Defining Tulmur | Ipswich - Architecture

Building Ipswich

Ipswich is recognised for its important collection of historic buildings and the Council joins with many people in the belief that this is a precious resource which will be an ever increasing asset to the City.

Ipswich contains many fine public buildings, churches and schools, many of which are recognised in the Ipswich Planning Scheme. Some are also included on the Queensland Heritage Register and are protected under the Queensland Heritage Act 1992.

There are a significant number of buildings dating from the late 1850s and 1860s that have survived. These buildings are an important record of the City's early development. Equally important are the large number of unique "Queenslander" houses which have survived in many of Ipswich's streets today and are sought after by home buyers for their intrinsic value and undoubted potential. The boom years of the 1880s have left us with even more built reminders of our City's architectural legacy and the work of prominent architect George Brockwell Gill.

The interwar years of the 1920s and 1930s saw a decline in new construction and it was not until the post-war years of the 1950s and beyond, that a sustained building boom, has expanded the urban footprint of the city.