Welcome to the Ipswich Genealogical Society Inc
It was the first in Queensland
We are here to assist with your family history research.
Contact the Society with your queries.
Brigg House March 10th 2018
The Society is happy to welcome members and visitors to our renovated home - "Brigg House".
It has been worth the inconvenience. Please come and visit.
Update 13th May 2018
Opening Hours are Monday and Thursday 9.30 am to 2.30 pm.
Saturdays 9 am to 12 noon. Not open Sundays and Public Holidays.
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Banner Photographs:
left - James & Clare Richards Home Flint St North Ipswich - courtesy Glenn McNamara
centre - Lady Bowen Lying-In Hospital Brisbane - Graduates 1907 - courtesy Irma Deas
right - Nickles & Seniors Grocery Store Ipswich - courtesy Glenn McNamara
Did You Know?
Vi Jordan - A PIONEER IN A MAN’S DOMAIN
The first woman elected as an Alderman in the Ipswich City Council was Ellen Violet JORDAN in 1961.
Known as Vi, she was born in Ipswich 29th June 1913, daughter James Bertie Norman PERRETT, a railway fitter, and his wife Ann Jane, née BROWN and educated at the Brassall State School and the Ipswich Girls Grammar School. She married David JORDAN in 1932.
In 1966 Vi became the first woman from the Labour Party to be elected to the Queensland Parliament, and was the Member for Ipswich West, and retained the position until 1974.
The Queensland Government recognised her achievements when Vi was presented with the Queen’s Jubilee Medal in 1977, and in 1978 she was awarded the Order of Australia.
Vi JORDAN passed away on the 7th May 1982 and was buried in the Ipswich Cemetery.
Extract from Australian Dictionary of Biography Vol 17 – 2007
Update 20th June 2018
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