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Queensland, Australia
Est. 1966

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The above image captures the moment in the 1870s when a boy, who is about to cross Brisbane Street, looks directly into the camera lens of an unidentified photographer. 

In the background, Brisbane Street climbs up to the ridge called Limestone Hill. 

It was here that the foundations of Ipswich were laid when a lime kiln worked by convicts was built in the late 1820s. 

When the convict era ended and free settlement was allowed in 1842, the resident convict overseer George Thorn opened a general store and later an inn called the Queens Arms Hotel. He would come to be known as the "Father of Ipswich".

And the rest, as they say, is history.
Find out more About Ipswich!

You can visit us at Cooneana Heritage Centre, 
1041 Redbank Plains Rd
NEW CHUM 

Queensland 4303


ENTRY TO COONEANA HERITAGE CENTRE IS $5.00 PER PERSON - CHILDREN UNDER 12 YEARS FREE.

Ph. (07)3282 0358 PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS NUMBER IS ONLY ATTENDED ON OPEN DAYS -THURSDAYS, FRIDAYS, AND SATURDAYS BETWEEN 10am AND 2pm
Email: ipswichhistoricalsociety@gmail.com
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Locate us
1041 Redbank Plains Road
New Chum 4303
Contact
Cooneana Heritage Centre

President: Hugh Taylor

Postal Address:
1041 Redbank Plains Road
​New Chum QLD 4303


Ph. (07)3282 0358


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Updated 4/12/2019