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INSIDER #018 – Brickstone
🐨 Welcome—grab a seat, pour yourself a cuppa and enjoy Issue #018. Meet Brickstone house, journey through Ipswich’s former fun favourites, and scroll right to the bottom of this email for a weekend packed with events. Jump in: 🧱 Meet Brickstone: Georgian Brick Villa with a Once Hidden Attic Survivor. Of three brick houses William Hancock raised side-by-side, Brickstone alone keeps its original face and earned State Heritage listing in 1992. Hidden attic. Sealed for 60 years after 1920s flat...
INSIDER #017
🙋♂️ Hey first-timers—glad you're here. And cheers to you loyal regulars, always a pleasure. Issue #017 of Ipswich Insider has landed. This week we wander through Kyeewa, East Ipswich’s timeless sandstone villa. Unwrap the record-breaking gift of Hidden Vale Nature Refuge. And light up the Spark Ipswich schedule. Let’s dive in: 🏛️ Kyeewa: Ipswich's Rare Sandstone Colonial Gem Kyeewa is a grand colonial sandstone villa built in 1890 by Ipswich stonemason Ernest Greenway. It still shows off a...
NEW: ISSUE #016
🤠 Hey everyone. Issue #016 has landed. Check out Toronto, our pink Carpenter-Gothic treasure. Track the Ipswich–Springfield rail plan. Pick out your school-holiday outings. And prep for SPARK Ipswich. Jump in: From Devonshire Cottage to Toronto: 160 Years on Quarry Street In 1863 banker’s widow Elizabeth Lloyd paid £45 for a Quarry Street block and built the nine-room timber Devonshire Cottage. Two decades later Canadian entrepreneur James Jackes painted it dusty pink, fitted steep Gothic...
INSIDER #015
🤝 Hey new readers—welcome aboard! And a warm welcome back to our long-time regulars. Issue #015 of Ipswich Insider is here. This week we take a look at Notnel, West Ipswich’s 162-year brick time capsule. We slid through Ipswich’s priciest playgrounds. And we look forward to school-holiday happenings. Let’s get going: 🧱 Meet Notnel – West Ipswich’s 160-ish-year brick time capsule Notnel, 6 Burnett St, West Ipswich sold for $900 000 in 2024, proof that a 162-year-old cottage can still turn...
INSIDER #014
Hey there — Welcome to Issue #014. This week we step inside Ballachulish, a standout Newtown home, count down the biggest car parks across Ipswich, and preview a jam-packed events week (and month) ahead. Enjoy! 🏡 Meet Ballachulish: Newtown’s Federation Flagship Ballachulish, Newtown’s hill-top showpiece, is a 1908 Federation-era Queenslander flaunting ornate fretwork gables, broad verandahs and commanding Ipswich and Brisbane skyline views. Raised by civic pioneers Joseph and Elizabeth Rice,...
INSIDER #013 - Rhossilli revealed
Hey there—Welcome to Issue #013. Where we take a look at Rhossilli, a Newtown house from 1888. Get the scoop on Ipswich Insider. And meet The Snag, our fun new products & deals section. Ready? Let’s go: Rhossilli: A Welsh Beach Name Anchored in Aussie Clay 4 Glebe Road, Newtown, Ipswich QLD 📅 1888 DATE STAMP A fireplace base inside Rhossilli shows the stone-mason’s mark “E. Greenway 1888,” anchoring the house to that year. 🔍 BUILDER MYSTERY No plan names a designer. Yet Samuel Shenton’s 1893...
INSIDER #012 — Booval House
Hi all—Happy Winter! Issue #012 just dropped—discover Booval House, the mansion that named a suburb, and why RAAF Amberley landed here. Want more upcoming events earlier? Hit reply and let me know. Dive in. Booval House — Ipswich’s oldest two-storey brick home Built 1857-1859 for banker George Faircloth on a 310-acre farm east of town, this 14-room Colonial-Georgian mansion even hosted Queensland’s first governor on his inaugural Ipswich tour. After stints as a coal-family estate and, for 50...
INSIDER #011 - Almondsbury
Hi All! Issue #011 just dropped—meet Almondsbury, West Ipswich’s Gothic survivor. Size up the city’s biggest quarries in a new infographic. And lock in dates from our new “Events to Look Forward To.” Like it? Forward it to a mate—sign-ups are always free. Let’s dive in. Meet Almondsbury—Ipswich's Gothic Survivor One block below Gooloowan, Almondsbury (36 Park St, West Ipswich) is Ipswich’s only remaining 1880s stone-and-brick Gothic cottage—hand-built by master mason George Williams and still...
INSIDER #10
Welcome to Issue #10 of Ipswich Insider—your hand-picked Ipswich highlights. Wow—10 issues already—how are we doing? Hit reply and let me know. Loving it? Share with a friend: Joining is free and easy. Let’s dive in: Meet Elamang – East Ipswich’s Hidden 1890s Mansion Ever wondered what hides down that long plain driveway on Watson Street? Meet Elamang, East Ipswich’s largest surviving 1890s timber villa. Built in 1895 by Mayor Richard Watson as a love-gift to his bride, it still rules the...
🦜 Meet Woodlands of Marburg
Happy Wednesday! Looking forward to the Ipswich Show this weekend? Welcome to Issue #009 of Ipswich Insider, your weekly cheat sheet for all things Ipswich. If you enjoy it, forward it to a friend—they can sign up for free. Okay, let's jump right in: Woodlands of Marburg — From Sugar-Baron Splendour to Boutique Hotel Charm Finished in 1891 for cane king Tommy Smith, Woodlands began as the show-home of a 300-acre mill-and-rum enterprise. In 1946 it became St Vincent’s Missionary Seminary, then...
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