Ipswich And Bundamba . DEXMARK HIM AND PUBLIC RESERVE. was the pivot of a great pastoral district, and famous as a racing centre. Itwas also the point of departure and return of the adventurous spirits who,after the advent of the pioneer squatters on the Downs—Leslie, Hodgson,Elliott, King, Sibley, Campbell, Hughes, Isaac, and the rest—set out in searchof fresh country across the ranges. During holiday and festival time thetown would be full of squatters, not only from the West Moreton and theDowns, but further afield, who* spent their money in princely fashion. The area of the present city is
Ipswich And Bundamba . DEXMARK HIM AND PUBLIC RESERVE. was the pivot of a great pastoral district, and famous as a racing centre. Itwas also the point of departure and return of the adventurous spirits who,after the advent of the pioneer squatters on the Downs—Leslie, Hodgson,Elliott, King, Sibley, Campbell, Hughes, Isaac, and the rest—set out in searchof fresh country across the ranges. During holiday and festival time thetown would be full of squatters, not only from the West Moreton and theDowns, but further afield, who* spent their money in princely fashion. The area of the present city is 2,560 acres, and the value of the rateableproperty within the city boundaries was £288,439 for 1906. It must be stated,. //c M DEC iflftfu IPSWICH AND BUNDANBM \ LU however, that these boundaries are the most restricted of any-cij:y^4n (Queens-land, and the property they enclose is no criterion of the real wealth of a matter of fact, a great number of the houses are outside these city is divided into three wards, each returning three aldermen. Themayor for 1907 was Mr. A. J. Stephenson, proprietor of the QueenslandTimes, a paper with a very large circulation. The town clerk is Mr. AlbionHayne. Ipswich is lighted by gas, and supplied with water from a reservoir atMount Crosby. A sum of £65,746 has been expended on this water supply,which has a gravitation system extending for 6 miles 4 chains, and a reticulatedsystem of 63J miles. This is the second largest reticulated system in the water is pumped from the Brisbane River to the Mount Crosby reservoir,whence it is laid on to the city. Ipswich possesses many fine buildings. The Town Hall and School ofArts, which occup
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