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Bridget Goggs Terrace: Brisbane Street, Ipswich. Queensland. Image from the State Library of Queensland

Built in 1858 by Matthew Goggs, this row of five single storey brick terraces with attic level is one of the few built in a Queensland provincial city.  The photo was taken just prior to its demolition in 1936, however even then the row was showing its age.  In the 1860s Ipswich, a booming mining town, rivaled penal Brisbane in terms of importance and many grand homes and terraces anticipated its further growth.  However history shows that Brisbane became the colony’s capital, quickly outgrew and absorbed Ipswich in its rapidly expanding western suburbs.  Read more... (207 words, 5 images, estimated 50 secs reading time)