Discover Ipswich Magazine 2022

HERITAGE

Old Ipswich Courthouse

weekend Heritage

Incinerator Theatre

By footpath, tour coach or car, there’s plenty for history lovers to explore in the city of Ipswich.

One of the city’s best known tourist attractions, The Workshops Rail Museum , is located in the vast grounds of the original North Ipswich workshops established in the 1870s. Head there for a look at rail and architectural history. The Ipswich Musical Theatre Company stages shows in the Old Ipswich Courthouse at 75 East Street, and the Ipswich Little Theatre will see you heading to the unusual Incinerator Theatre built in 1936 on Burley Griffin Drive. It was designed by Walter Burley Griffin who was also the mastermind behind planning Canberra.

You can shop for antiques in the spectacular 1895 Congregational Church Memorial Hall at 86 East Street which is home to the Ipswich Antique Centre or sip an ale in the Pumpyard Bar and Brewery or Dovetails Restaurant which occupy the former Ipswich Technical College buildings, built in 1890, at 88 Limestone Street. Not far from here, Ungermann Brothers have opened a fabulous new milk bar in the old Queensland Times building, a grand relic of a bygone era, at the corner of Brisbane and Ellenborough Streets. Take a wander further along Brisbane Street for cafes and shops in grand old landmarks, collectively known as the Top of Town.

Call into the Ipswich Visitor Information Centre as a starting point and grab some trail maps or ask about specific heritage landmarks you can visit. Besides entire streets lined with stately colonial Queenslanders across the city, there are plenty of public landmarks to take in and many are in use like Kholo Gardens, creating a character- filled backdrop for the events, organisations and businesses contained therein.

View from Denmark Hill

Old Flour Mill

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