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This conference is being jointly convened by the RHSQ and the Ipswich Historical Society to celebrate the bicentenary of the first European settlement in the region in 1826/1827. It is believed that this locality was first visited by Commandant Logan in late 1826 and in 1827 he sent a continent of soldiers and convicts to begin extracting limestone from Ipswich for the construction of buildings in Brisbane.

PLEASE NOTE: This programme is subject to change as the details of the event are ironed out.

1. Pat Comben: Logan in Ipswich, 1826 or 1827?
2. Roger Ford: Commandant Logan
3. Hugh Taylor: Coal Mining in Ipswich

1. David Hamill: Glimpses of Early Ipswich through the Eyes of my Ancestors
2. Greg Hallam: Railway in Ipswich
3. Richard Hunt: Limestone from Ipswich to Buildings in Brisbane

1. Mr Edwards: The Edwards Family in Ipswich
2. Hugh Taylor: John Petrie
3. Margaret Nicholl: Premier George Thorn

1. Darryl Low Choy: Colonial Military in Ipswich
2. Geoff Thompson: Bleak House. Ipswich, the House That Moved Twice
3. Heather Clark: The History of Dance in Ipswich - and the agreeable and rational recreation

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