Maurice Bowers, Mayor of Ipswich in 1910, Ipswich, n.d.

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TitleMaurice Bowers, Mayor of Ipswich in 1910, Ipswich, n.d.StudioWhitehead StudioAcknowledgementWhitehead Family

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DescriptionBorn 12.02.1840 in England. Died 1922. Maurice Bowers left England at the age of 17 and arrived in Sydney aboard the 'Washington Irving' in 1857. He came to Brisbane in 1861 with his wife and family and travelled by steamer to Ipswich where he worked with his brother in-law, Mr W. Coleman, who owned a butcher’s shop. Two years later Maurice started his own butcher’s shop and successfully expanded his business to include four shops and slaughtering yards at Deebing Creek and Iron Pot Creeks. After years of success, he sold off his butcher shops (North Ipswich, Down Street, corner site to the Ipswich Ambulance Brigade) and acquired a large extent of pastoral land, known as 'Birkwood' Normanby, devoting his attention to cattle raising and the breeding of farm horses. Maurice purchased John Pettigrew’s residence in East Street which he named ‘Clifton House’ after his wife’s home town in England. Maurice Bowers was an Alderman of Ipswich City Council in 1906, 1907, 1908 and 1909; Mayor of Ipswich in 1910; a member of the Mutdapilly Divisional Board; a member of the Normanby Board; first Chairman of the Fire Brigade; and a member of St Paul’s Church of England. He passed away in 1921 and was buried in the Ipswich General Cemetery. References (offline)Ipswich City Council website 12-10-2016The Queensland Times 31 May, 1921

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