Boom & Bust: Adulthood

The story of the arrival of Emily and Mattie (Martha) Hustwick in Australia and settling in Ipswich for the warmer climate, in the hopes that it would help a very ill Emily to recover, is an example of one of the stories than can be told through Picture Ipswich and Defining Tulmur | Ipswich. To read their story, scroll down the page to People and Families and open the Hustwick Family Icon. You will learn of the fate of Emily and of Mattie's thoughts of Ipswich and the surrounding areas, related to her relatives through her letters.

If your family arrived in Ipswich during the 1880s and 1890s, you can share their stories by leaving a recollection on this page, and you can upload photographs to help build the collection.

Family letters, diaries, or family histories that you have written, can be shared on the Picture Ipswich website. To learn how, Contact Us