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Ipswich was an electoral district for the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales created for the July 1859 election, partly replacing Stanley Boroughs and including Ipswich. It was abolished in December 1859 as a result of the separation of Queensland. [1] [2] [3]
New South Wales Second-oldest settlement in Australia. [2] Now a part of the Sydney urban area. 1788 Kingston: Norfolk Island: Island settled as part of the Colony of New South Wales. [3] It is now a separate territory of Australia. 1791 Windsor: New South Wales Part of the City of Hawkesbury and Sydney urban area 1794 Richmond: New South Wales
Ipswich Post Office, c. 1890 Ipswich in flood, 1893. Ipswich is the second-oldest local government area in Queensland, after Brisbane. On 16 November 1859, after the enactment of the Municipalities Act of 1858 in New South Wales, [4] a petition containing 91 signatures was received by the Governor of New South Wales seeking to have Ipswich, which at the time had 3,000 people, granted municipal ...
The Ipswich Central Library building opened in 1994. [73] The Ipswich Historical Society was established in 1966 and is located at Cooneana Heritage Centre, 11041 Redbank Plains Rd, New Chum, Ipswich. [74] The Ipswich branch of the Queensland Country Women's Association meets at 84 Limestone Street (Liberty Hall). [75]
The 1859 New South Wales colonial election was for 80 members representing 67 electoral districts. The election was conducted on the basis of a simple majority or first-past-the-post voting system. In this election there were 9 multi-member districts returning 22 members and 58 single member districts.
James Wilkinson (30 November 1854 – 11 January 1915) was an Australian politician. [1]Wilkinson was born and raised in Ipswich, Colony of New South Wales.When he was about six the area becane part of the new Colony of Queensland.
This is a list of cities and towns in the Australian state of New South Wales with a population of 5,000 or greater as at the 2021 Census. The below figures represent the populations of the contiguous built-up areas of each city or town.
Postcodes were introduced in Australia in 1967 by the Postmaster-General's Department (PMG) to replace earlier postal sorting systems, such as Melbourne's letter and number codes (e.g., N3, E5) and a similar system then used in rural and regional New South Wales.