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Newtown
The Newtown-Eastern Heights area largely comprised two estates – one which was owned by John Rankin and the other by William Vowles. Rankin subdivided and sold his Newtown Estate about 1865, comprising the allotments between Whitehill, Blackstone, Glebe and Grange Roads. Vowles lived in Newtown at Springvale and later Spring Gardens on the northeast corner of Frederick Street and Glebe Road.
There was a spring at the northern end of Hanover Street, on the northern end of Hanover Street in Spring Gardens, which which supplied a stable. An old carbeen tree stood on the corner of Lusitania Street and Glebe Road, where Aboriginal people used to gather for an afternoon rest.
To serve the growing settlement, the Newtown State School opened in 1882 but it closed in 1915 and the old school buildings were put up for sale. One section found its way to Redbank Plains State School while the other became the property of W. Pysden a boot repairer in East Street, Ipswich.
References (offline)Ipswich Heritage Study (1992)