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Audio tour Walking tour of the Top of Town Heritage Precinct, Ipswich Qld, Australia

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  1. Audio tour Summary
  2. Audio tour Summary

    This walking tour focuses on one area within the Central Business District of Ipswich. It takes you on an excursion along the ‘High Street’, an early 20th Century commercial shopping and services precinct, through the heritage architecture and streetscape of the Top of Town Heritage Precinct on Brisbane Street Ipswich, Queensland. This area has an abundance of local stories and multiple histories that are vital to the Ipswich community, from the businesses that trade, and have traded here to the people that frequented these businesses and socialised in this area. These histories, and the structures that provide tangible evidence, need to be preserved and protected to maintain the Ipswich identity.

    Information sourced from the Ipswich Library, Picture Ipswich collection, the Queensland Heritage Register and the Ipswich Council Heritage Trails Publications.

  3. 1 Introduction: Top of Town Heritage Precinct
  4. 2 Bostock Chambers
  5. 3 Old Queensland Times Newspaper building
  6. 4 Heritage facades
  7. 5 F Goleby & Sons
  8. 6 The Shamrock Hotel
  9. 7 The Old Flour Mill
  10. 8 Former Baptist Church & Memorial Gate
  11. 9 The Hotel Metropole
  12. 10 Conclusion and backstreet view
  1. Audio tour Summary

    This walking tour focuses on one area within the Central Business District of Ipswich. It takes you on an excursion along the ‘High Street’, an early 20th Century commercial shopping and services precinct, through the heritage architecture and streetscape of the Top of Town Heritage Precinct on Brisbane Street Ipswich, Queensland. This area has an abundance of local stories and multiple histories that are vital to the Ipswich community, from the businesses that trade, and have traded here to the people that frequented these businesses and socialised in this area. These histories, and the structures that provide tangible evidence, need to be preserved and protected to maintain the Ipswich identity.

    Information sourced from the Ipswich Library, Picture Ipswich collection, the Queensland Heritage Register and the Ipswich Council Heritage Trails Publications.

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