Ipswich () is the central

suburb A suburb (more broadly suburban area) is an area within a metropolitan area, which may include commercial and mixed-use, that is primarily a residential area. A suburb can exist either as part of a larger city/urban area or as a separate ...

and

central business district A central business district (CBD) is the commercial and business centre of a city. It contains commercial space and offices, and in larger cities will often be described as a financial district. Geographically, it often coincides with the "city ...

of Ipswich in the City of Ipswich, Queensland, Australia. It is also known as Ipswich CBD (central business district). In the , the suburb had a population of 2,459 people.

Geography

The suburb is situated on the Bremer River. The suburb of Ipswich has a number of distinct areas. The Ipswich central business district is in the north with the Bremer River forming the northern boundary. Limestone Hill and its parklands are to the east (). Denmark Hill with its exclusive residential area and conservation park is to the west (). A mixture of health, educations and residential areas make up the south. The Ipswich CBD is centred on 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.

History

In 1860 a Baptist Church opened in Ipswich. On Monday 11 December 1876 a foundation stone was laid for a new Baptist church building, which opened about 19 June 1877. Ipswich Girls Grammar School opened on 1 February 1892.

Heritage listings

Ipswich has a number of

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 ...

sites, including: * 5 Brisbane Street:

Queensland Country Women's Association Girls' Hostel Queensland Country Women's Association Girls' Hostel is a heritage-listed detached house at 5 Brisbane Street, Ipswich, City of Ipswich, Queensland, Australia. It was built from to . It was added to the Queensland Heritage Register on 21 Octo ...

* 25 Brisbane Street:

Ulster Hotel Ulster Hotel is a heritage-listed hotel at 25 Brisbane Street, Ipswich, City of Ipswich, Queensland, Australia. It was built in 1910. It was added to the Queensland Heritage Register on 21 October 1992. History The land on which the Ulster H ...

* 89 Brisbane Street:

Queensland National Bank The Queensland National Bank is a former bank in Queensland, Australia. History In 1872, the bank was established in Brisbane. In December 1914, the bank had its head office in Brisbane with branches throughout Queensland at Allora, Aramac, ...

* 93 Brisbane Street:

William Johnston's Shops William Johnston's Shops are a heritage-listed row of three shops at 93 Brisbane Street, Ipswich, City of Ipswich, Queensland, Australia. They were built from 1877 to 1880s. It was added to the Queensland Heritage Register on 21 October 1992. ...

* 116 Brisbane Street: Old Ipswich Town Hall * 116A Brisbane Street: former Bank of Australasia * 124 Brisbane Street: St Pauls Anglican Church * 169-175 Brisbane Street:

Bostock Chambers Bostock Chambers is a heritage-listed office building at 169-175 Brisbane Street, Ipswich, City of Ipswich, Queensland, Australia. It was designed by George Brockwell Gill and built in 1915. It was added to the Queensland Heritage Register on 2 ...

* 188 Brisbane Street:

Baptist Church Baptists form a major branch of Protestantism distinguished by baptizing professing Christian believers only (believer's baptism), and doing so by complete immersion. Baptist churches also generally subscribe to the doctrines of soul compete ...

* 231 Brisbane Street: Flour Mill * 253 Brisbane Street: Hotel Metropole * 68 Chermside Road:

St Michaels Nursing Home St Michaels Nursing Home is a heritage-listed nursing home at 68 Chermside Road, Newtown, City of Ipswich, Queensland, Australia. It was built . It is also known as Gwennap. It was added to the Queensland Heritage Register on 21 October 1992. ...

* 82 Chermside Road: Ipswich Girls' Grammar School Buildings * 82 Chermside Road: Lime Kiln Remains * 48 d'Arcy Doyle Place (formerly Nicholas Street): St Paul's Young Men's Club * Ellenborough Street:

Ipswich Central Mission Ipswich Uniting Church is a heritage-listed Uniting Church in Australia, Uniting church (building), church at Ellenborough Street, Ipswich, Queensland, Ipswich, City of Ipswich, Queensland, Australia. It was designed and built by Samuel Shenton ...

* Ellenborough Street: Railway Signal Cabin and Turntable * 45 East Street: Ipswich & West Moreton Building Society building * 59 East Street:

Old Ipswich Courthouse The Old Ipswich Courthouse is a heritage-listed former courthouse located at 73-75 East Street, Ipswich, City of Ipswich, Queensland, Australia. It was designed by Charles Tiffin and built from 1859 to 1936. It was added to the Queensland Heri ...

* 86 East Street: Uniting Church Central Memorial Hall * 1 Ginn Street:

Ginn Cottage Ginn Cottage is a heritage-listed detached house at 1 Ginn Street, Ipswich, City of Ipswich, Queensland, Australia. It was built from to . It was added to the Queensland Heritage Register on 21 October 1992. History Ginn Cottage is a brick ...

* 14 Gray Street:

Ipswich Club House Ipswich Club House is a heritage-listed villa at 14 Gray Street, Ipswich, Queensland, Ipswich, City of Ipswich, Queensland, Australia. It was designed by George Brockwell Gill and built from to 1916. It was added to the Queensland Heritage Reg ...

* Limestone Street: Liberty Hall * 22 Limestone Street: St Stephen's Church * 88 Limestone Street:

Ipswich Technical College Queen Victoria Silver Jubilee Memorial Technical College is a heritage-listed technical college at 88 Limestone Street, Ipswich, City of Ipswich, Queensland, Australia. It was designed by architect George Brockwell Gill and built from 1897 ...

* 103 Limestone Street: Penrhyn * 109 Limestone Street:

Colthup's House Colthup's House is a heritage-listed detached house at 109 Limestone Street, Ipswich (suburb), Queensland, Ipswich in the City of Ipswich, Queensland, Australia. It was designed and built by John Farrelly (Australian architect), John Farrelly . ...

* 7 Macalister Street:

To-Me-Ree To-Me-Ree is a heritage-listed detached house at 7 Macalister Street, West Ipswich, Queensland, West Ipswich, City of Ipswich, Queensland, Australia. It was built . It was added to the Queensland Heritage Register on 21 October 1992. History ...

* Milford Street: Queens Park * 1A Milford Street:

Claremont Claremont may refer to: Places Australia *Claremont, Ipswich, a heritage-listed house in Queensland * Claremont, Tasmania, a suburb of Hobart * Claremont, Western Australia, a suburb of Perth ** Claremont Football Club, West Australian Footba ...

* 10A Milford Street: Walter Burley Griffin Incinerator * 11 Murphy Street:

Brickstone Brickstone is a heritage-listed detached house at 11 Murphy Street, Ipswich, Queensland, Ipswich, City of Ipswich, Queensland, Australia. It was built by William Hancock. It is also known as Brixton. It was added to the Queensland Heritage Reg ...

* 63 Nicholas Street: Soldiers' Memorial Hall * 3 Parker Avenue: Ipswich Mental Hospital (Challinor Centre) * 21 Quarry Street: Central Congregational Church Manse * 30 Quarry Street: Toronto (formerly known as Devonshire Cottage) * 43 Quarry Street:

Gooloowan Gooloowan is a heritage-listed villa at 43 Quarry Street, Ipswich, Queensland, Ipswich, City of Ipswich, Queensland, Australia. It was designed by architect Charles Balding and built from onwards . It was added to the Queensland Heritage Regis ...

* Rockton Street: Rockton * 20 Roderick Street:

Keiraville Keiraville is an inner suburb of the city of Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia in the Illawarra region. It is situated in the foothills of Mount Keira, approximately three kilometres northwest of Wollongong. Description Keiraville has a ...

* 66 Roderick Street: Ozanam House

Transport

Local transport

There are three forms of public train transport servicing the Ipswich region. * Queensland Rail City network offers regular services to and from Ipswich railway station 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

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. *An Airport Express Bus operates from Ipswich to

Brisbane Airport Brisbane Airport is the primary international airport serving Brisbane and South East Queensland. The airport services 31 airlines flying to 50 domestic and 29 international destinations, in total amounting to more than 22.7 million passeng ...

on a regular basis. 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 twice a week to Toowoomba and Charleville. * Greyhound Australia (coaches) offer daily direct services to Toowoomba, Mount Isa, Charleville and

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from the Ipswich Transit Centre. * Crisps Coaches offer daily direct services to and from Warwick, Queensland and Stanthorpe.

Education

Ipswich Central State School is a government primary (Early Childhood-6) school for boys and girls at Griffith Road (). In 2017, the school had an enrolment of 708 students with 54 teachers (50 full-time equivalent) and 43 non-teaching staff (28 full-time equivalent). It includes a special education program. Ipswich Special School is a special primary and secondary (Early Childhood-12) school for boys and girls at 2a Milford Street (). In 2017, the school had an enrolment of 116 students with 51 teachers (41 full-time equivalent) and 67 non-teaching staff (39 full-time equivalent). Bremer State High School is a government secondary (7-12) school for boys and girls at 133-153 Warwick Road (). In 2017, the school had an enrolment of 1867 students with 146 teachers (143 full-time equivalent) and 83 non-teaching staff (61 full-time equivalent). Ipswich Flexible Learning Centre is a Catholic secondary (7-12) school for boys and girls at Cnr Queen Victoria Parade & Milford Place (). In 2017, the school had an enrolment of 121 students with 13 teachers (9 full-time equivalent) and 13 non-teaching staff (9 full-time equivalent). Ipswich Girls' Grammar School is a private primary and secondary (Prep-12) school for boys and girls at Cnr Queen Victoria Parade & Chermside Road (). In 2017, the school had an enrolment of 852 students with 73 teachers (69 full-time equivalent) and 126 non-teaching staff (53 full-time equivalent). The University of Southern Queensland has a campus at Ipswich Campus. It was formerly the Ipswich Campus of the University of Queensland and the Ipswich Mental Hospital (Challinor Centre).

Libraries

The

Ipswich Council 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 Ci ...

operates the Ipswich Central Library at 40 South Street. It opened in 1994 and had a major refurbishment in 2017.

Health

* Ipswich Hospital Chelmsford Avenue *St Andrews Private Hospital, Roderick Street Many GPs and specialists can be found in Brisbane and Limestone Street, 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

Uniting Church Central Memorial Hall, Ipswich, Queensland

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

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Ipswich (Suburb), Queensland Suburbs of Ipswich, Queensland Central business districts in Australia