingle roof and dormer windows. It had a truncated corner, as does this building, which faced a then two-way Brisbane Street. The hotel had several owners and many lessees including Thomas Breen who took over the hotel in 1881 and changed the name to the Ulster Hotel. The building suffered damage during the 1893 flood but wasn’t rebuilt until 1910-1911 on some of the original foundations with Henry Wyman being the architect. Flood waters again inundated the Ulster in January 1974 when water reached the tops of the arched windows. In 1934 Dan Dempsey, who was a member of the Australian Rugby League side, became licensee with the Bulimba Brewery owning the building. Dempsey was a colourful character who flaunted opening hours and, during World War II rationing, put on kegs to suit the hours worked by the miners. Dan’s daughter, Norma and her husband, Denis Flannery, who also played Rugby League representing Australia throughout the 1950s, took over the hotel in 1953. They eventually purchased the building from Carlton Brewery in 1987. Denis Flannery has been licensee for well over 50 years. Page | 74 Ipswich City Council, Planning and Development Department, Strategic Planning Branch, 2017 The University of Queensland Ipswich Campus Suburb: Ipswich Location: 11 Salisbury Road Installed: 2 June 2005 Plaque Text The University of Queensland Ipswich Campus opened in February 1999. The story of the campus began in 1878 when the Sandy Gallop Asylum was established here as a branch of the Goodna Asylum. Buildings were sited to take advantage of the vistas and the sunken fences were constructed to maximise the views from the building and give patients a sense of freedom. Page | 75 Ipswich City Council, Planning and Development Department, Strategic Planning Branch, 2017 Violetville Suburb: Booval Location: 16 Booval Street Installed: September 2017 Plaque Text The original deed for land in this area was granted to John Panton on 1 June 1854. Six years later, Jane Thorn purchased portions of the land including this property which transferred to George Thorn and Pollet Loftus Cardew as trustees after her death in 1883. Joseph Rice purchased 3 of the allotments on 14 April 1892. His son, William Henry Rice became the owner of this property on 27 January 1903. William relocated “Violetville” from Redbank Plains to Booval and a new front section was added to the house. The 2 adjoining allotments served as a horse paddock and the local playing field. William and Elizabeth lived at “Violetville” until their deaths, Elizabeth in 1927 and William in 1942. In March 1950, the house was advertised for sale and the other 2 blocks were sold on behalf of the trustees of William Rice’s estate. Page | 76 Ipswich City Council, Planning and Development Department, Strategic Planning Branch, 2017 Walter Burley Griffin Incinerator Theatre Suburb: Ipswich Location: Queens Park Installed: 2005 Plaque Text Walter Burley Griffin designed this complex as a reverberatory garbage incinerator working on the reverberatory system devised by Australian Engineer Johan Boadle. Local architect George Brockwell Gill supervised its construction and it was opened in 1936. It was originally designed with one chimney a second unit and chimney was added in 1940. The incinerator closed in 1960 and was later converted to a small theatre that opened in 1969. Page | 77 Ipswich City Council, Planning and Development Department, Strategic Planning Branch, 2017 White Rock Suburb: White Rock Location: Spring Mountain - White Rock Conservation Park Installed: 2002 Advised on 11.01.2005 that the Marker has been removed Historical Marker text was incorporated into an information bay display. Plaque Text During the Second World War army camps were established at Redbank and near the present day Swanbank Power House. The area around White Rock was used for artillery, mortar and small arms training and other exercises and there were firing ranges from south of this camp to White Rock. A number of gunpits can still be seen along the ridgeline southwest of White Rock. Page | 78 Ipswich City Council, Planning and Development Department, Strategic Planning Branch, 2017 Woodend War Memorial Suburb: Woodend Location: Roseberry Parade Installed: 11 June 2003 Plaque Text The memorial was unveiled on 29 March 1919 by Mayoress Mrs Easton. The Woodend Progress Association raised funds with the intention to erect an honour board but the generosity of people was such that sufficient funds were raised to enable a memorial stone to be erected. The stone was cut from material from Murphy's Creek near Helidon. Page | 79 Ipswich City Council, Planning and Development Department, Strategic Planning Branch, 2017 Woodlands Suburb: Marburg Location: Seminary Road Installed: 1 June 2005, Replaced in July 2017 (previous marker damaged) Plaque Text – original wording The first owner of the estate was Charles Smith who acquired several thousand acres in 1870 stretching from Marburg to Glamorganvale. When Charles died his son Thomas Lorimer Smith carried out his father’s plans to build a mansion on the hilltop. Designed by George Brockwell Gill and constructed by mid 1891 Woodlands was once the centre of a large sugar plantation. Plaque Text – replacement marker wording The first owner of the estate was Charles Smith who acquired several thousand acres in 1870 stretching from Marburg to Glamorganvale. When Charles died his son Thomas Lorimer Smith carried out his father’s plans to build a mansion on the hilltop. Thomas, Mary and their eleven children lived at Woodlands. Designed by George Brockwell Gill and constructed by mid 1891, Woodlands was once the centre of a large sugar plantation. It was the first estate of its kind to install electricity in 1885 in the mill, office, stables and mansion. Original plaque Replacement plaque Page | 80 Ipswich City Council, Planning and Development Department, Strategic Planning Branch, 2017 The Workshops Suburb: North Ipswich Location: 1A North Street Installed: 29 May 2003 Plaque Text The North Ipswich Railway Workshops were the first railway workshops in Queensland and were established in 1864 close to the Bremer River Railway Bridge. The Workshops began moving to this site in 1885. They were an essential part of Queensland's first railway and the development of mass transport in Queensland. Page | 81 Ipswich City Council, Planning and Development Department, Strategic Planning Branch, 2017 Wright family houses Suburb: Tivoli Location: 98 Mt Crosby Road Installed: 5 March 2015 Marker No: 0115 Plaque Text The Wright family houses situated at 98, 100 and 106 Mt Crosby Road, were built for prominent Ipswich Collier John Wright and family, upon land originally owned by Josiah Sloman, part proprietor of the Queensland Times. This house (98) was built prior to 1903 for John’s son, Andrew Wright and his wife Catherine, daughter of John Johnson, a Manager of a nearby mine. In 1915, after the death of his father, Andrew managed the family's Tivoli mines until the middle of the century. Page | 82 Ipswich City Council, Planning and Development Department, Strategic Planning Branch, 2017