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Ipswich is the innermost suburb of Ipswich, Queensland, Australia. The suburb situated on the Bremer River. It is split between the Ipswich CBD in the north, parkland to the east and a mixture of health, educations and residential areas to the south.

Ipswich CBD
The Ipswich CBD is centred around Brisbane and Limestone Streets, and the Ipswich Mall, and includes major supermarkets and chain stores, specialties stores and the many government agencies. Most street parking is controlled by parking meters in business hours.

Local transport
There are three forms of public train transport servicing the Ipswich region.


 * Queensland Rail's Citytrain offers regular services to and from Ipswich CBD to Brisbane, Brisbane Airport, the eastern suburbs, and western suburbs (as far as Rosewood).
 * Westside Buslines is the prominent bus company in Ipswich, linking all sides of town to Ipswich CBD; Redbank; Springfield; or Forest Lake (in Brisbane).
 * Southern Cross Citilink is a bus which operates between Ipswich and Indooroopilly via Riverlink, Karalee, Chuwar, Karana Downs, Anstead, and Kenmore.
 * Queensland Rail buses offer direct daily services to Gatton, Helidon, Fernvale, Lowood, Coominya, Esk, and Toogoolawah.
 * An Airport Express Bus operates from Ipswich to Brisbane Airport on a regular basis. Prior bookings are essential though.

Ipswich also has direct access to the Ipswich Motorway (linking to Brisbane); the Cunningham Highway (linking to Warwick); the Warrego Highway (linking to Toowoomba); and the Centenary Highway (linking Springfield and the Ripley Valley to Brisbane).

Long distance transport

 * The Westlander train pasts through Ipswich Station once a week to Toowoomba and Charleville.
 * Greyhound Australia (coaches) and McCafferty's offer daily direct services to Toowoomba, Mount Isa, Charleville and Sydney from the Ipswich Transit Centre.
 * Crisps coaches offer daily direct services to and from Warwick, Queensland and Stanthorpe.

Education

 * University of Queensland, Ipswich Campus
 * Ipswich Girls' Grammar School, established 1892
 * Ipswich Central Primary
 * Ipswich Special School
 * Auto Trade College

Health

 * Ipswich Hospital Chelmsford Avenue
 * St Andrews Private Hospital, Roderick St

Many GPs and specialists can be found in Brisbane and Limestone St, and near both hospitals.

Parks and Sports Facilities

 * Queens Park
 * Limestone Park (AFL, running track, velodrome, netball)
 * Sandy Gallop Golf Course
 * BMX track
 * Denmark Hill Conservation Park
 * Ipswich Show Ground (including indoor sports centre)

Places of Worship

 * St Mary's Catholic Church, Elizabeth St
 * St Paul's Anglican Church, Brisbane St
 * Calvary Baptist Church, Chermside St
 * Uniting Church, Ellenborough St
 * Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, cnr Hunter and Haig St
 * The Salvation Army, South St
 * Jehovah's Witnesses, Salisbury St
 * St John's Lutheran Church, Roderick St

''This article is about the Suburb of Ipswich, Qld. For information about the local government area, see City of Ipswich. See Ipswich UK, for the English county town.''

Ipswich is a city situated on the Bremer River in Queensland, Australia.

It is located approximately 40 kilometres south-west of the state capital. Due to being part of a conurbation, in terms of population, Ipswich is part of the statistical division of Brisbane. However the city retains a heritage and an independent local government area - Ipswich City Council.

Ipswich was named in 1843 after the town of Ipswich, England. It began as a mining town and became a city in 1904.

History
The area was first explored by European colonists in 1826, when Captain Patrick Logan, Commandant of the Moreton Bay penal colony, sailed up the Brisbane River and discovered large deposits of limestone and other minerals. In 1827, the first convicts and overseers arrived to mine the area. The town that built around this industry became known as Limestone, and is remembered by one of the main streets through the Ipswich city centre.

In 1843, the settlement officially became known as Ipswich, making it the oldest provincial city in Queensland. The name change was proposed by surveyor Henry Wade and approved by Sir George Gipps, a soldier and Governor of New South Wales. The town of Ipswich in England was once called Gipeswic, derived from the Old English for "workplace by water".

From the 1840's Ipswich was becoming an important river port for the growing local industries such as coal, and wool from the Darling Downs, so a regular paddlesteamer service from Brisbane Town, 'The Experiment', was established in 1846. This, and other steamer services, remained the primary form of mass/bulk transport between the two cities until 1876, when the construction of the original Albert Bridge, spanning the Brisbane River at Indooroopilly, completed the railway line begun between Ipswich and Brisbane in 1873.

Father William McGinty, a native of Northern Ireland, took charge of Ipswich Roman Catholic Parish in 1852 and had the first St Mary's Church built. This building was described as "a rude slab building of small dimensions, without glass windows, only shutters." This church was later demolished and replaced by a "beautiful stone edifice of Gothic design" as quoted from a member of the church community. This was the old St. Mary's and it cost £7,000. The year was 1862.

Ipswich was proclaimed as a municipality on 2 March 1860, and became a city in 1904.

Damaging flooding has occurred on numerous occasions, the largest being in 1893 peaking at 24.5 metres, and more recently during the 1974 Brisbane Flood, peaking in Ipswich at 20.7 metres. Collectively, 8500 houses were flooded in Ipswich and Brisbane.

In the 1980s and 1990s, with land in nearby Brisbane becoming fully developed, and very expensive for housing, many new large scale housing estates became attractive for buyers in Ipswich with lower prices and bigger lots. Such new housing estates sprung up in Goodna, Springfield Lakes, Collingwood Park, Redbank Plains with acreage estates in Karalee, Barellan Point, and Chuwar.

Climate
Ipswich experiences a humid subtropical climate (Köppen climate classification Cfa).

Economy
This is a rich agricultural region and a major industrial centre with coal mining, earthenware works, sawmills, abattoirs and foundries.

Ipswich is the site of RAAF Base Amberley, the Royal Australian Air Force's largest operational base. RAAF Amberley is currently home to No. 1 and No. 6 Squadrons flying F-111 strike aircraft. In addition a number of ground support units are located at Amberley. The airbase is currently being expanded and will eventually also house No. 33 Squadron (flying Airbus A330 MRTT tanker-transports) and No. 36 Squadron (flying C-17 Globemaster III transport aircraft) and several Army units.

Ipswich is also home to a campus of the University of Queensland, the annual Ipswich Cup horse races, and The Workshops Railway Museum to commemorate the first trainline in Queensland from Ipswich to Grandchester, approximately 25km to the west. The present Ipswich Station is a major transport interchange.

A large shopping complex is being developed in the eastern suburb of Springfield. Accompanying this is a satellite campus of the University of Southern Queensland, which has its primary campus in Toowoomba.

Redbank Plaza shopping mall has had 8 cinemas added as well as a fourth floor of shopping. Three clear retail and service hubs are developing outside Ipswich central and besides Springfield. Brassall and Karalee to the north, Yamanto to the South, and Booval in the central east.

Housing
The traditional Ipswich dwelling has always been a detached home on land, however this is changing as housing demand and a desire to live closer to amenities increases. New estates and suburbs are currently under development in the south-eastern section of the city as well as Ripley Valley.

Local transport
There are three forms of public train transport servicing the Ipswich region.
 * Queensland Rail's Citytrain offers regular services to and from Ipswich CBD to Brisbane, Brisbane Airport, the eastern suburbs, and western suburbs (as far as Rosewood). A new rail line is currently under construction from Darra to Springfield and Springfield Lakes. Another rail line has been proposed to run from Ipswich to Yamanto, and the Ripley Valley.
 * Westside Buslines is the prominent bus company in Ipswich, linking all sides of town to Ipswich CBD; Redbank; Springfield; or Forest Lake (in Brisbane).
 * Southern Cross Citilink is a bus which operates between Ipswich and Indooroopilly via Riverlink, Karalee, Chuwar, Karana Downs, Anstead, and Kenmore.
 * Queensland Rail buses offer direct daily services to Gatton, Helidon, Fernvale, Lowood, Coominya, Esk, and Toogoolawah.
 * An Airport Express Bus operates from Ipswich to Brisbane Airport on a regular basis. Prior bookings are essential though.

Ipswich also has direct access to the Ipswich Motorway (linking to Brisbane); the Cunningham Highway (linking to Warwick); the Warrego Highway (linking to Toowoomba); and the Centenary Highway (linking Springfield and the Ripley Valley to Brisbane).

Long distance transport

 * The Westlander train pasts through Ipswich Station once a week to Toowoomba and Charleville.
 * Greyhound Australia (coaches) and McCafferty's offer daily direct services to Toowoomba, Mount Isa, Charleville, Sydney and Melbourne from the Ipswich Transit Centre.
 * Crisps coaches offer daily direct services to and from Warwick and Stanthorpe.

Sport

 * The Ipswich Knights play in the Brisbane Premier League Division 1 competition.
 * The Ipswich Jets play in the Queensland Cup competition.
 * The V8 Supercars race each year at Queensland Raceway at Willowbank in mid July.
 * Brookwater Golf Club, designed by Greg Norman, is located in Springfield.
 * The Ipswich Cougars play in the Gridiron Queensland league and have been one of the most dominant teams since the launch of Gridiron in Queensland.
 * AFL is well represented. The Ipswich Eagles play in second tier division of AFL Queensland. The Ipswich Miners play in the under 18 competition of AFL Queensland. Collingwood Park(Power), Ipswich Central (Cats)and Springfield Lakes play in the junior competition of AFL Brisbane Juniors.
 * Drag Racing is conducted at Willowbank Raceway year round with events open to both professional and amateur racers, including a series conducted to facilitate newcomers to the sport.

Sportspeople

 * Allan Langer (attended Ipswich State High School and Blair State Primary School), Kevin Walters, Kerrod Walters, Steve Walters and Dale Shearer represented Queensland and Australia at rugby league
 * Craig McDermott and Shane Watson: represented Queensland and Australia in cricket, attended Ipswich Grammar School.
 * John Buchanan: Former Australian cricket team coach
 * Berrick Barnes: Former Brisbane Broncos player and current Queensland Reds and Wallabies player. Attended Ipswich Grammar School
 * Rhan Hooper: professional Australian rules footballer in the Australian Football League (AFL). Attended Bundamba State Secondary College.
 * Mark Tonelli:Olympic gold medallist in swimming, member of the Quietly Confident Quartet.
 * Israel Folau (NRL player for the Brisbane Broncos and Australian and Queensland rugby league representative. Played for Ipswich junior rugby league team Goodna Eagles).
 * Lagi Setu: NRL Player for The Brisbane Broncos. Attended Ipswich Grammar School.
 * Des Morris, Queensland rep and current Australian selector Attended Bremer High School.
 * Rod Morris, former Balmain, Queensland, NSW and Australian Front rower Attended Bremer High School
 * Noel Kelly: former Australia and QLD Rugby League player and hooker for team of the century, also attend St. Edmunds College
 * Junior Sau: NRL player for the Newcastle Knights. Attended Ipswich Grammar School
 * Waita Setu: Contracted to the Brisbane Broncos currently part of the Under 20's Brisbane Broncos Squad. Played for Ipswich Junior Rugby League Club West End Bulldogs, and attended Ipswich Grammar School.

Politicians
David Hamill, attended Bremer High School and was dux. He was a Queensland labour minister in the Goss government
 * Neville Bonner: The first indigenous Australian to become a member of the Parliament of Australia.
 * Llewellyn Edwards: Sir Llew entered Queensland state parliament as the Liberal Party Member for Ipswich Liberal Party of Australia in 1972. In 1984 he was made a Knight Bachelor, and in 1989, a Companion of the Order of Australia.
 * Bill Hayden: former Governor General of the Commonwealth of Australia, leader of federal Australian Labor Party.
 * Pauline Hanson: former member of the Liberal Party of Australia, Independent member for Oxley (1996–1998) and founder of the One Nation Party.
 * Cameron Thompson: former Liberal member for Blair (1998–2007).
 * Shayne Neumann: present Labor member for Blair (2007–present)

Musicians

 * Matthew Hickey: singer, founder and director of The Ten Tenors
 * David McCormack: former lead member of Custard and The Titanics.
 * Harold Blair: Aboriginal Tenor and music teacher
 * Thomas Shapcott: Author and poet

Other

 * John Birmingham: (Liverpool-born) Author
 * John Bradfield: Engineer and designer of the Sydney Harbour Bridge; Story Bridge; and the Sydney Railway System
 * Joy Chambers: Author, Actor
 * D'Arcy Doyle: Painter
 * Sir Harry Gibbs: Chief Justice of the High Court of Australia
 * Sir Samuel Griffith: Chief Justice of the High Court of Australia
 * Frederick Kesner: (Manila-born) Poet

Colleges and universities

 * University of Queensland, Ipswich
 * Auto Trade College, Bundamba
 * Bremer Institute of TAFE, Ipswich, Bundamba & Goodna
 * University of Southern Queensland, Springfield

Secondary schools
Ipswich has a considerable number of secondary schools including:
 * Bremer State High School
 * Bundamba State Secondary College
 * Ipswich Girls' Grammar School, established 1892
 * Ipswich Grammar School, established in 1863, first school to open as a result of the Grammar Schools Act of 1860
 * Ipswich State high School
 * Redbank Plains State High School
 * Rosewood State High School
 * Saint Edmund's College
 * Saint Mary's College
 * St Augustine's College Springfield
 * St Peter Claver College
 * West Moreton Anglican College, Karrabin
 * Westside Christian College
 * Woodcrest State College

Primary schools
Ipswich has a number of primary schools including:
 * Goodna State School, established in 1870.
 * Ipswich State School
 * Silkstone State School
 * St Marys Primary school
 * St Josephs Primary School
 * Brassall State Primary School
 * North Ipswich State Primary School
 * East Ipswich State Primary School
 * West Ipswich State Primary School
 * Central State Primary School
 * Bundamba State Primary School
 * Blair State Primary School
 * Karalee State Primary School
 * Tivoli State Primary School
 * Churchill State Primary School

Ipswich Show
The first Ipswich Annual Show was held on 2 April 1873, by the Queensland Pastoral and Agricultural Society. There had been shows staged by the Ipswich and West Moreton Horticultural and Agricultural Society as early as 1868. Originally held at the sale yards situated at Lobb St, Churchill, the show moved to its present home at the Ipswich Showgrounds in 1877.



Goodna Jacaranda Festival
This festival has been held annually at Goodna (Evan Marginson Sportsground) since 1968, over 10,000 people attend this three day event.