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Marking 30th Anniversary of the Rosewood Scrub Arboretum

THE late Lloyd Bird spent 44 years working in the coal mines around Ipswich and much longer on a passion for regenerating the local dry vine scrubs and rainforests. He became a revered botanist and environmentalist.

Wendy Creighton

29 Aug 2025

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OUR HISTORY - Ebenezer from ancient to modern

ENGLISH is at best, a potpouri of languages. It contains a broad smattering of many other languages, dialects and purely made-up words.

Wendy Creighton

29 Aug 2025

Development

Monster housing estate bid for farmland

A CLUSTER of 12 properties covering 155 hectares south of the rail line at Thagoona could become the next mega residential estate in the western corridor if the developer can first overcome some hurdles.

Wendy Creighton

27 Aug 2025

Ipswich Tribune

Move to develop Thagoona farmland

A CLUSTER of 12 properties covering 155 hectares south of the rail line at Thagoona could become the next mega residential estate in the western corridor if the developer can first overcome some hurdles.

Wendy Creighton

22 Aug 2025

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OUR HISTORY: Treasured timbers form the interior

COULD an exact replica of St Brigid’s Catholic Church in Rosewood be built today?

Wendy Creighton

15 Aug 2025

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Skyline change temporary as cross moved for repair

FRIDAY was a ‘good news day’ for the congregation of St John’s Lutheran Church in Ipswich.

Wendy Creighton

15 Aug 2025