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Walloon

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Walloon has been known by many names: Five Mile, Five Mile Waters, Guilfoyles Creek, Campbell’s Gully and for many years as Ten Mile Peg. All of the names refer to specific areas between what is now Karrabin and Walloon and extending to Thagoona. Walloon was possibly named after the French speaking area of southern Belgium.

Walloon was one of the original stations on the Ipswich to Grandchester railway line in 1865. Guilfoyle's Gully near Walloon was the endpoint of the first railway excursion in Queensland, a 40 minute demonstration trip for dignitaries held on April 22 1865.

With railways, collieries and farming all thriving in the immediate area, Walloon became a busy township and in the 1890s, its businesses included a blacksmith, butcher, carriers, saddler, storekeepers, tailor and tannery.

The non-vested school at Walloon was opened in 1865 under the name “Guilfoyles Creek”. There were 41 pupils enrolled, most of them being children of railway workers. The private school was run by the Catholic Church but was supported by the Queensland Government. An official government school opened in 1877. The original school building is now used as the CWA Hall.

In 1891 two school children, sisters Bridget and Mary Broderick, drowned in a local waterhole. The tragedy became the subject of a poem by Henry Lawson, The babies of Walloon, 1891.

References (offline)Expanded Ipswich Heritage Study (1997)

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Aaron Noble and family at Walloon, 1885

Aaron Noble, at Walloon with his horse cab, Walloon, Ipswich, 1900

Babies of Walloon Drowning Site, Memorial, and Burial Site, Haigslea–Amberley Road, Nos. 470–488, Walloon, Karrabin-Rosewood Road, Nos. 533-569, Walloon, Ipswich General Cemetery, Warwick Road, No. 124A , Ipswich,

Believed to be house at Walloon, Ipswich, early 1880s

Bell family home, Walloon, Ipswich

Bell family of Walloon, 1909

Bell family of Walloon, c.1940s

Bridal party of Sydney and Ellen (nee Brown) Noble, of Walloon, Ipswich, 1937

Car on the speedway at James Boughen property at Walloon Road, Walloon, Ipswich, c.1939

Granny flat at Bell family home, Walloon, 2002

Miners at pithead at mine in Walloon, Ipswich, c.1890

Miners at the pithead at a mine in Walloon, Ipswich, c.1900

Portrait of Eliza Noble of Walloon, Ipswich, c.1897

Portrait of unidentified child, thought to be from the Noble family of Walloon, Ipswich, 1890-1895

Rachel Noble (nee Horner), wife of Aaron Noble of Walloon, Ipswich, 1883

Robert Noble's home at Walloon, Ipswich, c.1940

Thought to be members of the Noble family of Walloon, Ipswich, c.1905

Thought to be miners at a mine pithead in Walloon, Ipswich, c.1890

Unidentified house in Walloon, Ipswich, 1890s

Unidentified people in front of home, Walloon, Ipswich, early 1880s

Unidentified people on horseback in front of unidentified home, Ipswich, 1890 - 1899

Unidentified woman in front of house at Walloon, Ipswich, early 1880s

Maps & Plans

Bremer River flood plain map of Ipswich area sheet 17, 1975

Flood map of Bremer River, 1974

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

Queensland Twenty Chain series sheet 2522, 1930

Queensland Twenty Chain series sheet 2522, 1969

Histories

Expanded Ipswich Heritage Study, Volume 2, 1997

Ipswich Suburb, Place, and Road Names

Ipswich: A Changing Landscape

Motivated: The James Gulland Story

Pathways of the Pioneers - Boonah

Heritage Trails

Central and North Ipswich Engineering Heritage: A Walk / Drive Tour, Judith Nissen & Brian Becconsall, 2022

Coal Mining Then & Now Heritage Trail

People, Places and Events Rural Trail

Rosewood & District Then & Now Heritage Trail

Rubbidy Dubs to Pubs Then & Now Heritage Trail

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Walloon Saloon

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Images - Rosewood Scrub HS

Miners at pithead at coal mine in Walloon, Ipswich, 1890

Location

Suburb Postcode4306

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