Ipswich, Queensland

Ipswich was tribally known as Coodjirar in the Yugararpul language.{{cite news |date=18 January 1934 |title=ABORIGINAL LANGUAGE |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article23331938 |accessdate=1 April 2024 |newspaper=The Queenslander |location=Queensland, Australia |page=13 |via=National Library of Australia |archive-date=19 May 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240519060759/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/blank |url-status=live }}

Known as the Ugarapul and Yuggerabul people are Australian Aboriginal languages of South-East Queensland.Ipswich City Council, Lockyer Regional Council and the Somerset Regional Council.{{Cite SLQ-CC-BY|url=https://maps.slq.qld.gov.au/iyil/view/jagara-19|title=Jagara|author=|date=|website=Queensland Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander languages map|access-date=23 January 2020}}{{Cite SLQ-CC-BY|url=https://maps.slq.qld.gov.au/iyil/view/yuggera-169|title=Yuggera|author=|date=|website=Queensland Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander languages map|access-date=28 January 2020}} The languages of Greater Brisbane are related – there is uncertainty over which dialects belong to which language. The Yugarabul language region includes the landscape within the local government boundaries of Brisbane City Council, Ipswich City Council and the Scenic Rim Regional Council.{{Cite SLQ-CC-BY|url=https://maps.slq.qld.gov.au/iyil/view/yugarabul-168|title=Yugarabul|author=|date=|website=Queensland Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander languages map|access-date=28 January 2020}}

Prior to the arrival of European settlers, what is now called Ipswich was home to one indigenous language groups, including the Warpai tribe,Tom Petrie's Reminiscences of Early Queensland. St Lucia, Queensland: University of Queensland Press. 1992. p. 102. {{ISBN|0-7022-2383-2}}. Yuggera and Ugarapul Indigenous Australian groups.{{cite web |url=http://www.ipswich150.com.au/proud_past |title=Proud Past |publisher=Ipswich 150 |access-date=3 September 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110706105041/http://www.ipswich150.com.au/proud_past/ |archive-date=6 July 2011 }} The area was first explored by European colonists in 1826, when Captain Patrick Logan, Commandant of the Moreton Bay penal colony, sailed up the Brisbane River and discovered large deposits of limestone and other minerals.{{Cite news |date=17 August 1827 |title=Shipping Entelligence. |work=Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article2188791 |access-date=23 July 2022 |archive-date=5 February 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220205060542/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/2188791 |url-status=live }}

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The town began in 1827 as a limestone mining settlement and grew rapidly as a major inland port. Ipswich was initially named "The Limestone Hills" and later shortened to "Limestone", however in 1843 it was renamed after the town of Ipswich in England.{{cite QPN|16769|Ipswich|access-date=28 August 2015}} The population was 932 in 1851 and had risen to 2459 by 1856.{{cite web|last=Knight|first=J.J.|title=Brisbane: a historical sketch of the capital of Queensland, giving an outline of old-time events, with a description of Brisbane of the present day, and a municipal retrospect|url=http://www.textqueensland.com.au/item/book/0136505eaa51dbcc3c0c68770bef1ef4|publisher=Biggs & Morcom|page=24|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171026111108/http://www.textqueensland.com.au/item/book/0136505eaa51dbcc3c0c68770bef1ef4|archive-date=26 October 2017}} It became a municipality in 1858. Ipswich had been a prime candidate for becoming the capital of Queensland from about 1847 when the Rev. John Dunmore Lang had toured both Ipswich and Brisbane, and noted the strength of Ipswich as a port town with access to the wool suppliers of the Darling Downs, but Brisbane was instead chosen due to its mercantile and colonial interests.{{cite QHR|20499|Ipswich Town Wharves|602567|access-date=12 August 2015}}{{Cite book|title='Brisbane, Ipswich or Cleveland: the capital port question at Moreton Bay 1842-1859 In Whitmore, Ray (ed.). Brisbane: people, places and pageantry|last=Salecich|first=Dushen|publisher=Brisbane History Group|year=1987}} Brisbane was declared the capital of the new Crown Colony of Queensland in 1859. It was proclaimed a city in 1904.{{cite web |url=http://www.ipswich.qld.gov.au/about_council/council_history/index.php |title=Ipswich City Council – Council History |access-date=8 June 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110518194944/http://www.ipswich.qld.gov.au/about_council/council_history/index.php |archive-date=18 May 2011 }}

The city became a major coal-mining area in the early 19th Century, contributing to the development of railways in the region as a means of transport. The first recorded coal mines in the central Ipswich area started at Woodend in 1848.{{cite web |url=http://www.ipswich.qld.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0019/9811/mining.pdf |title=Coal Mining Then & Now |access-date=8 January 2016 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160323132244/http://www.ipswich.qld.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0019/9811/mining.pdf |archive-date=23 March 2016 }} Triassic aged dinosaur footprints were found in underground coal mines in the vicinity of the suburbs of Ebbw Vale and New Chum{{Cite journal|last1=Romilio|first1=Anthony|last2=Klein|first2=Hendrik|last3=Jannel|first3=Andréas|last4=Salisbury|first4=Steven W.|date=16 October 2021|title=Saurischian dinosaur tracks from the Upper Triassic of southern Queensland: possible evidence for Australia's earliest sauropodomorph trackmaker|journal=Historical Biology|volume=34 |issue=9 |pages=1834–1843|doi=10.1080/08912963.2021.1984447|s2cid=239170287|issn=0891-2963}} while large numbers of Jurassic aged dinosaur footprints have been reported from the suburb of Rosewood.{{Cite journal|last1=Romilio|first1=Anthony|last2=Salisbury|first2=Steven W.|last3=Jannel|first3=Andréas|date=3 October 2021|title=Footprints of large theropod dinosaurs in the Middle–UpperJurassic (lower Callovian–lower Tithonian) Walloon Coal Measures of southern Queensland, Australia|journal=Historical Biology|volume=33|issue=10|pages=2135–2146|doi=10.1080/08912963.2020.1772252|s2cid=225692077|issn=0891-2963}}

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From the 1840s onward, Ipswich was becoming an important river port for growing local industries such as coal and wool from the Darling Downs and a regular paddlesteamer service from Brisbane Town, The Experiment, was established in 1846.The Steamer "Experiment" – [http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-page540269 The Moreton Bay Courier – 20 June 1846] This, and other steamer services,{{cite web|url=http://www.ipswich.qld.gov.au/documents/heritage/education_kit_transport.pdf|title=Ipswich City Council – Heritage Education Kit – Transport|access-date=3 June 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120225124358/http://www.ipswich.qld.gov.au/documents/heritage/education_kit_transport.pdf|archive-date=25 February 2012}} remained the primary form of mass/bulk transport between the two cities until 1876, when the construction of the original Albert Bridge, spanning the Brisbane River at Indooroopilly, completed the railway line begun between Ipswich and Brisbane in 1873.{{cite web|url=http://www.history.qr.com.au/stories/|title=Queensland Rail – Queensland's First Railway|access-date=3 June 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090929210335/http://www.history.qr.com.au/stories/|archive-date=29 September 2009}}File:Ipswich Railway Station 1865.jpg

Ipswich was proclaimed a municipality on 3 March 1860 and became a city in 1904.{{Cite web |url=https://www.pictureipswich.com.au/nodes/view/9992 |title=Archived copy |access-date=5 March 2024 |archive-date=24 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230324101614/https://www.pictureipswich.com.au/nodes/view/9992 |url-status=live }}

On 26 May 1872, a Primitive Methodist Church opened in East Street.{{cite news|date=1 June 1872|title=PRIMITIVE METHODIST NEW CHURCH, IPSWICH.|volume=XI|page=3|newspaper=Queensland Times, Ipswich Herald and General Advertiser|issue=1562|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article123621294|via=National Library of Australia|access-date=17 September 2021}}{{cite news|date=1 June 1872|title=IPSWICH.|volume=XXVI|page=5|newspaper=The Brisbane Courier|issue=4,578|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article1300354|via=National Library of Australia|access-date=17 September 2021|archive-date=27 May 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220527021652/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/1300354|url-status=live}}{{cite news|date=11 June 1872|title=RELIGIOUS.|volume=XI|page=3|newspaper=Queensland Times, Ipswich Herald and General Advertiser|issue=1566|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article123619945|via=National Library of Australia|access-date=17 September 2021|archive-date=27 May 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220527021654/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/123619945|url-status=live}}

By April 1873 there were numerous churches in Ipswich: Anglican, Roman Catholic, Baptist, Primitive Methodist, German Lutheran, and Wesleyan Methodist.{{cite news|date=19 April 1873|title=IPSWICH.|volume=XXVII|page=5|newspaper=The Brisbane Courier|issue=4,853|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article1314649|via=National Library of Australia|access-date=17 September 2021}}

A United Methodist Free Church opened in Brisbane Street in July 1873, having relocated from the "comparative obscurity" of North Ipswich.{{cite news|date=17 July 1873|title=TEA-MEETING.|volume=XII|page=3|newspaper=Queensland Times, Ipswich Herald and General Advertiser|issue=1737|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article122563772|via=National Library of Australia|access-date=17 September 2021}}

In March 1888, 239 allotments of the "Liverpool Estate" were advertised to be auctioned by E. Bostock in conjunction with Arthur Martin & Co.{{cite news|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article130805598|title=Advertising|date=8 March 1888|newspaper=Queensland Times, Ipswich Herald and General Advertiser|access-date=20 July 2019|issue=4014|volume=XXVIII|page=2|via=National Library of Australia}} A map advertising the auction shows the proximity of the estate to the railway workshops and the Bremer River.{{cite archive |first= |last= |item=Liverpool Estate |type=Map |date=1888 |series= |file= |box= |collection=Collections |repository= |institution=State Library of Queensland |location= |item-url=https://collections.slq.qld.gov.au/viewer/IE424062}}File:Brisbane-street-ipswich-r.jpgIn June 1911, 26 building sites of "East Ipswich Station Estate" were advertised to be auctioned by E. Bostock & Sons.{{cite news|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article114584101|title=Advertising|date=24 June 1911|newspaper=Queensland Times|access-date=20 July 2019|issue=8154|volume=LII|page=16 (DAILY)|via=National Library of Australia|archive-date=27 May 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220527021652/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/114584101|url-status=live}} A map advertising the auction shows the location of the estate in proximity to the railway line.{{cite archive |first= |last= |item=East Ipswich Station Estate |type=Map |date=1911 |series= |file= |box= |collection=Collections |repository= |institution=State Library of Queensland |location= |item-url=https://collections.slq.qld.gov.au/viewer/IE424068}}

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In 1914, 65 garden allotments were advertised to be auctioned by E. Bostock & Sons. The area was called the "Orangefield Estate". It was formerly an orchard of James Alexander Jackes, and the real estate map advertised that the estate was well stocked with fruit trees.{{cite archive |first= |last= |item=Orangefield Estate the garden of Ipswich |type=Map |date=1914 |series= |file= |box= |collection=Collections |repository= |institution=State Library of Queensland |location= |item-url=https://collections.slq.qld.gov.au/viewer/IE424098}}{{cite news|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article120092379|title=ORANGEFIELD ESTATE.|date=25 July 1914|newspaper=Queensland Times|access-date=30 July 2019|issue=9071|volume=LVI|page=2 (Daily)|via=National Library of Australia}}{{cite news|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article123031878|title=Advertising|date=3 October 1914|newspaper=Queensland Times|access-date=30 July 2019|issue=91[?]0|volume=LVI|page=16 (Daily)|via=National Library of Australia}} It was reported in the Queensland Times that 20 allotments were sold. This article also listed the buyers.{{cite news|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article123034319|title=SALE OF ORANGEFIELD ESTATE.|date=7 November 1914|newspaper=Queensland Times|access-date=30 July 2019|issue=9149|volume=LVI|page=2 (Daily)|via=National Library of Australia}} Unsold allotments were advertised in the Queensland Times.{{cite news|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article123026823|title=Advertising|date=18 November 1914|newspaper=Queensland Times|access-date=30 July 2019|issue=9158|volume=LVI|page=8 (Daily)|via=National Library of Australia|archive-date=27 May 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220527021657/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/123026823|url-status=live}}

In 1922, 12 allotments were advertised in the Queensland Times to be auctioned by Bacon & Co. Auctioneers in conjunction with H. J. Hargreaves & Co.{{cite news|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article110010108|title=Advertising|date=8 April 1922|newspaper=Queensland Times|access-date=28 August 2019|issue=11,159|volume=LXIII|page=12 (DAILy.)|via=National Library of Australia|archive-date=27 May 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220527021654/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/110010108|url-status=live}} The area was called the "Whitehill Road Estate". A map advertising the auction shows the estate is across the road from the intersection of Whitehill Road and Griffith Road.{{cite archive |first= |last= |item=Whitehill Road Estate Ipswich |type=Map |date=1922 |series= |file= |box= |collection=Collections |repository= |institution=State Library of Queensland |location= |item-url=https://collections.slq.qld.gov.au/viewer/IE424119}} Both street names are still in use. By July 1922 the Queensland Times advertised that only six allotments were left.{{cite news|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article111455911|title=Advertising|date=15 July 1922|newspaper=Queensland Times|access-date=28 August 2019|issue=11,243|volume=LXIV|page=10 (DAILY.)|via=National Library of Australia}}

In October 1925, several allotments in the "Fiveways Estate" at East Ipswich were advertised to be auctioned by Jackson & Meyers in conjunction with Bacon & Co.{{cite news|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article118594857|title=Advertising|date=17 October 1925|newspaper=Queensland Times|access-date=20 July 2019|issue=12,250|volume=LXVI|page=16 (DAILY.)|via=National Library of Australia}} A map advertising the auction states that the lots were ideal for residential sites, convenient to the East Ipswich Railway Station and water, gas and electric light was available.{{cite archive |first= |last= |item=Fiveways Estate East Ipswich |type=Map |date=1925 |series= |file= |box= |collection=Collections |repository= |institution=State Library of Queensland |location= |item-url=https://collections.slq.qld.gov.au/viewer/IE424065}}

In 1928, 211 allotments were advertised to be auctioned by E. Bostock & Sons and W. B. Parkinson. The area was called the "Cribb Estate" and on the estate map it was noted that it was on the eastern slopes of Limestone Hill.{{cite archive |first= |last= |item=Cribb Estate on the eastern slope of Limestone Hill, Ipswich |type=Map |date=c. 1928 |series= |file= |box= |collection=Collections |repository= |institution=State Library of Queensland |location= |item-url=https://collections.slq.qld.gov.au/viewer/IE428898}} The auction was advertised in the Queensland Times{{cite news|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article114417022|title=Advertising|date=1 September 1928|newspaper=Queensland Times|access-date=30 July 2019|issue=13,240|volume=LXIX|page=16 (DAILY.)|via=National Library of Australia|archive-date=23 July 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220723071348/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/114417022|url-status=live}}{{cite news|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article115333003|title=Advertising|date=20 October 1928|newspaper=Queensland Times|access-date=30 July 2019|issue=13,282|volume=LXIX|page=16 (DAILY.)|via=National Library of Australia|archive-date=23 July 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220723071346/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/115333003|url-status=live}} and it was also noted in the notes of the Council Meeting published in the Queensland Times that approval had been granted to gravel new roads in the estate before it was sold.{{cite news|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article115328868|title=CITY COUNCIL.|date=2 October 1928|newspaper=Queensland Times|access-date=30 July 2019|issue=13,266|volume=LXIX|page=8 (DAILY.)|via=National Library of Australia|archive-date=23 July 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220723071349/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/115328868|url-status=live}} It was reported in the Queensland Times that 40 allotments sold on the day of auction and some of the buyers were listed.{{cite news|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article115328657|title=CRIBB ESTATE SALE.|date=26 November 1928|newspaper=Queensland Times|access-date=30 July 2019|issue=13,313|volume=LXIX|page=6 (DAILY.)|via=National Library of Australia|archive-date=27 May 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220527022012/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/115328657|url-status=live}} By the end of 1928 it was reported in the Queensland Times that another 20 allotments had been sold.{{cite news|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article115332129|title=CRIBB ESTATE.|date=15 December 1928|newspaper=Queensland Times|access-date=30 July 2019|issue=13,330|volume=LXIX|page=2 (DAILY.)|via=National Library of Australia|archive-date=27 May 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220527022013/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/115332129|url-status=live}}

In 1930, the Abermain Estate, Tivoli, was advertised to be auctioned by E. Bostock & Sons.{{cite news|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article115343032|title=Advertising|date=30 August 1930|newspaper=Queensland Times|access-date=27 August 2019|issue=13,869|volume=LXXI|page=16|via=National Library of Australia|archive-date=27 May 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220527022012/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/115343032|url-status=live}} The estate map noted that the area comprised the Abermain Colliery containing 1295 acres and farms.{{cite archive |first= |last= |item=Abermain Estate, Tivoli, Ipswich |type=Map |date=1930 |series= |file= |box= |collection=Collections |repository= |institution=State Library of Queensland |location= |item-url=https://collections.slq.qld.gov.au/viewer/IE424113}} It was reported in the Toowoomba Chronicle and Darling Downs Gazette, and The Brisbane Courier, that there was no bid for the coal mine but some farms had sold on the day of auction and some of the buyers were listed.{{cite news|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article254162721|title=IPSWICH COLLIERY.|date=18 October 1930|newspaper=Toowoomba Chronicle and Darling Downs Gazette|access-date=27 August 2019|issue=349|location=Queensland, Australia|volume=LXIX|page=7|via=National Library of Australia|archive-date=27 May 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220527022013/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/254162721|url-status=live}}{{cite news|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article21595265|title=FARMS SOLD.|date=18 October 1930|newspaper=The Brisbane Courier|access-date=27 August 2019|issue=22,690|page=16|via=National Library of Australia|archive-date=27 May 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220527022014/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/21595265|url-status=live}} It was also reported later in the Brisbane Courier of further items sold.{{cite news|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article21598513|title=COUNTRY NEWS. IPSWICH.|date=28 October 1930|newspaper=The Brisbane Courier|access-date=27 August 2019|issue=22,698|page=16|via=National Library of Australia|archive-date=27 May 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220527022014/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/21598513|url-status=live}}

Several members of the British Royal Family have visited Ipswich.

1868 – Prince Alfred, Duke of Edinburgh{{cite news|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article123354331|title=ADDRESSES TO PRINCE ALFRED.|date=24 March 1868|newspaper=Queensland Times, Ipswich Herald and General Advertiser|issue=907|volume=VII|page=3|via=National Library of Australia|access-date=27 January 2017|archive-date=27 May 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220527022014/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/123354331|url-status=live}}

1920 – Prince of Wales (later Edward VIII){{Cite web|url=http://blog.library.ipswich.qld.gov.au/lh/2012/06/19/ipswichs-royal-timeline/|title=Ipswich's Royal Timeline|date=19 June 2012|publisher=Ipswich City Council|access-date=27 January 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170404151847/http://blog.library.ipswich.qld.gov.au/lh/2012/06/19/ipswichs-royal-timeline/|archive-date=4 April 2017}}{{cite news|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article40350801|title=PRINCE OF WALES.|date=2 August 1920|newspaper=Cairns Post|issue=3735|location=Queensland, Australia|volume=XXXIII|page=4|via=National Library of Australia|access-date=27 January 2017|archive-date=27 May 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220527022016/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/40350801|url-status=live}}

1927 – Duke and Duchess of York (later King George VI and Queen Elizabeth){{cite news|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article117062127|title=THE ROYAL TOUR|date=14 April 1927|newspaper=The Farmer & Settler|issue=11|location=New South Wales, Australia|volume=XXII|page=2|via=National Library of Australia|access-date=27 January 2017|archive-date=27 May 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220527022015/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/117062127|url-status=live}}

1958 – Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother{{cite news|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article51598864|title=A ROYAL LESSON... The Queen Mother shows the way|date=26 February 1958|newspaper=The Australian Women's Weekly|issue=38|location=Australia|volume=25|page=4|via=National Library of Australia|access-date=27 January 2017|archive-date=27 May 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220527022015/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/51598864|url-status=live}}

1962 – Princess Alice, Countess of Athlone

2011 – Prince William (later Duke of Cambridge){{cite news|url=http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/queensland/he-was-very-very-genuine-it-was-awesome-20110320-1c2hi.html|title=He was very, very genuine. It was awesome|date=20 April 2014|newspaper=Brisbane Times|access-date=27 January 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170105093110/http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/queensland/he-was-very-very-genuine-it-was-awesome-20110320-1c2hi.html|archive-date=5 January 2017}}

2014 – Duke and Duchess of Cambridge{{cite web|url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-04-19/royals-prince-william-catherine-george-head-to-queensland/5399612|title=Royal visit: Prince William and Catherine greet huge crowds in Brisbane|date=20 April 2014|publisher=ABC|access-date=27 January 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161101041258/http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-04-19/royals-prince-william-catherine-george-head-to-queensland/5399612|archive-date=1 November 2016}}

Damaging floods have occurred on numerous occasions in Ipswich, the largest being the 1893 Brisbane flood peaking at {{convert|24.5|m}}, and more recently during the 1974 Brisbane Flood, (peaking at {{convert|20.7|m}}) and 2010–11 Queensland floods (peaking at {{convert|19.4|m}}) on 12 January 2011.

Around 35 people died in the floods in the 1893 Brisbane flood. The Brisbane River burst its banks on three occasions in February of that year and a fourth event several months later. Seven workers were killed at a colliery in north Ipswich as the Bremer River broke its banks.{{Cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/australiaandthepacific/australia/8256385/Australia-floods-history-of-Queenslands-worst-floods.html |title=Australia floods: history of Queensland's worst floods |access-date=24 May 2014 |date=13 January 2011 |newspaper=The Telegraph |publisher=Telegraph Media Group Limited |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140709004308/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/australiaandthepacific/australia/8256385/Australia-floods-history-of-Queenslands-worst-floods.html |archive-date=9 July 2014 }}

Fourteen people died in flooding in January 1974, during the Australia Day weekend. Two people were killed in Ipswich.{{cite news |url=http://www.qt.com.au/news/flood-memories-still-vivid-after-40-years/2149949/#/0 |title= Memories of 1974 flood still vivid after 40 years |author= Andrew Korner |newspaper= Queensland Times |date= 26 January 2014 |url-status= live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304093738/http://www.qt.com.au/news/flood-memories-still-vivid-after-40-years/2149949/#/0 |archive-date= 4 March 2016 |df= dmy-all }} About 1,800 residential and commercial premises in Ipswich were flooded.{{Cite web |date=22 January 2024 |title=Brisbane Flood of 1974 - our collections |url=https://www.slq.qld.gov.au/blog/brisbane-flood-1974-our-collections |access-date=1 April 2024 |website=State Library Of Queensland |language=en |archive-date=19 May 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240519060700/https://www.slq.qld.gov.au/blog/brisbane-flood-1974-our-collections |url-status=live }}

The Bremer River at Ipswich reached a height of {{convert|19.5|m}} on 12 January, inundating the central business district and thousands of houses. 38 people died as a result of the floods. At Minden, on the border of Ipswich City, a four-year-old boy was swept away by floodwaters when he fell from a rescue boat.{{cite web|url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/2012-02-29/inquest-hears-of-boys-tragic-death-in-qld-floods/3860624|title=Firefighter recounts boy's tragic flood death|date=29 February 2012|publisher=ABC|author=ABC|access-date=25 August 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161031033204/http://www.abc.net.au/news/2012-02-29/inquest-hears-of-boys-tragic-death-in-qld-floods/3860624|archive-date=31 October 2016}} A man in his fifties died when he accidentally drove into floodwaters in the Ipswich suburb of Wulkuraka.{{cite news |url=http://www.couriermail.com.au/news/brisbane-braces-for-the-worst-as-record-floodwaters-loom/story-e6freon6-1225985939905 |title= Flood death has risen again to 15, while number of missing is now at 61 |author= Anna Caldwell |newspaper= Courier Mail |date= 14 January 2011 |url-status= live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110131112910/http://www.couriermail.com.au/news/brisbane-braces-for-the-worst-as-record-floodwaters-loom/story-e6freon6-1225985939905 |archive-date= 31 January 2011 |df= dmy-all }}

The worst affected areas of Ipswich were the suburbs of Goodna and Gailes.{{cite news |url=http://www.qt.com.au/news/ipswich-bull-sharks-spotted-flood-affected-streets/743873/ |title= Bull sharks seen in flooded streets |author= Chris Garry |newspaper= Queensland Times |date= 14 January 2011 |url-status= live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151228225243/http://www.qt.com.au/news/ipswich-bull-sharks-spotted-flood-affected-streets/743873/ |archive-date= 28 December 2015 |df= dmy-all }} The flooding allowed bull sharks to reach the centre of Goodna; one was spotted swimming in Williams Street, and a second in Queen Street.

A multibillion-dollar class action lawsuit is underway against dam operators Seqwater, SunWater and the State of Queensland. Law firm Maurice Blackburn have lodged the suit on behalf of 5,500 Ipswich and Brisbane residents who lost their homes or businesses during the floods.{{cite news |url=http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/queensland/2011-flood-levels-remapped-by-class-action-law-firm-20160112-gm3xzg.html |title= Brisbane 2011 flood levels 're-mapped' by class action law firm |author= Tony Moore |newspaper= Brisbane Times |date= 12 January 2016 |url-status= live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160113100908/http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/queensland/2011-flood-levels-remapped-by-class-action-law-firm-20160112-gm3xzg.html |archive-date= 13 January 2016 |df= dmy-all }} Modelling released in 2013 claimed flooding of Ipswich CBD would not have been as extreme if Wivenhoe Dam operators had operated the dam correctly.{{cite news |url=http://www.qt.com.au/news/frank-talk-goodna-flood-victim-frank-beaumont-lost/2701141/ |title= Flood victims call on state to abandon class action defence |author= Joel Gould |newspaper= Queensland Times |date= 10 July 2015 |url-status= live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304095529/http://www.qt.com.au/news/frank-talk-goodna-flood-victim-frank-beaumont-lost/2701141/ |archive-date= 4 March 2016 |df= dmy-all }}

The Ipswich Central Library building opened in 1994.{{Cite web|url=http://www.plconnect.slq.qld.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0012/388497/SLQ_StatsBulletin1617_20171109.pdf|title=Public Libraries Statistical Bulletin 2016-17|date=November 2017|website=Public Libraries Connect|publisher=State Library of Queensland|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180130022546/http://www.plconnect.slq.qld.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0012/388497/SLQ_StatsBulletin1617_20171109.pdf|archive-date=30 January 2018|url-status=live|access-date=24 January 2018}}

The Ipswich Historical Society was established in 1966 and is located at Cooneana Heritage Centre, 11041 Redbank Plains Rd, New Chum, Ipswich.{{Cite web|url=http://www.ipswichhistoricalsociety.com/|title=Ipswich Historical Society – Home|date=20 March 2018|website=Ipswich Historical Society|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180322015236/http://www.ipswichhistoricalsociety.com/|archive-date=22 March 2018|url-status=live|access-date=21 March 2018}}

The Ipswich branch of the Queensland Country Women's Association meets at 84 Limestone Street (Liberty Hall).{{Cite web|url=http://www.qcwa.org.au/branch-locations/|title=Branch Locations|publisher=Queensland Country Women's Association|access-date=26 December 2018|archive-date=26 December 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181226010724/http://www.qcwa.org.au/branch-locations/}}

Ipswich experiences a humid subtropical climate (Köppen: Cfa) with hot , wet summers and mild, dry winters.

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In the {{CensusAU|2021}}, the population of Inner Ipswich (which encompasses the urban area of Ipswich) was 115,913 people.{{Census 2021 AUS|id=31003|name=Inner Ipswich (SA3)|access-date=1 April 2024|quick=on}}

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Ipswich was a major mining centre, particularly coal mining. The city is the 'cradle of coal mining in Queensland'.{{cite web|url=http://www.newhopecoal.com.au/about-us/history.aspx|title=Home – New Hope Group|website=www.newhopecoal.com.au|access-date=3 June 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120814022249/http://www.newhopecoal.com.au/about-us/history.aspx|archive-date=14 August 2012}} Other secondary manufacturing industries included earthenware works, sawmills, abattoirs and foundries, while the region is also rich agriculturally.

File:Old Ipswich Town Hall and Bank of Australasia, Ipswich, Queensland, 2021.jpg and former Bank of Australasia building]]

Ipswich remains a strong manufacturing region, with more than 14% of workers employed in the manufacturing industry, compared to just 7.6% for regional Queensland.{{cite web |url=http://profile.id.com.au/ipswich/industries |title= City of Ipswich |author= Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing 2006 and 2011. |publisher= .id |date= 2011 |url-status= live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170510080050/http://profile.id.com.au/ipswich/industries |archive-date= 10 May 2017 |df= dmy-all }}

Extensive growth is predicted in Ipswich and the Western Corridor region in years to come, the economy is projected to be worth $12.7 billion by 2026.{{cite web|url=https://www.business.qld.gov.au/invest/queenslands-regional-locations/south-east-queensland/business-in-south-east-queensland/ipswich-western-corridor|title=Queensland regions|first=State|last=Development|website=www.business.qld.gov.au|date=21 December 2011 |access-date=3 June 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160624111640/https://www.business.qld.gov.au/invest/queenslands-regional-locations/south-east-queensland/business-in-south-east-queensland/ipswich-western-corridor|archive-date=24 June 2016}} Global giant General Electric moved its Queensland headquarters into a $72 million building in Springfield in 2015.{{cite news |url=http://www.qt.com.au/news/premier-opens-new-ge-headquarters-springfield/2667623/ |title= Premier opens new GE headquarters at Springfield |author= QT |newspaper=Queensland Times |date=10 June 2015 |url-status= live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304101043/http://www.qt.com.au/news/premier-opens-new-ge-headquarters-springfield/2667623/ |archive-date= 4 March 2016 |df= dmy-all }}

Ipswich is the site of RAAF Base Amberley, the Royal Australian Air Force's largest operational base. It is currently home to No. 1 Squadron and No. 6 Squadron (operating the F/A-18F Super Hornet and EA-18G Growler), No. 33 Squadron (operating the Airbus KC-30A) and No. 36 Squadron (operating the Boeing C-17 Globemaster III jet transport). In addition, a number of ground support units are located at Amberley.{{Citation needed|date=May 2024}}

In recent years, Ipswich has become a sought-after filming location. The 2013 movie The Railway Man was filmed around the city's railyards.{{cite news |url=http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/entertainment/movies/colin-firth-struggles-to-portray-tortured-in-paradise-2010619-20lfi.html |title= Colin Firth Struggles to portray tortured in paradise |author= Dan Nancarrow |newspaper= Brisbane Times |date= 19 June 2012 }}{{Dead link|date=February 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} Other major films, including San Andreas starring Dwayne Johnson, and Inspector Gadget 2 were filmed around the city. Several Australian films have also used Ipswich for shooting locations, including the 2016 movie Don't Tell{{cite news |url=http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/entertainment/sydney-confidential/gyton-grantleys-new-film-fits-in-with-his-campaign-for-victims-of-child-abuse/news-story/0b983a7d8eadf326f08f3318f917ed35 |title= Gyton Grantley's new film fits in with his campaign for victims of child abuse |author= Courier Mail |newspaper= The Courier-Mail |date= 20 March 2016 |access-date= 20 March 2016}} and Savages Crossing, The Settlement, The Tree, Mystery Road, 500 Miles and telemovies, Parer's War{{cite web|url=http://www.abc.net.au/tv/programs/parers-war/|title=Parer's War|publisher=ABC TV|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140417100627/http://www.abc.net.au/tv/programs/parers-war/|archive-date=17 April 2014}} and Mabo.{{cite news |url=http://www.qt.com.au/news/murder-mystery-shot-in-ipswich/2149780/ |title=Murder mystery shot in Ipswich |author=Joel Gould |newspaper=Queensland Times |date=26 January 2014 |url-status= live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304003755/http://www.qt.com.au/news/murder-mystery-shot-in-ipswich/2149780/ |archive-date= 4 March 2016 |df= dmy-all }} Australian TV legal drama Rise was also filmed at Borallon Correctional Centre.{{cite news |url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-12-19/the-film-crew-from-the-legal-drama-rise-on-location-in-ipswich/5167160 |title= The film crew from the legal drama Rise on location at Borallon Correctional Centre in Ipswich |author= Courtney Wilson |newspaper= Brisbane Times |date= 11 December 2013 |url-status= live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160427182015/http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-12-19/the-film-crew-from-the-legal-drama-rise-on-location-in-ipswich/5167160 |archive-date= 27 April 2016 |df= dmy-all }}

File:Woodlands of Marburg Mansion, Ipswich.JPG

Ipswich is recognised for its important collection of historic buildings. Historic house types range from Early Colonial/Victorian (1850 onwards) to Queensland Bungalow (until 1935), with the city showcasing many markers and plaques outside heritage and historical locations.{{Citation needed|date=May 2024}}

The traditional Ipswich dwelling has always been a detached home on land, and is frequently portrayed in the paintings of d'Arcy Doyle, however this is changing as modern housing developments increase. The city is the fastest-growing area in South East Queensland (SEQ).{{cite news |url=http://www.qt.com.au/news/population-growth-tops-state/2780435/ |title=Ipswich population growth tops state |author=Queensland Times |newspaper=Queensland Times |date=21 September 2015 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160108055317/http://www.qt.com.au/news/population-growth-tops-state/2780435/ |archive-date=8 January 2016 }}

Two major developments, underway at Springfield and Ripley, will be central to housing this growth. The multibillion-dollar Greater Springfield development was awarded World's Best Master Planned Community 2010 and is designed to grow to an ultimate population of 85,000, with a projection of 105,000 total residents living in the area by 2030. Greater Springfield is positioned as the gateway to the western corridor of the south-east. At 2,860 hectares it is the largest master planned city in Australia.{{cite web |url=http://www.greaterspringfield.com.au/2015/03/news/greater-springfield-named-australias-best-master-planned-development/ |title=Greater Springfield named Australia's best master planned development |author=Greater Springfield |publisher=Greater Springfield |date=20 March 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160513110451/http://www.greaterspringfield.com.au/2015/03/news/greater-springfield-named-australias-best-master-planned-development/ |archive-date= 13 May 2016 |df= dmy-all }}

File:Robelle Domain Springfield Central Parklands.jpg

The Ripley Valley Development is master planned to be a model community for a projected population of 120,000 people.{{cite web |url=http://www.amexcorp.com.au/projects/ripley.html |title= Providence |author= Amex Corp |publisher= Amex Corp |url-status= live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160108050324/http://www.amexcorp.com.au/projects/ripley.html |archive-date= 8 January 2016 |df= dmy-all }}

In March 2016, Ipswich's digital innovation and startup hub, Fire Station 101, was officially launched. Owned by Ipswich City Developments and operated by Ipswich City Enterprises, Fire Station 101 will

position the region as a leader of the digital economy. More than fifteen members had signed up prior to the opening.

In 2015, Ipswich was named in the world's Top 7 most Intelligent Communities by the Intelligent Community Forum (ICF) in New York.{{cite web |url=http://www.bit.com.au/Guide/439265,how-local-councils-can-help-startup-communities.aspx |title= How local councils can help startup communities |publisher= Bit.com.au |access-date= 28 October 2016 |url-status= live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161028084515/http://www.bit.com.au/Guide/439265,how-local-councils-can-help-startup-communities.aspx |archive-date= 28 October 2016 |df= dmy-all }}{{cite news |url=http://www.couriermail.com.au/news/queensland/ippy-ky-yay-its-official-our-ipswich-is-one-of-the-worlds-smartest-cities/news-story/7fed3a8bb6de8b1d05fd1f574a035783 |title= Ippy Ky Yay! It's official our Ipswich is one of the world's smartest cities |author= Amy Price |newspaper= Courier Mail |date= 27 January 2015 |url-status= live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160414034507/http://www.couriermail.com.au/news/queensland/ippy-ky-yay-its-official-our-ipswich-is-one-of-the-worlds-smartest-cities/news-story/7fed3a8bb6de8b1d05fd1f574a035783 |archive-date= 14 April 2016 |df= dmy-all }}

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Ipswich is home to dozens of primary and secondary schools, including Ipswich Grammar School, which was the first high school in Queensland (established in 1863). Tertiary education facilities include University of Southern Queensland, which has campuses at Springfield and Ipswich. TAFE Queensland South West has a campus at Bundamba and another in Springfield.{{Citation needed|date=May 2024}}

Ipswich is home to the "Safe City" camera network, which commenced in 1994. More than 200 cameras are monitored all-hours from a facility situated within the CBD.{{cite web|url=http://www.ipswich.qld.gov.au/community/safety/safe_city_program|title=Safe City Program|first=Ipswich City|last=Council|website=www.ipswich.qld.gov.au|date=4 March 2014 |access-date=3 June 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170603173639/http://www.ipswich.qld.gov.au/community/safety/safe_city_program|archive-date=3 June 2017}}

The Ipswich City Council Safe City Monitoring Facility has hosted representatives of law enforcement agencies from the Netherlands, Taiwan, Great Britain and approximately twenty-five local authorities from across Australia to inspect the closed-circuit television (CCTV) camera monitoring system.{{cite news|title=Rats cause CCTV chaos|url=http://www.qt.com.au/news/rats-cause-cctv-chaos-rat-pack-foils-eyes/541290/|access-date=4 December 2014|work=Queensland Times|date=26 May 2010|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304060922/http://www.qt.com.au/news/rats-cause-cctv-chaos-rat-pack-foils-eyes/541290/|archive-date=4 March 2016}}

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Ipswich Hospital is the major public hospital.{{Cite web |title=Ipswich Hospital {{!}} West Moreton Health |url=http://20.188.212.254/location/ipswich-health |access-date=7 November 2023 |website=20.188.212.254 |language=en |archive-date=16 February 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240216021033/http://20.188.212.254/location/ipswich-health |url-status=live }} St Andrew's Private Hospital and Mater Private Hospital Springfield are local private hospitals.{{Citation needed|date=May 2024}}

Ipswich has direct access to the Ipswich Motorway (linking to Brisbane); the Cunningham Highway (linking to Warwick); the Warrego Highway (linking to Toowoomba); the Logan Motorway and its connection to the Pacific Motorway (linking to Logan and the Gold Coast); and the Centenary Highway (linking Springfield and the Ripley Valley to Brisbane).{{Citation needed|date=May 2024}}

Ipswich railway station is a major hub for rail transport. The electrified rail line that extends east from Ipswich through Brisbane's western suburbs to the Brisbane CBD is known as the Ipswich Line. The Rosewood railway line, part of the first railway in Queensland, is also electrified and extends west through Ipswich's western suburbs to the town of Rosewood. Both lines are operated by Queensland Rail.{{Citation needed|date=May 2024}}

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Ipswich has more than 500 parks and conservation estates, including Nerima Gardens, which was designed in consultation with Ipswich's Japanese sister city, Nerima. In 2015, Orion Lagoon opened in Springfield Central.{{Citation needed|date=May 2024}}

Brookwater hosts the Brookwater Golf and Country Club. The par 72 golf course, designed by Greg Norman, measures 6,505 metres and has been voted as Queensland's number one golf course in Golf Australia magazine's best 50 courses.{{Citation needed|date=May 2024}}

The Ipswich Council operates a public library and a separate children's library in the $250 million Nicolas Street Precinct 2017 upgrade located in the heart of the Ipswich CBD.{{Cite web|url=http://plconnect.slq.qld.gov.au/networking/directory-of-public-libraries/branches/ipswich/ipswich_library|title=Ipswich Library|date=29 August 2017|website=Public Libraries Connect|publisher=State Library of Queensland|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180124135518/http://plconnect.slq.qld.gov.au/networking/directory-of-public-libraries/branches/ipswich/ipswich_library|archive-date=24 January 2018|url-status=live|access-date=24 January 2018}}

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Ipswich has had a number of sporting successes at a state and national level.{{citation needed|date=November 2022}} In 2022 the Brisbane Lions, one of just two Queensland clubs playing in the national Australian Football League (AFL) competition moved its headquarters to its new purpose-built Springfield Central Stadium, the stadium is now the home ground for the club's women's side playing in the AFLW, which played its first match in the a sell out AFLW Grand Final,[https://www.4bc.com.au/aflw-grand-final-tickets-sell-out-to-brisbane-v-melbourne/ AFLW: Tickets sell out to Brisbane v Melbourne grand final] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221121114036/https://www.4bc.com.au/aflw-grand-final-tickets-sell-out-to-brisbane-v-melbourne/ |date=21 November 2022 }} NEIL BREEN for 4BC882 the highest level of women's competition. In 2015, the local rugby league club, Ipswich Jets, won their maiden Intrust Super Cup title and took the NRL State Championship.{{cite web |url=http://www.qrl.com.au/news/2015/10/08/jets_to_get_keys_to_.html |title= QRL |author= QRL |website= Queensland Rugby League |date= 8 October 2015 |url-status= live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304115854/http://www.qrl.com.au/news/2015/10/08/jets_to_get_keys_to_.html |archive-date= 4 March 2016 |df= dmy-all }} The win fuelled interest in a Western Corridor NRL bid.

• Association football: Western Pride play in the statewide National Premier League (NPL), while historic club Ipswich Knights play in the Brisbane Premier League. Other teams playing in Ipswich include the Ipswich City Bulls, Springfield United, Western Spirit, Whitehill, Westminster, Raceview, Silkstone and Rosewood.{{Citation needed|date=May 2024}}
• Australian rules football: Springfield Central Stadium is the headquarters of the Brisbane Lions (AFL). In AFL Queensland competitions the Ipswich Eagles play in Division 2, Collingwood Park Power play in Division 3 while the Ipswich Cats and the Greater Springfield Storm play in Division 4. The Ipswich Miners play in the under 18 competition of AFL Queensland. Collingwood Park (Power), Ipswich Central (Cats), Limestone Eagles (part of the Ipswich Eagles) and Springfield Lakes play in the junior competition of AFL Brisbane Juniors.{{Citation needed|date=May 2024}}
• Basketball: The Ipswich Force play in the Queensland Basketball League, fielding teams in the men's competition and women's competition. They play their home games at Cotton On Foundation Stadium in Bundamba.{{Citation needed|date=May 2024}}
• Cricket: The Ipswich Logan Hornets play in the Brisbane Grade Cricket competition, fielding teams in 1st, 2nd and 3rd grades. They have their home ground at the Ivor Marsden Complex in Amberley.{{Citation needed|date=May 2024}}
• Golf: The Ipswich City Golf Club play in Leichhardt, Queensland.{{Citation needed|date=May 2024}}
• Greyhound racing: The Ipswich Showgrounds host greyhound racing, organised by the Ipswich Greyhound Racing Club the track opened in 1973.{{cite web|url=https://australianracinggreyhound.com/tracks/ipswich/|title=Ipswich Greyhound Track|date=7 October 2015 |publisher=Australian Racing Greyhound|access-date=13 March 2021|archive-date=24 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210124194228/https://australianracinggreyhound.com/tracks/ipswich/|url-status=live}}
• Gridiron: The Ipswich Cougars play in the Gridiron Queensland league.{{Citation needed|date=May 2024}}
• Hockey: is played at Briggs Rd Sporting Complex facility where there are two artificial surfaces.{{citation needed|date=November 2022}}
• Motorsport: Drag racing is conducted at Willowbank Raceway year round with events open to both professional and amateur racers, including a series conducted to facilitate newcomers to the sport.{{citation needed|date=November 2022}}
• Motorsport: V8 Supercars race each year in the SuperSprint at Queensland Raceway at Willowbank in mid July.{{Citation needed|date=May 2024}}
• Motorsport: motorcycle speedway takes place at the Willowbank Speedway track ({{coord|27|41|34|S|152|39|48|E|}}) and hosted the 2019 Australian U-21 Championship.{{cite web |url=https://www.ma.org.au/riders-drawn-for-2019-australian-speedway-u21-championship/ |title=Riders Drawn for 2019 Australian Speedway U21 Championship |website=Motorcycling Australia |access-date=23 February 2024 |archive-date=19 May 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240519060711/https://www.ma.org.au/riders-drawn-for-2019-australian-speedway-u21-championship/ |url-status=live }} The Showgrounds held speedway from 1950 to 1972.{{cite web |url=http://www.speedwayandroadracehistory.com/ipswich-showgrounds-speedway-qld.html |title=Ipswich QLD |website=Speedway and Road Race History |access-date=23 February 2024 |archive-date=23 February 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240223223004/http://www.speedwayandroadracehistory.com/ipswich-showgrounds-speedway-qld.html |url-status=live }}
• Rugby league: The Ipswich Jets play in the Queensland Cup competition, FOGS and FOGS Colts. Ipswich Diggers are the junior representative teams playing all other QLD regions in the Mal Meninga (under 18s) and the Cyril Connell (under 16s) statewide Cups. Ipswich also has a local league competition, Ipswich Rugby League, which include four grades of Seniors and every age group of juniors (multiple divisions). Clubs include West End Bulldogs, Brothers, Swifts, Goodna Eagles, Springfield, Norths Tigers, Laidley Lions, Fassifern Bombers, Redbank Bears, Lowood Stags, Twin Rivers, Rosewood Roosters and Brisbane Valley.{{Citation needed|date=May 2024}}
• Rugby union: The Ipswich Rangers play in the Queensland Suburban Rugby Union competition usually competing with 3–4 grades including Colts. The Rangers juniors compete in the Brisbane Junior Rugby competition. A number of players have also been recruited by the Western Districts club.{{citation needed|date=November 2022}}
• Softball: Ipswich Softball Association located in the suburb of one mile has softball teams ranging from Tee Ball through to A Grade Mens and Women. Notable teams include Outlaws, Raiders, Rebels, Demons, Tigers, Ipswich Stingers, Southside Stingers, Bombers, Murri Taipans and Black Cats The season runs during the summer generally between October and March. The association also has Representative teams competing in State titles from Under 14 boys and girls through to Open Men's and Women's teams.{{Citation needed|date=May 2024}}

The first Ipswich Annual Show was held on 2 April 1873 by the Queensland Pastoral and Agricultural Society. There had been shows staged by the Ipswich and West Moreton Horticultural and Agricultural Society as early as 1868. Originally held at the sale yards situated at Lobb St, Churchill, the show moved to its present home at the Ipswich Showgrounds in 1877.{{Citation needed|date=May 2024}}

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This festival has been held annually at Goodna (Evan Marginson Sportsground) since 1968.{{cite web|title=History of Goodna Jacaranda Festival|url=https://goodnajacarandafestival.com/history/|website=Goodna Jacaranda Festival|access-date=8 December 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171208070732/https://goodnajacarandafestival.com/history/|archive-date=8 December 2017}}

The Ipswich Festival is an annual multi-disciplinary festival. First staged in 1998, the program for the Ipswich Festival includes live bands, concerts, art exhibits, fireworks, theatre, jazz, multicultural celebrations, interactive displays and a range of family-based events to encourage participation by all age groups whilst attracting day tourism to the region.{{citation needed|date=November 2022}}

The Ipswich Festival runs for two weeks at the end of April and beginning of May with the majority of events free.{{cite web |url=http://www.ipswichfestival.com.au |title=Ipswich Festival |publisher=Ipswich Events Corporation |date=2016 |access-date=14 August 2016 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120317040453/http://www.ipswichfestival.com.au/ |archive-date=17 March 2012 }}

The Fuchs Winternationals is an annual event, typically held around June at Willowbank Raceway, part of the Ipswich Motorsport Precinct. The four-day event is one of the largest drag racing festivals in the southern hemisphere and has drawn crowds of more than 40,000 people in previous years.{{cite news |url=http://www.qt.com.au/news/our-biggest-event-to-take-a-financial-hit/2807432/ |title= Holiday change could see Winternationals take hit |author= Adam Davies |newspaper= Queensland Times |date= 15 October 2015 |url-status= live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160217155432/http://www.qt.com.au/news/our-biggest-event-to-take-a-financial-hit/2807432/ |archive-date= 17 February 2016 |df= dmy-all }}

• Deborah Acason, represented Australia in weightlifting, Commonwealth Games (2006 Gold Medal, 2002 Silver Medal) and Olympics (2008 eighth place, 2004 twelfth place) Greg Ball, Paralympic cyclist{{cite web|archive-url=https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20001205000000/http://www.paralympic.org.au/athletes/athleteprofile60da.html|archive-date=5 December 2000|title=Greg Ball profile|publisher=Australian Paralympic Committee|url=http://www.paralympic.org.au/athletes/athleteprofile60da.html|year=2000|access-date=25 January 2012}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}
• Berrick Barnes, dual code rugby footballer and Wallabies player, attended Ipswich Grammar School
• Ashleigh Barty, professional tennis player and cricketer, as of 9 January 2022 WTA world no. 1, attended Woodcrest State College
• Dud Beattie, Australian rugby league representative, Queensland and national selector
• John Buchanan, former Australian cricket team coach
• Dakota Davidson, AFL Women's player attended Ipswich Girls' Grammar School
• Allan Davis, professional road racing cyclist for UCI ProTour team Orica–GreenEDGE, winner of the 2009 Tour Down Under
• Bryony Duus, Australia women's national soccer team midfielder at the 2000 Summer Olympics and 2003 FIFA Women's World Cup
• Israel Folau, professional triple code footballer Australian rugby league, rugby union representative and professional Australian rules football (AFL) player. Played for Ipswich junior rugby league team Goodna Eagles.[http://www.qt.com.au/story/2010/05/04/israel-folau-move-to-union-sucks-fans/ Eagles grounded by Folau move] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110810051635/http://www.qt.com.au/story/2010/05/04/israel-folau-move-to-union-sucks-fans/ |date=10 August 2011 }} Chris Garry for Queensland Times 4 May 2010
• Harley Fox, rugby union player attended St Edmund's College
• Alex Gibb, first captain of the Australia national soccer team
• Matthew Hodgson, professional basketball player, Australian men's national basketball team representative.
• Rhan Hooper, professional Australian rules (AFL) footballer, attended Bundamba State Secondary College
• Luke Keary, NRL player for Sydney Roosters, grew up in the suburb of Raceview, attended St Mary's Primary School, played for Brothers Ipswich JRLFC
• Noel (Ned) Kelly, rugby league, played for Goodna, Railways, Brothers Ipswich, Western Suburbs Magpies, Queensland and Australian Kangaroos (1959–60; 1963–64 & 1967–68). Hooker in Queensland Rugby League's Team of the Century, attended St Edmund's College
• Belinda Kitching, Australia women's national soccer team goalkeeper at the 1999 FIFA Women's World Cup.
• Allan Langer, rugby league player, attended Blair State Primary School and Ipswich State High School
• Jim Lenihan, rugby league player and coach
• Kate Lutkins, AFL Women's player attended West Moreton Anglican College and Ipswich Girls' Grammar School.{{Cite web|last=jbuchan|title=Kate accepts national role|url=https://www.qt.com.au/news/kate-accepts-national-role/1482850/|access-date=19 April 2021|website=Queensland Times|archive-date=19 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210419102034/https://www.qt.com.au/news/kate-accepts-national-role/1482850/|url-status=live}}
• Ezra Mam, rugby league player
• Craig McDermott, represented Queensland and Australia in cricket, attended Ipswich Grammar School
• McLean Family, national rugby league and rugby union representatives, attended St Edmund's College
• Rosemary Milgate, represented Australia swimming at the 1976 Olympics whilst still attending Bremer State High School
• Des Morris, rugby league, Queensland rep and Australian selector, attended Bremer State High School
• Rod Morris, rugby league, former Balmain, Queensland, NSW and Australian front row forward
• Joe Quinn, professional baseball player and manager
• Michelle Sawyers, Queensland and Australian soccer player, named in the International Team of the Decade 1979–1989
• Lagi Setu, NRL player for the Brisbane Broncos, attended Ipswich Grammar School
• Dale Shearer, rugby league, represented Queensland and Australia
• Grant Sorensen, volleyball player, attended St Edmund's College
• Lama Tasi, NRL Player for the Sydney Roosters, attended Ipswich Grammar School
• Mark Tonelli, Olympic gold medallist in swimming, member of the Quietly Confident Quartet
• Ashley Walsh, national karting champion, V8 Supercars driver
• The "Walters Brothers", rugby league players: Kevin Walters, Kerrod Walters and Steve Walters
• Shane Watson, represented Queensland and Australia in cricket, attended Ipswich Grammar School
• Gout Gout, sprinter and record holder of the Australian 200m race (20.04s)

• Tony Barry, actor
• John Birmingham, (Liverpool-born) author, attended St Edmund's College
• Harold Blair, Aboriginal tenor and music teacher
• John Bradfield, engineer and designer of the Sydney Harbour Bridge; Story Bridge; and the Sydney Railway System
• Joy Chambers, author, actor
• Trent Dalton, writer
• D'Arcy Doyle, painter, attended St Edmund's College
• Bessie Gibson, artist
• Hazza, television presenter and singer, attended West Moreton Anglican College
• Matthew Hickey, barrister and founder of The Ten Tenors, attended St Edmund's College
• Chris Janz, Australian digital media executive
• Luke Kennedy, singer, finalist The Voice Australia
• David McCormack, former lead member of Custard and The Titanics, attended Ipswich Grammar School
• George Miller Hollywood director, screenwriter and producer, attended Ipswich Grammar School
• Pacharo Mzembe, actor
• Thomas Shapcott, author and poet
• Charles Trussell, brass band composer

• Neville Bonner AO, the first Indigenous Australian to sit in the Australian Parliament. He was elected in his own right in 1972, 1974, 1975 and 1980.
• Clare Foley, lawyer
• Josiah Francis, politician, attended St Edmund's College
• Sir Harry Gibbs, Chief Justice of the High Court of Australia
• Sir Samuel Griffith, Chief Justice of the High Court of Australia
• Pauline Hanson, politician
• Jim Madden, politician, attended St Edmund's College
• Patricia Petersen, politician, director, producer, author, playwright, media personality

• Sidney Cotton, inventor and rumoured inspiration for character of James Bond (literary character)
• Nick Politis, businessman, Chairman of the Sydney Roosters, attended Ipswich Grammar School
• George Roberts, aviation pioneer

== See also ==

• Ipswich General Cemetery

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• [http://www.discoveripswich.com.au Discover Ipswich - Tourism Things to Do, Places to See, Eat, Stay website]
• [http://queenslandplaces.com.au/ipswich University of Queensland: Queensland Places: Ipswich]
• [http://www.ipswich.qld.gov.au/ City Council website]
• [http://www.nfsa.gov.au/blog/2013/05/02/southern-queensland-time-capsule/ Watch historical footage of Ipswich and Southern Queensland] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160105003005/http://www.nfsa.gov.au/blog/2013/05/02/southern-queensland-time-capsule/ |date=5 January 2016 }}
• [https://buildings.slq.qld.gov.au/feature.html?id=9323d242-94f7-4878-96f6-1e13b3004491 Ipswich Post Office Discover Queensland Building Website]
• [https://onesearch.slq.qld.gov.au/permalink/61SLQ_INST/dls06p/alma9912280584702061 Ipswich Show Society Website Archive], State Library of Queensland
• [https://onesearch.slq.qld.gov.au/permalink/61SLQ_INST/dls06p/alma99183296819402061 Ipswich Festival Website Archive], State Library of Queensland
• [https://onesearch.slq.qld.gov.au/permalink/61SLQ_INST/dls06p/alma99183319809602061 Ipswich Historical Society Website Archive], State Library of Queensland
• [https://onesearch.slq.qld.gov.au/permalink/61SLQ_INST/tqqf2h/alma99183495820902061 Cafes and Milk bars of Ipswich interviews 22 April 2004], State Library of Queensland
• [https://onesearch.slq.qld.gov.au/permalink/61SLQ_INST/dls06p/alma998553494702061 Ipswich first [authors: Crystal Joyce, Ashley Jones] Web Archive], State Library of Queensland
• [https://onesearch.slq.qld.gov.au/permalink/61SLQ_INST/tqqf2h/alma99183318416702061 30428, Ipswich Stereographs], John Oxley Library, State Library of Queensland.
• [https://collections.slq.qld.gov.au/viewer/520843239 28205 Nathaniel Cliff 2011 Ipswich Flood Photographs], State Library of Queensland

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