North Ipswich, Queensland
| North Ipswich Ipswich, Queensland | |||||||||||||
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  North Ipswich | |||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 27°37′01″S 152°46′01″E / 27.617°S 152.767°ECoordinates: 27°37′01″S 152°46′01″E / 27.617°S 152.767°E | ||||||||||||
| Population | 4,587 (2011)[1] | ||||||||||||
| Postcode(s) | 4305 | ||||||||||||
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| LGA(s) | City of Ipswich Majority in Division 6 Cr Cheryl Bromage and small part of Division 5 Cr Heather Morrow | ||||||||||||
| Federal Division(s) | Blair | ||||||||||||
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North Ipswich is a suburb of Ipswich, Queensland, Australia. At the 2011 Australian Census the suburb recorded a population of 4,587.[1]
North Ipswich is the birthplace of Queensland Rail. The original site is now the site of Riverlink shopping centre on The Terrace and the current site is used as a joint facility containing the Rail Workshop Museum.
Raymonds Hill is a locality within the suburb of North Ipswich.
Education
- St. Josephs Primary School
- North Ipswich State School
Health
- Ipswich Ambulance Station (old site of S.O Booth Blacksmith Shop)
- North Ipswich Pharmacy
Housing
- Contains a large number of character and heritage listed houses, such as workers cottages that were home to the many railway workers.
Monuments
- Browns Park contains the first police monument that was funded by public subscription. The *monument was erected in memory of Constable James Sangster who drowned in the Brisbane river *trying to save a young family from drowning.
- Large World War I monument within the grounds of the Ipswich Rail Workshops
Heritage listings
North Ipswich has a number of heritage-listed sites, including:
- About 130m west of the corner of WM Hughes Street and Musgrave Street: Sandstone Railway Culvert[2]
- Bremer Street: Remnants of Ipswich Town Wharves[3]
- off Bremer Street: Bremer River Rail Bridge and pylons and abutments of old bridges[4]
- Downs Street: James Sangster Memorial[5]
- 2 Downs Street: Heiner Road Railway Overpass[6]
- 15 Lowry Street: Hotel Cecil, Ipswich[7]
- Mihi Junction: Mihi Creek Complex[8]
- North Street: Ipswich Railway Workshops War Memorial[9]
- North Street: Railway Historical Centre[10]
- Parker Lane: Klondyke Coke Ovens[11]
- 42 & 42B The Terrace: former Queensland Woollen Manufacturing Company mill[12]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Australian Bureau of Statistics (31 October 2012). "North Ipswich (State Suburb)". 2011 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 25 September 2014.
- ↑ "Sandstone Railway Culvert (entry 19872)". Queensland Heritage Register. Queensland Heritage Council. Retrieved 2013-07-09.
- ↑ "Remnants of Ipswich Town Wharves (entry 20499)". Queensland Heritage Register. Queensland Heritage Council. Retrieved 2013-07-09.
- ↑ "Bremer River Rail Bridge and pylons and abutments of old bridges (entry 20506)". Queensland Heritage Register. Queensland Heritage Council. Retrieved 2013-07-09.
- ↑ "James Sangster Memorial (entry 21160)". Queensland Heritage Register. Queensland Heritage Council. Retrieved 2013-07-09.
- ↑ "Heiner Road Railway Overpass (entry 19589)". Queensland Heritage Register. Queensland Heritage Council. Retrieved 2013-07-09.
- ↑ "Hotel Cecil (entry 15378)". Queensland Heritage Register. Queensland Heritage Council. Retrieved 2013-07-09.
- ↑ "Mihi Creek Complex (entry 31391)". Queensland Heritage Register. Queensland Heritage Council. Retrieved 2013-07-09.
- ↑ "Ipswich Railway Workshops War Memorial (entry 15380)". Queensland Heritage Register. Queensland Heritage Council. Retrieved 2013-07-09.
- ↑ "Railway Historical Centre (entry 15379)". Queensland Heritage Register. Queensland Heritage Council. Retrieved 2013-07-09.
- ↑ "Klondyke Coke Ovens (entry 118)". Queensland Heritage Register. Queensland Heritage Council. Retrieved 2013-07-09.
- ↑ "Queensland Woollen Manufacturing Company Ltd (former) (entry 121)". Queensland Heritage Register. Queensland Heritage Council. Retrieved 2013-07-09.
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