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Rosewood Scrub Historical Society Building
Rosewood Scrub Historical Society Building is a heritage-listed former shire hall at 73 Edmond Street, Marburg, City of Ipswich, Queensland, Australia. It was built in 1913 by Anton Jendrachowski. It is also known as Rosewood Shire Council Branch Office, Rosewood Shire Council Office, and Walloon Shire Council Office & Meeting Hall. It was added to the Queensland Heritage Register on 21 October 1992. History This small timber building was erected in mid-1913 as offices and meeting place for the Walloon Shire Council. Although the town of Walloon (on the Ipswich-Granchester railway line) was established in the 1860s, Marburg, established in the late 1870s in the centre of the Rosewood Scrub district, proved the natural administrative centre for local government. The Walloon Divisional Board, proclaimed in 1879, initially met at the Plains paddock, then at Woodlands (TL Smith's Marburg residence), and then at premises in Marburg. In 1903 the Walloon Divisional Board became ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marburg, Queensland
Marburg is a rural town in the City of Ipswich and a locality split between the City of Ipswich and the Somerset Region, both in Queensland, Australia. In the , Marburg had a population of 873 people. Geography Marburg is located approximately 50 km west-south-west from Brisbane city. The land has an elevation of between approximately 80 and 120 metres above sea level. A small creek, the Black Snake creek, runs through Marburg. It is named after the Red-bellied Black Snake. History German settlers arrived around the 1860s in the region, which is part of the land of the Indigenous Jagera people. The district was initially named ''Sally Owens Plains'', but the town itself takes its present name from Marburg in Hesse, Germany. The story goes that the settlers used to respond with 'ober dar' when asked where they lived. Eventually they named their settlement after the German town of Marburg, which was well known at the time. The timber, sugar cane and dairy industries pu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
