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2 September 2011

DNA test may solve mystery Kelly Gang link to Ipswich

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  Cr Paul Tully standing at the site in the Ipswich cemetery where Dan Kelly, Ned's brother, is thought to be buried.     ...
2 December 2010

Queensland Transport Museum

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The Queensland Transport Museum at Gatton is a magnificent collection of vehicles and transport memorabilia. *****************************...
2 May 2010

Historic Plaque Bribie Island Queensland

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This plaque recognises the highest rainfall in recorded Australian history near Pumicestone Passage. In one 24 hour period on 3 February 189...
1 May 2010

Rare archival footage - Ipswich City Council Centenary Meeting 1960 - celebrating 100 years of municipal government in Ipswich

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This rare archival film footage (without sound) has just become available. It shows a Special Meeting of the Ipswich City Council i...
28 April 2010

Breaking News: Shock announcement - Historic Ipswich milk and butter factory set to close

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Today's shock media release from National Foods The historic Booval milk and butter factory in Ipswich is set to close and relocate to L...

Staff celebrate centenary of St Francis Xavier School, Goodna

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The Catholic Leader Sharing: Former teachers of St Francis Xavier's ...
12 April 2010

Ipswich celebrates 150 years of Municipal Government

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PIC: Ipswich celebrates 150 years of Municipal Government with the dedication of the new Mayoral chain of office. Paul Pisasale is the 49th ...
10 April 2010

Pictures celebrate Ipswich's Rugby League history

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QT MEMORIES: Jan Christison sifts through the collection. "RUGBY League is everything to Ipswich," a gruff voiced Noe...
5 April 2010

Mihi complex in Ipswich set for heritage list

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QT IPSWICH City Council has welcomed the decision by the Department of Environment and Resource Management (DERM) to heritage list the Mi...
22 March 2010

Eddie McGuire needs a history lesson after his giant stuff-up this evening on Channel 9

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Eddie McGuire confuses his p's and c's Former head of the Australian Nine Network Eddie McGuire showed why he was relegated bac...
21 March 2010

Congratulations to the Gold Coast Bulletin - 125 years old this week

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This week, a true milestone in Queensland journalism occurs with the Gold Coast Bulletin reaching 125 years. The Gold Coast Bulletin has bee...
3 March 2010

Ipswich is 150 years old today.

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Pic: Channel 7 Mayor Paul Pisasale and Cr Paul Tully have their cake and eat it, in Ipswich today to celebrate the city's sesqui-centena...

Ipswich's 150 celebrations continue

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The Ipswich Town Crier Mark Overell and the Ipswich Mayor Paul Pisasale swap hats as the city's sesquicentennial celebrations get into ...

Ipswich celebrates 150 years today

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150 years ago today, Ipswich was proclaimed a municipality by the Queensland Government. It is a great day for Ipswich and Queensland. The I...
17 December 2009

Vandals smash 19 tombstones at historic Goodna Cemetery

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PIC: Vandalised statue of an angel erected in 1922 Vandals have damaged 19 tombstones at Goodna's historic, 150-year old cemetery in S...
1 October 2009

Media Release: Call for bomb decontamination as Commonwealth updates UXO maps

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PIC: Unexploded UXOs UNITED STATES SHOULD PAY FOR CLEAN-UP OF THE BOMBS THEY LEFT BEHIND IN AUSTRALIA Unexploded World War II bombs cont...
14 September 2009

Minister Annastacia Palasczuk unveils historic plaque at Wacol

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PIC: Minister the Hon Annastcia Palasczuk, Member for Inala is joined today by Cr Milton Dick and (left) Dr Noel Wallis for the official pla...
9 August 2009

Riverview Reunion

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Memories flooded back today for former residents of the Salvation Army Home for Boys at Riverview. It was a difficult time for many of the m...
25 July 2009

Rocklea trots closes for the last time today

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PIC: The last race at Rocklea! The last race ever at Rocklea was run today. This is truly the end of an era. Punters - big and small - had t...
21 July 2009

Ipswich claims World Lamington Record

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PIC: Seven years' old James Tully from St Augustine's College at Augustine Heights in Ipswich about to savour the delights of th...
18 July 2009

World Record Lamington Attempt in Ipswich - More than a tonne!

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PIC: Cr Paul Tully with a super sized lamington! ‪‪The Ipswich Turf Club will host Tuesday's record attempt to create the world's la...
5 June 2009

Brisbane's Historic Norman Hotel destroyed by fire

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PIC: The historic Norman Hotel goes up in flames. It was built in 1889 when Queensland was still a British colony and the Commonwealth o...
12 May 2009

First Electric Telegraph transmission from Brisbane to Ipswich

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This is a copy of the first telegram (known then as the Electric Telegraph) sent from Brisbane to Ipswich. It was sent on 13 April 1861. It...

St Paul's celebrates 150 years in Ipswich

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St Paul's celebrates 100 years in Ipswich from 1859-2009. There is a feature display on this historical building at the Ipswich Art Gall...
13 January 2008

The Kelly Gang's Ipswich Connection!

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THE KELLY GANG'S IPSWICH CONNECTION - A PAUPER'S GRAVE AT ROW 2, GRAVE 27 "TELL 'EM, I DIED GAME" - IN IPSWICH! ...
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