1864		Commencement of railway line from Ipswich The more the subject is investigated, the stronger the conclusion is brought out that at no distant period railways will constitute the chief means of communication with, and throughout, the interior.
1891		Ipswich Holds Eight-Hour Day on May for the first time, To-day, for the first time in the history of Ipswich, the eight-hour movement will be celebrated, locally, with all the pomp and ceremony that of recent years has been the very generally approved concomitant of the event throughout Australia.
1892		Original Aboriginal Settlement at Deebing Creek Being a nice secluded spot, removed some distance from the public thoroughfares, with the stately eucalypti surrounding it on all sides, the business of the settlement can be carried on freely without fear of interruption.
1893		Floods in February There is no need, now, for anyone to solicit from old residents reminiscences of the heaviest floods that have visited Ipswich, for the deluge from which the town is at present suffering eclipses, beyond all measure, anything of a similar nature that has previously been experienced.
1894		The manufacturing of towels, for the first time in Australia, has been carried out by the Queensland Cotton Company Two honey-comb unbleached bath towels, to which is attached a card bearing the words "The first towels made in Australia," are at present on view in the main window of Messrs. Cribb and Foote's drapery establishment in Brisbane-street.
1895		Typhoid in Ellenborough Street The old water reserve has been turned topsy-turvey, just at what is know to be fever season of the year.
1897		Gatton Agriculture College open If we wish to hold our own as producing competitors, farming must be conducted as a systematic business by those who engage in it. The distribution of college-taught boys throughout the colony should promote this object.
1898		Booval Brewery-"increased demand for celebrated beer" If the demand grows as prospects seem to indicate, a still further enlargement of the Booval Brewery will be necessary. At any rate, the beer sells well and is highly spoken of by those who are qualified to judge.
1899		Ipswich Votes "NO" We consistently opposed the Bill because we believed, and still believe, that its adoption at the present stage of the Colony's development would disastrously affect the producing and manufacturing industries of West Moreton.
1901		A "Right About Face" From Those Who Voted "YES" To us who opposed Federation while it was yet time the opposition now, when it is no longer time, of people who were then ardent federalists, the "right-about face" cannot be other than edifying.