Identifier: QueenslandRailwayAndTouristsGuide (find matches)
Title: Queensland Railway And Tourists Guide
Year: 1890 (1890s)
Authors: Archibald Meston
Subjects: State Library of Queensland Queensland Queensland Railways train travel tourist guide travel
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xpenditure would have been averted ! Imperial fundswere wasted in absurd experiments, such as sowing split peas anddressed rice, and useful and permanent works were unthought ofso long as provision could be easily and lazily made for presentnecessities. The establishment at Limestone was a species of headcattle station, around which the flocks and herds of the Governmentroved under the care of convict shepherds and stockmen, who werekept in proper order by a small detachment of military. The stationwas formed during the governorship of Capt. Logan, who exploredthe Bremer in 1827, and gave the name of Limestone Hill to theridge which overlooks Ipswich. On this ridge a kiln was erectedfor burning the lime required for the numerous buildings inBrisbane, about 350 bushels being conveyed weekly in punts. In1829 the first house was erected in Ipswich. The Moreton BaySettlement was visited by Governor Brisbane in 1824, Darling in1827, Gipps in 1842, and Fitzroy in 1854. The next Governor was
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IPSWICH. 25 Bowen, in the year of Separation. Among the public institutionsof Ipswich is the Boys Grammar School, erected in 1863 at a costof £11,400. The total annual receipts, including the £1000 grantedby the Government, amount to about £4000. In 1889 there were45 day pupils and 30 boarders, taught by five masters. The generalhealth is remarkably good, no death or serious illness since thepresent head masters appointment in 1875. This school wasfounded in October, 1863, and ever since has maintained a highlyhonourable position among the scholastic institutions of the Colony.It can accommodate 90 pupils. Besides three large state schoolsthere are six private schools, one for boys, one for girls, and fourfor both sexes. To Ipswich belongs the honour of starting thefirst woollen mill in Queensland. The tweeds and flannels fromthis excellent manufactory are worn by all classes in all parts ofthe Colony. The mill stands in a bend of the Bremer in NorthIpswich. The first pound of silk

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