{{Use Australian English|date=August 2019}} {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2019}} {{GeoGroup}} {{Infobox Australian place | type = suburb | name = North Ipswich | city = Ipswich | state = qld | image = Bremer River at North Ipswich, Queensland.jpg | caption = Bremer River, 2015 | coordinates = {{coord|-27.5944|152.7608|type:city_region:AU-QLD|display=inline|name=North Ipswich}} | local_map = yes | zoom = 13 | pop = 4527 | pop_year = {{CensusAU|2021}} | pop_footnotes = <ref name=Census2021/> | established = | postcode = 4305 | area = 4.2 | timezone = AEST | utc = +10:00 | lga = City of Ipswich | stategov = Ipswich West | fedgov = Blair | dist1 = 5.2 <!-- using road distance as per template instructions --> | dir1 = N | location1 = Ipswich | dist2 = 41.5 | dir2 = SW | location2 = Brisbane CBD | near-n = Chuwar | near-ne = Tivoli | near-e = Tivoli | near-se = Basin Pocket<br/>East Ipswich | near-s = Ipswich | near-sw = Woodend | near-w = Brassall | near-nw = Muirlea }} '''North Ipswich''' is a suburb of Ipswich in the City of Ipswich, Queensland, Australia.<ref name=qpnl>{{cite QPN|45065|North Ipswich|suburb in City of Ipswich|access-date=26 January 2020}}</ref> In the {{CensusAU|2021}}, North Ipswich had a population of 4,527 people.<ref name=Census2021/>
Raymonds Hill is a neighbourhood within the suburb of North Ipswich.<ref name="qpnrh">{{cite QPN|28090|Raymonds Hill|neighbourhood in the City of Ipswich|access-date=16 April 2020}}</ref>
== Geography == The southern boundary of the suburb follows the Bremer River. The Warrego Highway passes from east to west across the northern part of the suburb.<ref name=globe/> Mount Crosby Road exits to the northeast, and Ipswich–Warrego Highway Connection Road enters from the south and exits to the northwest.<ref>{{Google maps |url=https://www.google.com.au/maps/place/North+Ipswich+QLD+4305/@-27.5935801,152.7546208,14z/data=!4m6!3m5!1s0x6b96b471ad77f1d1:0x502a35af3de9370!8m2!3d-27.6076201!4d152.7624139!16s%2Fm%2F03d38ys?entry=ttu |accessdate=7 January 2024 |title=North Ipswich, Queensland}}</ref>
Raymonds Hill is near the centre of the suburb ({{coords|-27.5911|152.7561|type:city_region:AU-QLD|name=Raymonds Hill (neighbourhood)}}).<ref name=qpnrh/> The hill itself peaks at {{convert|63|m}} above sea level ({{coord|-27.5906|152.7581|type:mountain_region:AU-QLD|name=Raymonds Hill (hill)}}).<ref name=qpnrhh/>
== History == The suburb is so named because it is immediately north (across the Bremer River) from the centre of Ipswich.<ref name=globe/> Raymond Hill was named after the hill which in turn was named after early land holders J & R Raymond.<ref name=qpnrh/><ref name=qpnrhh>{{cite QPN|42503|Raymonds Hill|hill in the City of Ipswich|access-date=16 April 2020}}</ref>
North Ipswich is the birthplace of Queensland Rail. The original site is now the site of Riverlink shopping centre on The Terrace and the current site is used as a joint facility containing the Workshops Rail Museum. The suburb contains a large number of character and heritage listed houses, such as workers cottages that were home to the many railway workers.thumb|left|North Ipswich State SchoolIpswich North State School opened on 5 July 1867 with girls and boys taught in separate rooms.<ref>{{Cite web |title=LOCAL AND GENERAL NEWS. - Queensland Times, Ipswich Herald and General Advertiser (Qld. : 1861 - 1908) - 2 Jul 1867 |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article123609939 |access-date=2024-07-17 |website=Trove |language=en}}</ref> In 1876 it split into two separate schools: Ipswich North Boys State School and Ipswich North Girls and Infants State School. In 1934 the two school were amalgamated to form Ipswich North State School once again.<ref name="qfhs2">{{Citation|author1=Queensland Family History Society|title=Queensland schools past and present|date=2010|edition=Version 1.01|publisher=Queensland Family History Society|isbn=978-1-921171-26-0}}</ref>
A United Methodist Free Church opened in Canning Street on Sunday 22 March 1868.<ref>{{cite news|date=24 March 1868|title=LOCAL AND GENERAL NEWS.|volume=VII|page=2|newspaper=Queensland Times, Ipswich Herald and General Advertiser|issue=907|location=Queensland, Australia|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article123354334|via=National Library of Australia|access-date=17 September 2021}}</ref> In July 1873 it relocated to Brisbane Street in the Ipswich CBD to leave the "comparative obscurity" of North Ipswich.<ref>{{cite news|date=17 July 1873|title=TEA-MEETING.|volume=XII|page=3|newspaper=Queensland Times, Ipswich Herald and General Advertiser|issue=1737|location=Queensland, Australia|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article122563772|via=National Library of Australia|access-date=17 September 2021}}</ref>
Circa 1888–1889 an Anglican church opened in North Ipswich.<ref>{{cite news|date=27 July 1889|title=General News.|volume=XXXVI|page=170|newspaper=The Queenslander|issue=721|location=Queensland, Australia|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article19815928|via=National Library of Australia|access-date=22 May 2021|archive-date=22 May 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210522070053/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/19815928|url-status=live}}</ref>
In November 1900, approx. 150 allotments were advertised as "Railway Workshops Estate", to be auctioned by Cameron Brothers auctioneers.<ref>{{cite archive |first= |last= |item=Railway workshops estate : being an extension of the town of North Ipswich |type=Map |date= |series= |file= |box= |collection=Collections |repository= |institution=State Library of Queensland |location= |item-url=https://hdl.handle.net/10462/deriv/456239}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article19077155|title=Advertising|date=24 November 1900|newspaper=The Brisbane Courier|access-date=26 February 2019|issue=13,376|location=Queensland, Australia|volume=LVII|page=8|via=National Library of Australia|archive-date=28 August 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210828001925/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/19077155|url-status=live}}</ref>
On 1 March 1902, auctioneer E. Bostock offered 77 blocks in the "New Workshops Estate", of which 48 sold on the day.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article122551127|title=Advertising|date=1 March 1902|newspaper=Queensland Times, Ipswich Herald and General Advertiser|access-date=23 May 2019|issue=6410|location=Queensland, Australia|volume=XLII|page=12|via=National Library of Australia|archive-date=28 August 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210828001922/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/122551127|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article122551316|title=Local and General News.|date=4 March 1902|newspaper=Queensland Times, Ipswich Herald and General Advertiser|access-date=23 May 2019|issue=6412|location=Queensland, Australia|volume=XLII|page=4|via=National Library of Australia|archive-date=28 August 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210828001923/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/122551316|url-status=live}}</ref> This estate was bounded by Albert Street to the west and north, by Tivoli Creek to the east, and Hill Street to the south.<ref>{{cite archive |first= |last= |item=New Workshops Estate [Ipswich] |type=Map |date=1902 |series= |file= |box= |collection=Collections |repository= |institution=State Library of Queensland |location= |item-url=https://hdl.handle.net/10462/deriv/280197}}</ref> At that time the Tivoli railway line passed through the estate from north to south; the land corridor still exists but is now used a pedestrian path.<ref name="globe">{{Queensland Globe|access-date=16 April 2020}}</ref>
St Joseph's School opened on 13 August 1913.<ref name="qfhs">{{Citation|author1=Queensland Family History Society|title=Queensland schools past and present|date=2010|edition=Version 1.01|publisher=Queensland Family History Society|isbn=978-1-921171-26-0}}</ref>
In 1923 12 allotments were advertised for sale by Jackson & Meyers on Saturday, 7 July 1923. This area was called the "Stirling Estate" and was resubdivisions of subdivisions 1 and 2 of Allotment 5 of Section 45 in the parish of Chuwar. The land was bounded by Waterworks Road and Simmons Road in North Ipswich and according to the real estate map was within 10 minutes of the Railway Workshops.<ref>{{cite archive |first= |last= |item=Stirling Estate 12 elevated building sites |type=Map |date=1923 |series= |file= |box= |collection=Collections |repository= |institution=State Library of Queensland |location= |item-url=https://hdl.handle.net/10462/deriv/251722}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article120038815|title=Advertising|date=9 June 1923|newspaper=Queensland Times|access-date=30 July 2019|issue=11,426|location=Queensland, Australia|volume=Lxiv|page=16 |via=National Library of Australia|archive-date=28 August 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210828001923/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/120038815|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article120039534|title=Advertising|date=7 July 1923|newspaper=Queensland Times|access-date=30 July 2019|issue=11,450|location=Queensland, Australia|volume=Lxv|page=16 |via=National Library of Australia|archive-date=28 August 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210828001924/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/120039534|url-status=live}}</ref> Later in 1923 it was advertised in the Queensland Times that there were still some allotments for sale.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article125407311|title=Advertising|date=29 November 1923|newspaper=Queensland Times|access-date=30 July 2019|issue=11,573|location=Queensland, Australia|volume=Lxv|page=10 (DAILY.)|via=National Library of Australia|archive-date=28 August 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210828001924/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/125407311|url-status=live}}</ref>
North Ipswich Uniting Church was originally located at 105 Downs Street, North Ipswich. It was previously the North Ipswich Presbyterian Church, until the Uniting Church in Australia was established in 1977.<ref>{{Cite web|title=North Ipswich Uniting Church - Former|url=https://www.churchesaustralia.org/list-of-churches/locations/queensland/directory/3147-north-ipswich-uniting-church-former|url-status=live|access-date=2021-08-28|website=Churches Australia|language=en|archive-date=28 August 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210828001543/https://www.churchesaustralia.org/list-of-churches/locations/queensland/directory/3147-north-ipswich-uniting-church-former}}</ref> Following its closure at this site it relocated to Brassall.<ref>{{Cite web|title=The Uniting Churches of Ipswich|url=https://www.ipswichcityunitingchurch.org.au/the-uniting-churches-of-ipswich|url-status=live|access-date=2021-08-27|website=|language=en|archive-date=20 March 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210320042634/https://www.ipswichcityunitingchurch.org.au/the-uniting-churches-of-ipswich}}</ref>
== Demographics == In the {{CensusAU|2011}}, North Ipswich had a population of 4,587 people.<ref name="Census2011">{{Census 2011 AUS|id=SSC31241 |name=North Ipswich (State Suburb) |access-date=25 September 2014 |quick=on}}</ref>
In the {{CensusAU|2016}}, North Ipswich had a population of 4,515 people.<ref name="Census2016">{{Census 2016 AUS|id=SSC32194|name=North Ipswich (SSC)|access-date=20 October 2018|quick=on}}</ref>
In the {{CensusAU|2021}}, North Ipswich had a population of 4,527 people.<ref name=Census2021>{{Census 2021 AUS|id=SAL32175|name=North Ipswich (SAL)|access-date=28 February 2023|quick=on}}</ref>
== Education == left|thumb|Ipswich North State School, 2015 Ipswich North State School is a government primary (Prep–6) school for boys and girls at 9 Fitzgibbon Street ({{coord|-27.6018|152.7633|type:edu_region:AU-QLD|name=Ipswich North State School}}).<ref name=SchoolList2018>{{cite web|url=https://data.qld.gov.au/dataset/state-and-non-state-school-details/resource/5b39065c-df32-415c-994c-5ff12f8de997|title=State and non-state school details|publisher=Queensland Government|date=9 July 2018|access-date=21 November 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181121065959/https://data.qld.gov.au/dataset/state-and-non-state-school-details/resource/5b39065c-df32-415c-994c-5ff12f8de997|archive-date=21 November 2018|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-12-09 |title=Ipswich North State School |url=https://ipswichnorthss.eq.edu.au/ |access-date=2023-10-06 |website=Ipswich North State School |language=en |archive-date=10 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210510003756/https://ipswichnorthss.eq.edu.au/ |url-status=live }}</ref> In 2017, the school had an enrolment of 267 students with 18 teachers (17 full-time equivalent) and 15 non-teaching staff (11 full-time equivalent).<ref name=ACARA2017>{{cite web|url=http://www.acara.edu.au/docs/default-source/default-document-library/school-profile-20172c7b12404c94637ead88ff00003e0139.xlsx?sfvrsn=0|title=ACARA School Profile 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181122010027/http://www.acara.edu.au/docs/default-source/default-document-library/school-profile-20172c7b12404c94637ead88ff00003e0139.xlsx?sfvrsn=0|archive-date=22 November 2018|url-status=live|access-date=22 November 2018}}</ref>
St Joseph's School is a Catholic primary (Prep–6) school for boys and girls at 42 Pine Mountain Road ({{coord|-27.5909|152.7575|type:edu_region:AU-QLD|name=St Joseph's School}}).<ref name=SchoolList2018/><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.stjosephsnorthipswich.qld.edu.au|title=St Joseph's School|access-date=21 November 2018|archive-date=28 September 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110928010400/http://www.stjosephsnorthipswich.qld.edu.au/|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2017, the school had an enrolment of 382 students with 27 teachers (22 full-time equivalent) and 16 non-teaching staff (12 full-time equivalent).<ref name=ACARA2017/>
There are no secondary schools in North Ipswich. The nearest secondary school is Ipswich State High School in neighbouring Brassall.<ref name="globe" />
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== Monuments == * James Sangster Memorial. Browns Park contains the first police monument that was funded by public subscription. The monument was erected in memory of Constable James Sangster who drowned in the Brisbane river trying to save a young family from drowning in the 1893 Brisbane floods. * Ipswich Railway Workshops War Memorial is a large World War I monument within the grounds of the North Ipswich Railway Workshops
== Heritage listings == [[File:Mihi Creek Complex Brassall, Queensland.jpg|thumb|upright|Mihi Creek Complex, 2015]] North Ipswich has a number of heritage-listed sites, including: {| class="wikitable" |+ !Address !Coordinates !Name !Notes |- |About 130m west of the corner of WM Hughes Street and Musgrave Street |{{coord|-27.5951|152.7552|region:AU-QLD_type:landmark|name=Sandstone Railway Culvert}} |Sandstone Railway Culvert |<ref>{{cite QHR|19872|Sandstone Railway Culvert|602562|access-date=9 July 2013}}</ref> |- |Bremer Street |{{coord|-27.6111|152.7606|region:AU-QLD_type:landmark|name=Ipswich Town Wharves}} |Ipswich Town Wharves |<ref>{{cite QHR|20499|Remnants of Ipswich Town Wharves|602567|access-date=9 July 2013}}</ref> |- |off Bremer Street |{{coord|-27.6104|152.7592|region:AU-QLD_type:landmark|name=Bremer River Rail Bridge}} |Bremer River Rail Bridge |<ref>{{cite QHR|20506|Bremer River Rail Bridge and pylons and abutments of old bridges|602568|access-date=9 July 2013}}</ref> |- |Downs Street |{{coord|-27.6053|152.7611|region:AU-QLD_type:landmark|display=|name=James Sangster Memorial}} |James Sangster Memorial |<ref>{{cite QHR|21160|James Sangster Memorial|602581|access-date=9 July 2013}}</ref> |- |2 Downs Street |{{coord|-27.609|152.7601|region:AU-QLD_type:landmark|name=Heiner Road Railway Overpass}} |Heiner Road Railway Overpass |<ref>{{cite QHR|19589|Heiner Road Railway Overpass|602467|access-date=9 July 2013}}</ref> |- |9 Fitzgibbon Street |{{coord|-27.6025|152.7629|region:AU-QLD_type:edu|name=Ipswich North State School}} |Ipswich North State School |<ref>{{cite QHR||Ipswich North State School|650021|access-date=11 February 2018}}</ref> |- |15 Lowry Street |{{coord|-27.6068|152.7608|region:AU-QLD_type:landmark|display=|name=Hotel Cecil}} |Hotel Cecil |<ref>{{cite QHR|15378|Hotel Cecil|600603|access-date=9 July 2013}}</ref> |- |Mihi Junction |{{coord|-27.5932|152.7536|region:AU-QLD_type:landmark|name=Mihi Creek Complex}} |Mihi Creek Complex |<ref>{{cite QHR|31391|Mihi Creek Complex|700010|access-date=9 July 2013}}</ref> |- |North Street |{{coord|-27.6023|152.7572|region:AU-QLD_type:landmark|name=North Ipswich Railway Workshops}} |North Ipswich Railway Workshops |<ref>{{cite QHR|16289|North Ipswich Railway Workshops Complex|601526|access-date=9 July 2013}}</ref> |- |North Street |{{coord|-27.5973|152.7596|region:AU-QLD_type:landmark|name=Ipswich Railway Workshops War Memorial}} |Ipswich Railway Workshops War Memorial |<ref>{{cite QHR|15380|Ipswich Railway Workshops War Memorial|600605|access-date=9 July 2013}}</ref> |- |North Street |{{coord|-27.6086|152.7604|region:AU-QLD_type:landmark|name=Railway Historical Centre}} |Railway Historical Centre |<ref>{{cite QHR|15379|Railway Historical Centre|600604|access-date=9 July 2013}}</ref> |- |Parker Lane |{{coord|-27.593|152.7544|region:AU-QLD_type:landmark|name=Klondyke Coke Ovens}} |Klondyke Coke Ovens |<ref>{{cite QHR|118|Klondyke Coke Ovens|602566|access-date=9 July 2013}}</ref> |- |42 & 42B The Terrace |{{coord|-27.6107|152.766|region:AU-QLD_type:landmark|name=Queensland Woollen Manufacturing Company mill}} |former Queensland Woollen Manufacturing Company mill |<ref>{{cite QHR|121|Queensland Woollen Manufacturing Company Ltd (former)|602572|access-date=9 July 2013}}</ref> |}
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== External links == {{Commons category|North Ipswich, Queensland}} * {{cite web|url=http://queenslandplaces.com.au/north-ipswich|title=North Ipswich|publisher=Centre for the Government of Queensland, University of Queensland|website=Queensland Places}}
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