Ingham is a rural town and
locality
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in the
Shire of Hinchinbrook
The Shire of Hinchinbrook is a Local government in Australia, local government area in North Queensland, Queensland, Australia. The shire, administered from the town of Ingham, Queensland, Ingham, covers an area of , and has existed since its cr ...
,
Queensland
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, Australia.
It is named after
William Bairstow Ingham
William Bairstow Ingham (4 June 1850 – 28 November 1878) was a British colonist who operated a sugarcane plantation in the lower Herbert River region and was an agent for the colonial Government of Queensland during the early years of the Briti ...
and is the administrative centre for the Shire of Hinchinbrook.
In the , the locality of Ingham had a population of 4,455 people.
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Geography
Ingham is approximately north of Townsville
The City of Townsville is a city on the north-eastern coast of Queensland, Australia. With a population of 201,313 as of 2024, it is the largest settlement in North Queensland and Northern Australia (specifically, the parts of Australia north of ...
and north of the state capital, Brisbane. The town is positioned about inland within the Herbert River
The Herbert River is a river in Far North Queensland, Australia. The southernmost of Queensland's wet tropics river systems, it was named in 1864 by George Elphinstone Dalrymple explorer, after Robert Herbert, Robert George Wyndham Herbert, th ...
floodplain where Palm Creek drains the low-lying lands. It is surrounded by sugar cane farms which are serviced by a number of private railways
The North Coast railway line passes through the town, which is served by the Ingham railway station
Ingham railway station was a railway station in Ingham, Suffolk which was located was on the route between Thetford and Bury St Edmunds.
History
The railway line between Bury St Edmunds and Thetford was proposed by the Bury St Edmunds and T ...
. The Bruce Highway
The Bruce Highway is a major highway in Queensland, Australia. Commencing in the state capital, Brisbane, it passes through areas close to the eastern coast on its way to Cairns in Far North Queensland. The route is part of the Australian Natio ...
also passes through the town.
Tokalon is neighbourhood in the south-east of the locality (). It takes its name from the Tokalon railway station, which was named by the Queensland Railways Department
Queensland Rail (QR) is a railway operator in Queensland, Australia. Queensland Rail is owned by the Queensland Government, and operates both suburban and interurban rail services in South East Queensland, as well as long-distance passenger t ...
on 24 December 1924, from the name of a local selection
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. ''Tokalan'' is an Aboriginal word meaning ''beautiful land''.
History
Aboriginal history
Prior to European settlement, the Ingham area was inhabited by the Warakamai People. ''Warrgamay
The Warrgamay people, also spelt Warakamai, are an Aboriginal Australian people of the state of Queensland.
Language
Their language, Warrgamay, is now extinct. It was a variety of Dyirbalic, and appears to be composed of three distinct dialec ...
'' (also known as ''Waragamai'', ''Wargamay'', ''Wargamaygan'', ''Biyay'', and ''Warakamai'') is an Australian Aboriginal language in North Queensland
North Queensland or the Northern Region is the northern part of the Australian state of Queensland that lies just south of Far North Queensland. Queensland is a massive state, larger than many countries, and its Tropical North Queensland, trop ...
. The language region includes the Herbert River
The Herbert River is a river in Far North Queensland, Australia. The southernmost of Queensland's wet tropics river systems, it was named in 1864 by George Elphinstone Dalrymple explorer, after Robert Herbert, Robert George Wyndham Herbert, th ...
area, Ingham, Hawkins Creek, Long Pocket
Long Pocket is a rural locality in the Shire of Hinchinbrook, Queensland, Australia. In the , Long Pocket had a population of 150 people.
History
Long Pocket State School opened on 26 July 1915. A new school building was erected in 1924. It c ...
, Herbert Vale, Niagara Vale, Yamanic Creek, Herbert Gorge, Cardwell, Hinchinbrook Island
Hinchinbrook Island (or Pouandai to the Biyaygiri people) is an island in the Cassowary Coast Region, Queensland, Australia. It lies east of Cardwell, Queensland, Cardwell and north of Lucinda, Queensland, Lucinda, separated from the north-eas ...
and the adjacent mainland.
British colonisation
George Elphinstone Dalrymple
George Augustus Frederick Elphinstone Dalrymple (6 May 1826 – 22 January 1876) was a colonist, explorer, public servant and politician, member of the Legislative Assembly of Queensland. He founded the towns of Bowen and Cardwell, and pionee ...
led the first British expedition to the area during his 1864 journey from Cardwell to the Valley of Lagoons Station. Dalrymple named the Herbert River
The Herbert River is a river in Far North Queensland, Australia. The southernmost of Queensland's wet tropics river systems, it was named in 1864 by George Elphinstone Dalrymple explorer, after Robert Herbert, Robert George Wyndham Herbert, th ...
on this expedition and described both the extensive grassy plains that flanked the river and the "tribe of wild blacks" who lived upon them. Co-owner of Valley of Lagoons, Walter Jervoise Scott, soon established the Herbert Vale cattle station
In Australia and New Zealand, a cattle station is a large farm ( station is equivalent to the American ranch), the main activity of which is the rearing of cattle. The owner of a cattle station is called a '' grazier''. The largest cattle stati ...
on these plains which was managed by Henry Worsley Stone and Duncan McAuslan. In 1868, the region was opened to further uptake of land by colonists, with Daniel Cudmore
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and Maurice Geoffrey O'Connell being the most prominent selectors.
This taking of land led to conflict between the British colonists and the resident Indigenous population of the region. In the early 1870s, Native Police
Australian native police were specialised mounted military units consisting of detachments of Aboriginal Australians, Aboriginal troopers under the command of European officers appointed by British colonial governments. The units existed in va ...
forces based at Waterview under the charge of Sub-Inspectors Thomas Coward and Ferdinand Macquarie Tompson, conducted missions to "disperse" groups of "very troublesome" Aboriginal people along the Herbert River. Cattle continued to be speared and in 1872 a Native Police detachment captured a group of Aborigines at Daniel Cudmore's property. They were made to gather firewood and were then shot, their corpses being burnt on the gathered wood. In 1873, the local Native Police barracks were moved to Fort Herbert (just west of the modern day town of Ingham) and placed under the command of Sub-Inspector Robert Arthur Johnstone. Over the next seven years, Johnstone conducted numerous punitive expedition
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s, "dispersing mobs" of Aboriginal people around the Herbert River region. James Cassady, a colonist who attempted to protect Aborigines in the region, described how Native Police officers during this period would order the shootings of peaceful Aboriginal people. In once instance, two young boys who survived these shootings were taken and given as presents to other colonists. The Native Police forces in the Ingham region were disbanded in 1881.
Sugar plantations and mills
The region was found to be ideal for the cultivation of sugarcane
Sugarcane or sugar cane is a species of tall, Perennial plant, perennial grass (in the genus ''Saccharum'', tribe Andropogoneae) that is used for sugar Sugar industry, production. The plants are 2–6 m (6–20 ft) tall with stout, jointed, fib ...
and Maurice Geoffrey O'Connell is regarded as the first to plant the crop in the Herbert River area. He, however, soon committed suicide and other entrepreneurs expanded the industry. In 1870, James MacKenzie established the Gairloch
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plantation, Farrand Haig and Henry Miles founded the Bemerside plantation, while Arthur Neame and Edwin Waller established the Macknade plantation. The first local sugar mill
A sugar cane mill is a factory that processes sugar cane to produce raw sugar or plantation white sugar. Some sugar mills are situated next to a back-end refinery, that turns raw sugar into (refined) white sugar.
The term is also used to refer ...
was constructed in 1872 at the Gairloch property, with the Bemerside and Macknade mills opening the following year. These operations came into financial difficulty and the Hamleigh Sugar Company with Alfred Cowley as manager became the dominant sugar enterprise in the region by 1883. However, with significant government assistance, the Colonial Sugar Refining Company (CSR) monopolised the Hebert valley sugar production by 1886, purchasing most of the plantations, buying the Macknade mill and establishing its own mill in 1883 at the Victoria Plantation
Victoria Plantation is a rural locality in the Shire of Hinchinbrook, Queensland, Australia. In the , Victoria Plantation had a population of 169 people.
Geography
Victoria Plantation is directly east of the town of Ingham. It is a sugarcane ...
. The Macknade and Victoria mills are still in operation and are owned by Wilmar Sugar Australia
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.
Most of the labour on these plantations during the early years was performed by imported South Sea Islanders
South Sea Islanders, formerly referred to as Kanakas, are the Australian descendants of Pacific Islanders from more than 80 islandsincluding the Oceanian archipelagoes of the Solomon Islands, New Caledonia, Vanuatu, Fiji, the Gilbert Islands ...
who were required to work for three years earning only £6 per annum which was paid out at the end of the contract, often in cheap goods instead of money. At CSR's Victoria Plantation, the Islanders wore a tin disc around theirs necks with a number stamped on it and although they were provided with a hospital, the amount of sickness and death among them was very high, the mortality rate in 1884 being up to 15%. The hospital itself was a temporary structure in which the Islanders were locked in unattended at night. There is a recorded incident where a fight broke out, resulting in a death and mass injury.
In 1885, a Royal Commission found that Islanders destined to work at Alfred Cowley's Hamleigh Plantation were blackbirded in that they were recruited in a way that was "cruelly deceptive and altogether illegal". Likewise, the Commission found that many Islanders were deliberately kidnapped or murdered during a recruiting voyage for CSR's Victoria Plantation, describing it as a record of deceit, cruel treachery and inhuman slaughter. In 1886, both the CSR and Hamleigh companies received government compensation for the removal and repatriation of some of the Islanders who had survived these recruiting events. This money was given despite an inquiry showing that the annual death rate of South Sea Islanders
South Sea Islanders, formerly referred to as Kanakas, are the Australian descendants of Pacific Islanders from more than 80 islandsincluding the Oceanian archipelagoes of the Solomon Islands, New Caledonia, Vanuatu, Fiji, the Gilbert Islands ...
was as high as 17.5% at both these plantations. The use of Islander labour continued on the Herbert River valley until the early 1900s.
Township of Ingham
A cluster of a few huts known simply as Lower Herbert was established in 1871 which included a post office. A township was gazetted on this site in 1879 and named Ingham, after William Bairstow Ingham
William Bairstow Ingham (4 June 1850 – 28 November 1878) was a British colonist who operated a sugarcane plantation in the lower Herbert River region and was an agent for the colonial Government of Queensland during the early years of the Briti ...
, a pioneer sugar planter on the Herbert River.
Ingham State School opened on 4 May 1885 and celebrated its Golden Jubilee (50th anniversary) in December 1935. On Saturday 4 May 1985, the school celebrated its centenary by planting a tree at the school's original location ().
A gaol opened in July 1886; previously there had only been a police lock-up.
The town has a strong Italian and Spanish history with the 1920s and 1930s seeing a large influx of immigrants from these countries. The Black Hand Gang, made up of some of these immigrants, terrorised the town in the 1930s with bribery and corruption, forming a dark chapter in the town's history.
Ingham State High School opened on 2 February 1952.
Hinchinbrook Shire Library opened in 2011 in Ingham.
Following the devastation caused by Cyclone Yasi
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in Far North Queensland
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in February 2011, Ingham is one of a number of towns where a cyclone shelter was built. The Ingham cyclone shelter is capable of withstanding winds of more than per hour, as experienced in a category five cyclone. The building serves as a multi-purpose sports facility for the Ingham State High School while in a cyclone it provides shelter for up to 800 people. The shelter was opened by Premier Campbell Newman
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in January 2013.
In March 2018, flood waters inundated properties in Ingham following heavy rain.
Demographics
In the , the locality of Ingham had a population of 4,426 people. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people made up 7.6% of the population. 81.2% of people were born in Australia. The next most common country of birth was Italy at 5.0%. 82.5% of people spoke only English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Italian at 7.2%. The most common responses for religion were Catholic 45.8%, Anglican 15.5%, No Religion 13.1%.
In the , the locality of Ingham had a population of 4,455 people.
Heritage listings
Ingham has a number of heritage-listed
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sites, including:
* Ingham Post Office, 15 Lannercost Street
* Ruth Fairfax House
The Ruth Fairfax House is a heritage-listed detached house at 5 Lynch Street, Ingham, Shire of Hinchinbrook, Queensland, Australia. It was built from 1887 to 1962. It was added to the Queensland Heritage Register on 12 December 2003.
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, 5 Lynch Street
* Gairloch Bridge, Old Bruce Highway between Foresthome and Gairloch
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* Ingham Court House
Ingham Court House is a heritage-listed courthouse at 35–39 Palm Terrace, Ingham, Queensland, Ingham, Shire of Hinchinbrook, Queensland, Australia. It was designed by John Hitch of the Department of Public Works (Queensland) and built in 1948 ...
, 35–39 Palm Terrace
Climate
Ingham experiences a tropical monsoon climate
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: Am), with a prolonged wet season
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from November to May and a cooler, less humid dry season
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from June to October. Being part of the Queensland Wet Tropics bioregion, the annual rainfall in Ingham is very high, averaging , primarily concentrated in the austral summer. Extreme temperatures in Ingham have ranged from on 5 January 1994 to on 24 July 1968.
Economy
Ingham is the service centre for many sugarcane plantations, which are serviced by the two sugar mills located in the Ingham district: Victoria Sugar Mill
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(located approximately from Ingham), which is the largest sugar mill in Australia and one of the largest in the southern hemisphere, and Macknade Mill, which is the oldest operating sugar mill in Queensland. Both mills are owned and operated by Wilmar Sugar Australia Limited. The majority of the cane
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is transported to the mills by light tramlines. Once processed by the mills, the raw sugar is then transported by tramline to the bulk sugar terminal at the nearby seaside port of Lucinda and loaded onto ships for export via the longest pier in the southern hemisphere ( long).
Other industries in the Ingham area include cattle, watermelons, rice, horticulture, fishing, timber and tourism.
Education
Ingham State School is a government primary (Early Childhood-6) school for boys and girls at 28 McIlwraith Street (). In 2018, the school had an enrolment of 334 students with 29 teachers (24 full-time equivalent) and 25 non-teaching staff (13 full-time equivalent). It includes a special education
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program.
Our Lady of Lourdes Primary School is a Catholic primary (Prep-6) school for boys and girls at 18 Abbott Street (). In 2018, the school had an enrolment of 288 students with 20 teachers (18 full-time equivalent) and 17 non-teaching staff (10 full-time equivalent).
Hinchinbrook Christian School is a private primary and secondary (Prep-10) school for boys and girls at 77 Halifax Road (). In 2018, the school had an enrolment of 13 students with 3 teachers and 0 non-teaching staff. The school also provides distance education
Distance education, also known as distance learning, is the education of students who may not always be physically present at school, or where the learner and the teacher are separated in both time and distance; today, it usually involves online ...
.
Ingham State High School is a government secondary (7-12) school for boys and girls at 12 Menzies Street (). In 2018, the school had an enrolment of 425 students with 47 teachers (45 full-time equivalent) and 26 non-teaching staff (19 full-time equivalent). It includes a special education program.
Gilroy Santa Maria College is a Catholic secondary (7-12) school for boys and girls at 17 Chamberlain Street (). In 2018, the school had an enrolment of 291 students with 33 teachers (29 full-time equivalent) and 26 non-teaching staff (18 full-time equivalent).
Amenities
The town is home to the regional art gallery called TYTO Regional Art Gallery
TYTO Regional Art Gallery is a regional art gallery in Ingham, Queensland, within the Hinchinbrook Shire. It is located in the TYTO Wetlands (named after the local Eastern Grass Owl, '' Tyto capensis''). It is a public gallery operated by Hinc ...
which sits alongside the Tyto Wetlands and Enrico's Restaurant. In the same precinct is the Hinchinbrook Shire Library
Hinchinbrook Shire Library is a public library servicing the Hinchinbrook Shire, Queensland
Queensland ( , commonly abbreviated as Qld) is a States and territories of Australia, state in northeastern Australia, and is the second-largest a ...
located at 73-75 McIllwraith Street.
Media
The '' Herbert River Express'' is a newspaper published in Ingham since 1904.
Sport
The town's rugby league team, the Herbert River Crushers, play in the Townsville District Rugby League.
Events
The Australian-Italian Festival is held in Ingham the first weekend in August each year and is one of the most popular events in the region, with thousands of people attending the event. The festival celebrates Ingham's cultural background, dating from the 1890s, when the first Italian immigrants came to the region. More than half the population of the town are of Italian descent.[Australian Italian Festival Ingham](_blank)
. Retrieved on 17 May 2012. The town is known as "Little Italy". The annual festival, held at Tyto Wetlands, began as an idea from a community workshop.
Notable residents
Notable individuals from Ingham include:
* Sam Backo
Sam Backo (born 1 January 1961) is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer who played as a in the 1980s and 1990s.
Named as one of the greatest Aboriginal Australian, Aboriginal players of the 20th century, he represented Au ...
, rugby league player
* Harriett Brims, pioneer female photographer
* David Crisafulli
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, 41st Premier of Queensland
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By convention the premier is the leader of the party with a parliamentary majority in the Legislative Assembly of Queensland. The premier is appointed ...
* Tracey Curro
Tracey Ilana Curro (born 27 November 1963) is an Australian journalist.
Curro has previously been a news presenter on GMV-6, QTQ-9 and ATV-10 and a reporter on the Seven Network's ''Beyond 2000'', a science-technology show, and correspondent o ...
, journalist
* Francis Patrick Donovan
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, ambassador
* Greg Dowling
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, rugby league player
* Nick Euclid
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, rugby league player
* Arthur Fadden
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, 13th Prime Minister of Australia
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* Eric Feldt
Commander Eric Augustas Feldt (3 January 1899 – 12 March 1968) was an officer in the Royal Australian Navy and the director of the Coastwatchers organisation for much of the Second World War.
Early life
Feldt was born in Ingham, North Que ...
, Head of the Coastwatchers in WWII
* Beryl Friday, netballer
* Joice NanKivell Loch
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, humanitarian worker
* Walter Mason, author
* Keith Payne
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, Victoria Cross recipient
* Ted Row
Edward Charles "Ted" Row (26 March 1923 – 4 July 2007) was an Australian politician.
Early life
Row was born in Ingham to Edward Dunlop Row and Ida Jesse, ''née'' Kilpatrick. He was educated at Trebonne State School and then Queensl ...
, politician
* Dean Schifilliti, rugby league player
* Ashleigh Southern
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, water polo player
* Laurie Spina
Laurie Joseph Spina ( ) (born 21 May 1963) is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer and rugby league commentator. In 1995, Spina was the inaugural captain of the North Queensland Cowboys.
Background
Born in Ingham, Queensla ...
, rugby league player
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