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Booval
Booval is a suburb of Ipswich in the City of Ipswich, Queensland, Australia. In the Booval had a population of 2,622 people. Geography Booval contains both residential and commercial areas. Booval straddles Brisbane Road, the main arterial link to the Ipswich Motorway. The Booval Fair shopping centre, located on Brisbane Road, contains a number of major chain stores, including Woolworths and Big W, while a number of smaller businesses line South Station Rd and Brisbane Rd. History The origin of the suburb name is the Ugarapul language word meaning '' frilled lizard''. The first large-scale cotton crops in Queensland were grown at Booval in the 1860s. The settlement of Booval derived from a private estate and its strategic location on the road and railway between Ipswich and Brisbane. In December 1895 the Anglican Diocese's architect John Buckeridge called for tenders to erect the Church of All Saints in Bundanba (as Bundamba was then known) on land donated by Miss Ferrett ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Booval Railway Station, Queensland, Sep 2012
Booval is a suburb of Ipswich in the City of Ipswich, Queensland, Australia. In the Booval had a population of 2,622 people. Geography Booval contains both residential and commercial areas. Booval straddles Brisbane Road, the main arterial link to the Ipswich Motorway. The Booval Fair shopping centre, located on Brisbane Road, contains a number of major chain stores, including Woolworths and Big W, while a number of smaller businesses line South Station Rd and Brisbane Rd. History The origin of the suburb name is the Ugarapul language word meaning '' frilled lizard''. The first large-scale cotton crops in Queensland were grown at Booval in the 1860s. The settlement of Booval derived from a private estate and its strategic location on the road and railway between Ipswich and Brisbane. In December 1895 the Anglican Diocese's architect John Buckeridge called for tenders to erect the Church of All Saints in Bundanba (as Bundamba was then known) on land donated by Miss Ferrett ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Booval House
Booval House is a heritage-listed detached house at 14 Cothill Road, Booval, City of Ipswich, Queensland, Australia. It was built in 1857 by William Hancock and extended in 1896 to a design by George Brockwell Gill. It is also known as St Gabriel's Convent. It was added to the Queensland Heritage Register on 21 August 1992. History Booval House is a two-storey brick house built in the 1850s for George Faircloth, manager of the Bank of Australasia in Ipswich. The builder was William Hancock and the architect was probably William Wakeling. In December 1859, Faircloth stated in a testimonial that architect William Wakeling had been engaged by him privately, as well as being engaged for supervision of St Paul's Anglican Church. This private commission was most probably Booval House. The house was completed by at least 20 December 1859 when Queensland Governor George Bowen stopped there for refreshments and a change of clothing at the start of his first visit to Ipswich. It was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Booval War Memorial
Booval War Memorial is a heritage-listed memorial at Green Street, Booval, City of Ipswich, Queensland, Australia. It was built in 1919. It was added to the Queensland Heritage Register on 21 October 1992. History The Booval War Memorial was unveiled on the 15 February 1919 by Queensland Governor, Sir Hamilton Goold-Adams. The marble and granite memorial was produced by Ipswich monumental masonry firm, F Williams and Company and honours the 221 local men who served during the First World War. Later plaques honour the 16 who died in the Second World War Plaques commemorating later conflicts have also been added. In 1918, a committee was established to represent the Ipswich suburbs of Booval, Silkstone, Newtown and Raceview. Funds were raised by entertainments and public subscription to erect a war memorial, of which the foundations were laid by a voluntary "working bee". On 27 July 1918, the foundation stone was laid by David Gledson, Member of the Queensland Legislative As ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
North Booval, Queensland
North Booval is a suburb of Ipswich in the City of Ipswich, Queensland, Australia. In the , North Booval had a population of 3,175 people. Geography North Booval is bounded to the north and west by the Bremer River, to the east by Bundamba Creek, and to the south by the Main Line railway. The land use is predominantly residential, except for the northern river flats which is used for grazing on native vegetation. History Trinity Ipswich Uniting Church was formed in July 1970 as a cooperative parish of a number of Ipswich churches: * Booval Congregational Church, originally located on the corner of Brisbane Road and South Station Road until December 1969, and then at a house on the corner of Sloman Street and South Station Road where it closed in July 1970 * North Booval Presbyterian Church in Bridge Street * North Booval Methodist Church in Tuggerah Street The cooperative parish operated from a number of its predecessors' premises until a new church building at 114 Jacara ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bundamba, Queensland
Bundamba is a suburb of Ipswich in the City of Ipswich, Queensland, Australia. In the Bundamba had a population of 6,514 people. Geography The Bremer River forms the western part of the suburb's northern boundary. The Warrego Highway enters the suburb at its north-eastern corner ( Riverview) and then forms the eastern part of the suburb's northern boundary before crossing the river to the north (Karalee). The suburb is mostly bounded to west by Bundamba Creek, which becomes a tributary of the Bremer River at the suburb's north-western corner (). Ipswich Racecourse (formerly known as Bundamba Racecourse) is in the south-west of the suburb at 219 Brisbane Road (). Brisbane Road enters the suburb from the east (Ebbw Vale) and exits to the west ( Booval). The Main Line railway runs just to the north of Brisbane Road, entering the east ( Dinmore), forming part of the eastern boundary with Ebbw Vale, then traverses the suburb exiting to the west ( North Booval / Booval). The sub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
City Of Ipswich
The City of Ipswich is a local government area in Queensland, Australia, located within the southwest of the Brisbane metropolitan area, including the urban area surrounding the city of Ipswich and surrounding rural areas. Geography The City of Ipswich is centrally located in the South East Queensland region of Australia. Ipswich governs the outer western portion of the Brisbane Metropolitan Area, Queensland, Australia. It covers an area of along the coast about southwest of Brisbane CBD. To the east is the City of Brisbane local government area, and to the west are the rural and agricultural areas of the Brisbane, Lockyer and Fassifern Valleys. History Ipswich is the second-oldest local government area in Queensland, after Brisbane. On 16 November 1859, after the enactment of the Municipalities Act of 1858 in New South Wales, a petition containing 91 signatures was received by the Governor of New South Wales seeking to have Ipswich, which at the time had 3,000 peopl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
East Ipswich, Queensland
East Ipswich is a residential inner-city suburb of Ipswich in the City of Ipswich, Queensland, Australia. In the , East Ipswich had a population of 2,410 people. Geography One of the older suburbs, East Ipswich is predominantly made up of weatherboard and fibro houses punctuated with larger heritage houses, and newer townhouses and flats. The suburb is bordered on the north and west by two sections of the Bremer River (split by the small suburb of Basin Pocket); and to the south by Brisbane Road, the city's main arterial link to the Ipswich Motorway. The Main Line railway passes through the suburb from east (Ipswich) to west (Booval); the suburb is served by the East Ipswich railway station. A small set of shops on Jacaranda Street provides basic services, while several restaurants line Brisbane Road. History On Sunday 12 June 1949, the Apostolic church was officially opened by Apostle Emil Zielke of Bundaberg. The ceremony was attended by almost 1,000 people. It was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Silkstone, Queensland
Silkstone is a suburb in the City of Ipswich, Queensland, Australia. In the , Silkstone had a population of 3,480 people. Geography Bundamba Creek marks the eastern boundary of Silkstone. History Newtown State School opened on 1 July 1882. In 1915 the school was moved to a new location and renamed Silkstone State School. In December 1895 the Anglican Diocese's architect John Buckeridge called for tenders to erect the Church of All Saints in Bundanba (as Bundamba was then known) on land donated by Miss Ferrett and Mr Harry Ferrett. Bishop William Webber laid the foundation stone on Friday 24 January 1896. Bishop Webber opened and dedicated the new church on Saturday 16 May 1896. In April 1897 Harry Ferrett was married in the church. In 1913 the church building was moved by rolling it on beer barrels to Silkstone. In 1930 it was moved again on a flat-top lorry to its current location in Booval. A new church hall for All Saints' Anglican Church was opened in Booval on Sunday ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Heritage-listed
This list is of heritage registers, inventories of cultural properties, natural and man-made, tangible and intangible, movable and immovable, that are deemed to be of sufficient heritage value to be separately identified and recorded. In many instances the pages linked below have as their primary focus the registered assets rather than the registers themselves. Where a particular article or set of articles on a foreign-language Wikipedia provides fuller coverage, a link is provided. International *World Heritage Sites (see Lists of World Heritage Sites) – UNESCO, advised by the International Council on Monuments and Sites *Representative list of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity (UNESCO) *Memory of the World Programme (UNESCO) *Globally Important Agricultural Heritage Systems (GIAHS) – Food and Agriculture Organization *UNESCO Biosphere Reserve * European Heritage Label (EHL) are European sites which are considered milestones in the creation of Europe. At th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anglican Bishop Of Brisbane
Anglicanism is a Western Christian tradition that has developed from the practices, liturgy, and identity of the Church of England following the English Reformation, in the context of the Protestant Reformation in Europe. It is one of the largest branches of Christianity, with around 110 million adherents worldwide . Adherents of Anglicanism are called ''Anglicans''; they are also called ''Episcopalians'' in some countries. The majority of Anglicans are members of national or regional ecclesiastical provinces of the international Anglican Communion, which forms the third-largest Christian communion in the world, after the Roman Catholic Church and the Eastern Orthodox Church. These provinces are in full communion with the See of Canterbury and thus with the Archbishop of Canterbury, whom the communion refers to as its ''primus inter pares'' (Latin, 'first among equals'). The Archbishop calls the decennial Lambeth Conference, chairs the meeting of primates, and is the presid ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Queensland Family History Society
The Queensland Family History Society (QFHS) is an incorporated association formed in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. History The society was established in 1979 as a non-profit, non-sectarian, non-political organisation. They aim to promote the study of family history local history, genealogy, and heraldry, and encourage the collection and preservation of records relating to the history of Queensland families. At the end of 2022, the society relocated from 58 Bellevue Avenue, Gaythorne Gaythorne is a suburb in the City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. In the , Gaythorne had a population of 3,023 people. Geography Gaythorne is located seven kilometres north-west of the Brisbane central business district. It is bounded to ... () to its new QFHS Family History Research Centre at 46 Delaware Street, Chermside (). References External links * Non-profit organisations based in Queensland Historical societies of Australia Libraries in Brisbane Family hist ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Welsh People
The Welsh ( cy, Cymry) are an ethnic group native to Wales. "Welsh people" applies to those who were born in Wales ( cy, Cymru) and to those who have Welsh ancestry, perceiving themselves or being perceived as sharing a cultural heritage and shared ancestral origins. Wales is the third-largest Countries of the United Kingdom, country of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. In the Acts of Union 1707, the Kingdom of England and the Kingdom of Scotland merged to become the Kingdom of Great Britain. The majority of people living in Wales are British nationality law, British citizens. In Wales, the Welsh language ( cy, Cymraeg) is protected by law. Welsh remains the predominant language in many parts of Wales, particularly in North Wales and parts of West Wales, though English is the predominant language in South Wales. The Welsh language is also taught in schools throughout Wales, and, even in regions of Wales in which Welsh people predominantly speak English ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
