Ipswich Attractions 
Ipswich (pop. 73,300) is the gateway to the fertile Darling Downs and it is now virtually an outer suburb of Brisbane. It was founded in 1827 as a convict settlement, and limekilns here supplied lime for the building of Brisbane. Known until 1842 as Limestone Hills, it was then renamed after the English town of Ipswich.
Ipswich has preserved many houses and public buildings of the colonial period, notably Claremount House, a Georgian mansion in Milford Street (1858); the Courthouse in East Street (1859), designed by Charles Tiffin, later the architect of Old Government House, the customs house and Parliament House in Brisbane; the railroad station in Bell Street (1892); and St Paul's Church (corner of Nicholas and Brisbane Streets), built in 1858, when it was considered one of the finest churches in Queensland. The School of Arts (1861) was dignified by the addition of a classical-style façade in 1864 and became the Town Hall.
Ipswich has preserved many houses and public buildings of the colonial period, notably Claremount House, a Georgian mansion in Milford Street (1858); the Courthouse in East Street (1859), designed by Charles Tiffin, later the architect of Old Government House, the customs house and Parliament House in Brisbane; the railroad station in Bell Street (1892); and St Paul's Church (corner of Nicholas and Brisbane Streets), built in 1858, when it was considered one of the finest churches in Queensland. The School of Arts (1861) was dignified by the addition of a classical-style façade in 1864 and became the Town Hall.
