East Ipswich

The East Ipswich Estate previously known as Thorn's paddock was advertised for sale by public auction on 21 April 1903. The estate comprised of sixty-nine large allotments was located on the Brisbane road on the town side of the residence of Mr. Richard Watson and opposite the old Spring Gardens and the residence of Mr. G. R. Wilson.

East  Ipswich Station Estate to the east of the East Ipswich railway station was being subdivided into allotments in 1911 and in July of that year all of the allotments (comprised of twenty-six allotments and a residence) sold at auction. Also in 1911, twenty allotments were sold in the Merton Estate at East Ipswich, with the auction being held on the ground adjoining the cotton factory.

"Cotton has been grown in this district from the earliest days of settlement. Ipswich had the only cotton mill in Australia, built in 1892. It had been somewhat hampered by a lack of local cotton and thus had to import from India. The mill was taken over by Joyce Brothers in 1907. It was closed in 1913 and converted to a woollen mill. Joyce Street and Cotton Street are reminders of the cotton mill in the area"