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Derived from the Aboriginal word ‘Purpur’ meaning ‘a meeting place’ or ‘bora’ ground.

One of the early roads to the Darling Downs passed through this area. The road started in Ipswich, then went over the One Mile river crossing, past Rockton Road (now called Mt Flinders Road) where the Beehive Inn catered for travellers, then on through Peak Crossing, past Balbi’s Inn near present-day Lake Moogerah and up Spicer’s Peak Road.

In 1848, William Wilson took up Mt Flinders Run of 40,000 acres and grazed sheep and later cattle. He grew an experimental sample of cotton in 1847 which Rev John Dunmore Lang submitted to mills in England.

The Purga Creek State School, located at 68 Purga School Road, was opened on 1st September 1871 and was renamed Purga State School c.1945. It was closed in 1967.

Deebing Creek Provisional School was opened on 21st January 1895. In 1924 it was renamed Purga Aboriginal State School, as it was within the Purga Mission site. It closed c.1948.

Fassifern Valley residents petitioned the Queensland Government to construct a railway line to the district, with the first section of the Dugandan railway opening on 10th July 1882. The first section reached Harrisville, this was extended in 1887 when the line reached Dugandan, on the 12th of that month. The branch line, considered to be the first branch line in Queensland, closed in 1964. Purga was serviced by three stations: Loamside, Hampstead, and Purga railway stations.

Deebing Creek Mission was established in 1892 and was later relocated a short distance to Purga.

References (offline)Expanded Ipswich Heritage Study (1997)Read More At Ipswich LibrariesDeebing Creek & Purga Missions 1892-1948, by Daniel Habermann, 2003

Images - Crowdsourced

Culture on Country, Picture Ipswich display, Harding's Paddock, September 2023

Picture Ipswich display for Culture on Country, Harding's Paddock, Purga, September 2022

Purga Creek State School

Purga Creek State School 1929

Purga Creek State School 1934

Purga Creek State School 1936

Purga Creek State School 1939

Purga School Calf Club

Purga State School

Histories

Deebing Creek and Purga Missions 1892-1948

Electricity comes to Ipswich

Epidemics in Ipswich

Expanded Ipswich Heritage Study, Volume 3, 1997

Ipswich Suburb, Place, and Road Names

Ipswich: A Changing Landscape

Pathways of the Pioneers - Boonah

Images - Ips Genealogical Soc.

Harold Blair's headstone, Purga Cemetery, n.d.

Purga Cemetery, 1980s

Purga Mission, before 1940s

Purga Mission, n.d.

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Flood map of Bremer River, 1974

Key Map Bremer River flood maps SF14 SF15 SF17 SF18 SF20 SF22

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Hardings Paddock - Cultural Connections

Purga Cultural Connections

Images - Queensland Times

Fishing in Warrill Creek, Ipswich, December 1977

Harold Blair's Headstone, Purga Aboriginal Cemetery Reserve, Purga, Ipswich, January 1978

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Culture on Country, Galvanized 2023

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Purga State School

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City & StateIpswich, QueenslandSuburb Postcode4306

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Buildings & StructuresLoamside Railway StationHampstead Railway StationPurga Railway StationChurchesPurga Uniting ChurchPlacesPurga Aboriginal CemeterySchoolsPurga Creek State SchoolPurga State SchoolPurga Aboriginal State SchoolCurated CollectionsSuburbs & Localities

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