Back to Limestone Conference 05.09.2026

A Conference on the History and Establishment of Ipswich - Saturday 5 September at

1 Nicholas Street, Ipswich in the Dandiiri Room.

This conference has been arranged by the Royal Queensland Historical Society and the Ipswich Historical Society Inc.

Program

First session 09:10 - 10:30 am 

                                                        Chair: Stephen Sheaffe AM

1. Lynda Maybanks : Welcome to country and Healing 

                                             Remembrance and Truth - Telling on Yagara Country 

2. Pat Comben : Logan in Ipswich 1826-1827?

3. Rodger Ford: Commandant Logan 

                                                       ****Be sure to order your lunch by 10.30am.****

                                                                       Morning Tea: 10.30 - 11.00am 

Second Session 11.00am -12.30pm

Welcome by Mayor Teresa Harding

                                                       Chair: Hugh Taylor

4. Hugh Taylor: Coal Mining in Ipswich

5. David Hamill: Glimpses of Early Ipswich Through the Eyes of my Ancestors

6. Greg Hallam: Railway in Ipswich

                                                                   Lunch 12.30 - 1.00pm Self-funded

Third Session 1.00 - 2.30pm

                                                     Chair: Claire Moore

7. Michael Pick: Character Houses in Ipswich

8. Trevor Foote: The Foote Story

9. Margaret Nicol: George Thorn Sr. - The Father of Ipswich

                                                               Afternoon Tea 2.30 - 2.50pm

Fourth Session 2.50 - 4.20pm

                                                  Chair: Councillor Marnie Doyle

10. Darryl Low Choy: Colonial Military in Ipswich

11. Geoff Thompson: Bleak House, The House That Moved Twice

12. Heather Clark: The History of Dance in Ipswich - and the agreeable and rational recreation

Vote of Thanks:                 

                                                Hugh Taylor, President of the Ipswich Historical Society Inc.

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