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View of Ipswich from Limestone Hill, Ipswich, 1866
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TitleView of Ipswich from Limestone Hill, Ipswich, 1866Date Created1866 (copied 1959)PhotographerBiggingee Sorabjee PoocheeAcknowledgementWhitehead Family
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DescriptionPanorama of Ipswich in 1866, taken from Limestone Hill.
This photograph was from Biggingee Sorabjee Poochee, a photographer in Ipswich between 1864 and 1877. Poochee had a studio for a short time in 1863 at the corner of Bell and Union Streets, Ipswich.
Places visible include: Gooloowan, Queen’s Park, Hospital, Courthouse, St Stephens Presbyterian Church, Tattersalls Hotel, National School, Bank of New South Wales, Palais Royal Hotel, School of Arts (later Town Hall, now Ipswich Art Gallery), St Paul’s Anglican Church, Cribb and Foote department store, Claremont, Ipswich Grammar School, Railway Station, George Thorn’s store (formerly John Panton’s), St Mary’s Catholic Church, shipping stores, wharves, Railway and road bridge over the Bremer River, Railway Workshops, and Immigration depot.
Along the bottom of the photograph are the references from the left: 20. Benjamin Cribb’s residence [Gooloowan], 19. Club House.17. Roof of S. Hodgson’s residence. 27. Hospital. 16. Scotch Church [St Stephens]. 18. Court House. 15. Tattersalls Hotel [Ipswich Libraries 2015] 14. G H Wilsons Stores. 13. Bank of N. S. Wales. 12. G H Wilson’s Residence.7. Geo Thorne’s Residence. 8. Joint Stock Bank. 9. Cribb & Foote’s Stores. 10. School of Arts. 11. English Church. 6. Panton's Store. 21 Grammar School. 5 Railway Station. 4. J I G Harris’s Stores. 1. Clarke Hodgson & Co Stores. 3. Catholic Church [St Mary’s] 2. Railway Bridge. Bremer River. (Poochee trademark stamp).References (offline)This image appears in Leslie E Slaughter, Ipswich Municipal History, Ipswich, 1960.
Information taken from; Safier, Marcel, 'Early photographers of Ipswich, Queensland',2006, retrieved 17 July 2008, from the website
This photograph was from Biggingee Sorabjee Poochee, a photographer in Ipswich between 1864 and 1877. Poochee had a studio for a short time in 1863 at the corner of Bell and Union Streets, Ipswich.
Places visible include: Gooloowan, Queen’s Park, Hospital, Courthouse, St Stephens Presbyterian Church, Tattersalls Hotel, National School, Bank of New South Wales, Palais Royal Hotel, School of Arts (later Town Hall, now Ipswich Art Gallery), St Paul’s Anglican Church, Cribb and Foote department store, Claremont, Ipswich Grammar School, Railway Station, George Thorn’s store (formerly John Panton’s), St Mary’s Catholic Church, shipping stores, wharves, Railway and road bridge over the Bremer River, Railway Workshops, and Immigration depot.
Along the bottom of the photograph are the references from the left: 20. Benjamin Cribb’s residence [Gooloowan], 19. Club House.17. Roof of S. Hodgson’s residence. 27. Hospital. 16. Scotch Church [St Stephens]. 18. Court House. 15. Tattersalls Hotel [Ipswich Libraries 2015] 14. G H Wilsons Stores. 13. Bank of N. S. Wales. 12. G H Wilson’s Residence.7. Geo Thorne’s Residence. 8. Joint Stock Bank. 9. Cribb & Foote’s Stores. 10. School of Arts. 11. English Church. 6. Panton's Store. 21 Grammar School. 5 Railway Station. 4. J I G Harris’s Stores. 1. Clarke Hodgson & Co Stores. 3. Catholic Church [St Mary’s] 2. Railway Bridge. Bremer River. (Poochee trademark stamp).References (offline)This image appears in Leslie E Slaughter, Ipswich Municipal History, Ipswich, 1960.
Information taken from; Safier, Marcel, 'Early photographers of Ipswich, Queensland',2006, retrieved 17 July 2008, from the website
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Buildings & StructuresClaremontBremer River Rail BridgeBusinessesBank of New South WalesChurches & CemeteriesSt Paul's Anglican ChurchSt Mary's Roman Catholic Church PrecinctCurated CollectionsWhitehead Studios - The Whitehead CollectionPanoramas, Landscapes, & Aerial ViewsCottages of IpswichDefining Tulmur | IpswichShaping Our Identity: Domestic ArchitectureShaping Our Identity: Commercial ArchitectureShaping Our Identity: Growth & DevelopmentShaping Our Identity: Landscapes & Natural EnvironmentTaxonomy19th Century | 1860s | 1866
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