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Wulkuraka

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The original name of the Station was Brisbane Valley Junction. In 1905 the name was changed to Wulkuraka, an Aboriginal word meaning a local eucalyptus tree, flowering gum or plenty of kookaburras.

The Wulkuraka Library and Unemployed Welfare Committee was established to assist returned diggers and the unemployed who were living in tents at the Wulkuraka Camp. After the abolition of relief work many of the men struggled to put clothes on their backs and to eat three meals a day. They relied on the business men and charitable institutions of Ipswich to assist them. In 1954 the Sunday Mail featured an article about the "Humpy Town" located at Wulkuraka. The shacks had been condemned but they still stood. A retired railway worker named John Burke aged 77 at the time said he had lived the "Bush Life" on the site for 24 years and he believed it to be the healthiest life. John said that the residents were happy to live in the conditions which the City Inspector R. C. Rogers described as "wretchedly constructed shacks and humpies" which he recommended should be removed completely. Only six of forty three dwellings were in Mr. Rogers opinion in reasonable order. The humpy area was located half a mile from the Wulkuraka railway station. Retired railway workers and old age pensioners lived at the Humpy Town.

References (online)Railway Station RenamedHealthy life, veteran says

Images - Whitehead Studio

Jordan's Furniture, bedroom suite, Wulkuraka, Ipswich, 1963

Jordan's Furniture, dressing table and wardrobe, Wulkuraka, Ipswich, 1963

Jordan's Furniture, dressing table and wardrobes, Wulkuraka, Ipswich, 1963

Jordan's Furniture, dressing table, Wulkuraka, Ipswich, 1963

Jordan's Furniture, wardrobe, Wulkuraka, Ipswich, 1963

Maps & Plans

Bremer River flood plain map of Ipswich area sheet 15, 1975

Cadastral map of Muirlea, 1977

Map showing Ipswich suburbs, 1978-1979

Queensland Twenty Chain series sheet 2522 (Ipswich)

Queensland Twenty Chain series sheet 2522, 1969

Documents

1985 Commercial Inventory - Update to 30 August 1985

Universal Street Directory for Ipswich City and suburbs, 1958

Universal Streets Directory of Ipswich City & suburbs, 1964

Your home Universal Business and tourist guide for Ipswich [and] Boonah, 1961

Images

New Generation Rollingstock Maintenance Centre, Wulkuraka, 2016

Wulkuraka Station Master at a culvert at Wulkuraka, Ipswich|Ipswich, Queensland, 1965

Histories

Industrial - Wulkuraka - Ipswich Heritage Study 1992 Volume 2

Ipswich Heritage Study 1992 Volume 2: Inventory of Heritage Items: Aboriginal and Industrial

Images - Ips Heritage Study

Grace Street, Wulkuraka, Ipswich|Ipswich, Queensland, 1991

Toongarra Road, nos. 145 and 143, Wulkuraka, Ipswich, 1991

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Images - Queensland Times

QT Christmas Lights Competition, People's Choice Winner, Comona Court, no. 33, Wulkuraka, Ipswich, December 2009

Video

Global Info Links, promotional video, 1995

Heritage Trails

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

Location

Suburb Postcode4305

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