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Welcome to the Ipswich Genealogical Society Inc. – Queensland’s oldest Genealogical Society.
We are here to assist with your family history research.
Contact the Society with your queries.
This photo was given to the Society recently and was taken by V Wicks, Nicholas St Ipswich
Tasman Henry Octavius COLLYER
Please contact the Society if you have information on this man.
Updated 13th September 2017
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?
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 12th September 2017
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