One Mile, Queensland Explained

Type:suburb
One Mile
City:Ipswich
State:qld
Coordinates:-27.6347°N 152.738°W
Pop:2038
Postcode:4305
Area:1.9
Timezone:AEST
Utc:+10:00
Dist1:3.4
Dir1:SW
Location1:Ipswich
Dist2:47.0
Dir2:SW
Location2:Brisbane CBD
Lga:City of Ipswich
Stategov:Ipswich West
Fedgov:Blair
Near-N:Leichhardt
Near-Ne:West Ipswich
Near-E:Churchill
Near-Se:Churchill
Near-S:Yamanto
Near-Sw:Yamanto
Near-W:Amberley
Near-Nw:Leichhardt

One Mile is a suburb of Ipswich in the City of Ipswich, Queensland, Australia.[1] In the, One Mile had a population of 2,038 people.

History

One Mile was known as Moopi Moopi Pa by the Quandamooka people.

The origin of the suburb name is from its approximate distance from the Ipswich CBD.[1] It was one mile from the centre of Ipswich to the crossing of the Bremer River on the road to Toowoomba (now the Old Toowoomba Road).[2] The bridge at this crossing was known as the One Mile Bridge until it was renamed the Don Livingstone One Mile Bridge in 2015 after Don Livingstone, a former Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly for the local area.[3]

In 1943, after the closure of the Myora Mission, some of the residents were moved to One Mile; others went to Dunwich.[4]

Leichhardt Methodist Church was officially opened on Saturday 5 September 1953 by Reverend John Egerton Jacob. The church building was not new but the relocated Methodist Church from Birkwood (now within Coleyville / Warrill View) which opened 77 years earlier in 1876 but the congregation had subsequently declined.[5] [6] With the amalgamation of the Methodist Church into the Uniting Church in Australia in 1977, it became Leichhardt Uniting Church.[7] It was demolished in 2018. It was at 13 Chubb Street, now within the suburb boundaries of One Mile.

Immaculate Heart of Mary Catholic Church opened in 1958 at 22 Old Toowoomba Road.[8] Immaculate Heart of Mary Catholic Primary School opened on 23 January 1967 adjacent to the church. It was the first Catholic school in the Archdiocese of Brisbane to be opened without full-time religious staff as none of the teaching orders of Catholic nuns was able to provide staff. It was opened with two lay women teachers, Mrs Frances Elmore and Mrs Ellen Payne, with nursing sisters from the Sisters of Perpetual Adoration at Villa Maria Nursing Home in Ipswich attending part-time to provide religious instruction. In 1982 the new brick Immaculate Heart of Mary Catholic church was built and the old church was re-purposed for school classrooms.[9] [10] [11]

Demographics

In the, One Mile had a population of 2,077 people. At that time, One Mile had an unemployment rate of 12.2%, nearly double that of the Australian unemployment rate of 6.9%.

In the, One Mile had a population of 2,038 people.

Education

Immaculate Heart Catholic Primary School is a Catholic primary (Prep-6) school for boys and girls at 22 Old Toowoomba Road (-27.6287°N 152.7386°W).[12] [13] In 2018, the school had an enrolment of 186 students with 16 teachers (14 full-time equivalent) and 10 non-teaching staff (6 full-time equivalent).[14]

Amenities

Immaculate Heart of Mary Catholic Church is at 22 Old Toowoomba Road .[10] [15]

External links

Notes and References

  1. 20 July 2021.
  2. Web site: Suburb and Place Names. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20180828070119/https://www.ipswich.qld.gov.au/about_ipswich/history/suburb_place_names. 2018-08-28. 4 November 2018. Ipswich City Council.
  3. News: Bennion. Brian. 19 February 2015. Bridge honour for Livingstone. Queensland Times. live. 4 November 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20160501122633/http://www.qt.com.au/news/bridge-honour-for-livingstone/2548203/. 2016-05-01.
  4. Web site: History, Life And Times of Robert Anderson: Gheebelum, Ngugi, Mulgumpin. doczz.net. Community and personal history of a Ngugi Elder of Mulgumpin in Quandamooka, South East Queensland, Australia.. 2001. Robert V.. Anderson. Uniikup Productions. 27 February 2020. 27 February 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200227013705/http://doczz.net/doc/1632486/history-life-and-times---north-stradbroke-island-historic.... live.
  5. News: 7 September 1953. Dedication Service METHODIST CHURCH AT LEICHHARDT. 2 (Daily). Queensland Times. 20,801. Queensland, Australia. National Library of Australia. 23 December 2021. 23 December 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20211223021742/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/118424667. live.
  6. Web site: Blake. Thom. Birkwood Wesleyan Methodist Church. live. 2021-12-22. Queensland religious places database. 23 December 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20211223021756/https://www.thomblake.com.au/qc_new/view_p.php?id=5130.
  7. Web site: Blake. Thom. Leichhardt Methodist Church. live. 2021-12-22. Queensland religious places database. 23 December 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20211223021756/https://www.thomblake.com.au/qc_new/view_p.php?id=3767.
  8. Web site: Blake. Thom. Immaculate Heart of Mary Catholic Church (1958). live. 2021-12-22. Queensland religious places database. 23 December 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20211223021144/https://www.thomblake.com.au/qc_new/view_p.php?id=5765.
  9. Web site: History of Parish and School. live. 2021-12-22. Immaculate Heart Catholic Primary School. 16 May 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210516210530/http://www.immac-heart.qld.edu.au/our-school/Pages/History-of-Parish-and-School.aspx.
  10. Web site: Blake. Thom. Immaculate Heart of Mary Catholic Church (1982). live. 2021-12-22. Queensland religious places database. 23 December 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20211223021746/https://www.thomblake.com.au/qc_new/view_p.php?id=3765.
  11. Web site: 2016-12-14. Our Churches. live. 2021-12-22. Ipswich Catholic Community. en-AU. 23 December 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20211223021747/https://www.ipswichcatholic.com/our-churches/.
  12. Web site: 9 July 2018. State and non-state school details. live. 21 November 2018. Queensland Government. https://web.archive.org/web/20181121065959/https://data.qld.gov.au/dataset/state-and-non-state-school-details/resource/5b39065c-df32-415c-994c-5ff12f8de997. 21 November 2018.
  13. Web site: Welcome to Immaculate Heart Catholic Primary School. live. 2021-12-22. Immaculate Heart Catholic Primary School. 18 December 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20211218052446/http://www.immac-heart.qld.edu.au/Pages/default.aspx.
  14. Web site: ACARA School Profile 2018. 28 January 2020. Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority. 27 August 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200827085246/https://www.acara.edu.au/docs/default-source/default-document-library/school-profile-2018.xlsx. live.
  15. Web site: Home. live. 2021-12-22. Ipswich Catholic Community. en-AU. 26 February 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190226194019/http://www.ipswichcatholic.com/.

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