Purga is a rural locality in the City of Ipswich, Queensland, Australia. In the , Purga had a population of 576 people.

Geography

Purga is on the outskirts of Ipswich. The western boundary of Purga follows Warrill Creek.

Road infrastructure

Ipswich – Boonah Road (State Route 93) runs through from north-east to south-east.

History

The area was named after the parish which was derived from the Aboriginal word ''pur-pur'', meaning ''a meeting place''. Purga Creek State School was opened on 1 September 1871. It was renamed Purga State School about 1945. It closed in 1967. It was at 68 Purga School Road (). Residents in the Fassifern Valley petitioned the Queensland Government to build a railway line to their district, and the first section of the Dugandan railway line was opened on 10 July 1882 as far as Harrisville. This is considered to be Queensland's first branch railway. Purga was served by three stations: * Loamside railway station on the Ipswich Boonah Road () * Hampstead railway station on the Ipswich Boonah Road () * Purga railway station on the Ipswich Boonah Road () The branch was extended to Dugandan on 12 September 1887. The line closed in 1964. Deebing Creek Provisional School opened on 21 January 1895. In 1924 it became Purga Aboriginal State School. It closed circa 1948. At the , Purga and surrounding suburbs recorded a population of 600.

Heritage listings

Purga 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: * 68 Purga School Road ():

Purga United Church Purga United Church is a heritage-listed union church at Boonah Road, Purga, City of Ipswich, Queensland, Australia. It was built in 1922. It was added to the Queensland Heritage Register on 6 September 2005. History The Purga United Chur ...

* 133-145 Carmichaels Road ():

Purga Aboriginal Cemetery Purga Aboriginal Cemetery is a heritage-listed cemetery at Carmichaels Road, Purga, City of Ipswich, Queensland, Australia. It was added to the Queensland Heritage Register on 18 September 2008. History Purga Creek Aboriginal Mission comp ...

References

External links

{{Ipswich City City of Ipswich Localities in Queensland