One Mile, Queensland

One Mile is a suburb of Ipswich in the City of Ipswich, Queensland, Australia.[2] In the 2016 census One Mile had a population of 2,077 people.[1]

For the suburb of the same name in New South Wales, see One Mile, New South Wales.

One Mile
Ipswich, Queensland
Philip Street, 2016
One Mile is located in Queensland
One Mile
One Mile
Coordinates27.6347°S 152.7380°E / -27.6347; 152.7380 (One Mile (centre of suburb))
Population2,077 (2016 census)[1]
 • Density1,093/km2 (2,830/sq mi)
Postcode(s)4305
Area1.9 km2 (0.7 sq mi)
Time zoneAEST (UTC+10:00)
Location
LGA(s)City of Ipswich
State electorate(s)Ipswich West
Federal division(s)Blair
Suburbs around One Mile:
Leichhardt Leichhardt West Ipswich
Amberley One Mile Churchill
Yamanto Yamanto Churchill

History

One Mile was known as Moopi Moopi Pa by the Quandamooka people.[3]

The origin of the suburb name is from its approximate distance from the Ipswich CBD.[2] 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).[4] 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.[5]

In 1943, after the closure of the Myora Mission, some of the residents were moved to One Mile; others went to Dunwich.[3]

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.[6][7] With the amalgamation of the Methodist Church into the Uniting Church in Australia in 1977, it became Leichhardt Uniting Church.[8] It was demolished in 2018. It was at 13 Chubb Street (27.6305°S 152.7384°E / -27.6305; 152.7384 (Leichhardt Uniting Church (former))), now within the suburb boundaries of One Mile.[8]

Immaculate Heart of Mary Catholic Church opened in 1958 at 22 Old Toowoomba Road.[9] Immaculate Heart of Mary Catholic Primary School opened on 23 January 1967 adjacent to the church.[10] 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.[11][12][13]

In the 2016 census, 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%.[1]

Education

Immaculate Heart Catholic Primary School is a Catholic primary (Prep-6) school for boys and girls at 22 Old Toowoomba Road (27.6287°S 152.7386°E / -27.6287; 152.7386 (Immaculate Heart School)).[14][15] 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).[16]

Amenities

Immaculate Heart of Mary Catholic Church is at 22 Old Toowoomba Road (27.6291°S 152.7385°E / -27.6291; 152.7385 (Immaculate Heart of Mary Catholic Church)).[12][17]

References
  1. Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "One Mile (SSC)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 20 October 2018.
  2. "One Mile – suburb in City of Ipswich (entry 45067)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 20 July 2021.
  3. Anderson, Robert V. (2001). "History, Life And Times of Robert Anderson: Gheebelum, Ngugi, Mulgumpin". doczz.net. Uniikup Productions. Archived from the original on 27 February 2020. Retrieved 27 February 2020. Community and personal history of a Ngugi Elder of Mulgumpin in Quandamooka, South East Queensland, Australia.
  4. "Suburb and Place Names". Ipswich City Council. Archived from the original on 28 August 2018. Retrieved 4 November 2018.
  5. Bennion, Brian (19 February 2015). "Bridge honour for Livingstone". Queensland Times. Archived from the original on 1 May 2016. Retrieved 4 November 2018.
  6. "Dedication Service METHODIST CHURCH AT LEICHHARDT". Queensland Times. No. 20, 801. Queensland, Australia. 7 September 1953. p. 2 (Daily). Archived from the original on 23 December 2021. Retrieved 23 December 2021 – via National Library of Australia.
  7. Blake, Thom. "Birkwood Wesleyan Methodist Church". Queensland religious places database. Archived from the original on 23 December 2021. Retrieved 22 December 2021.
  8. Blake, Thom. "Leichhardt Methodist Church". Queensland religious places database. Archived from the original on 23 December 2021. Retrieved 22 December 2021.
  9. Blake, Thom. "Immaculate Heart of Mary Catholic Church (1958)". Queensland religious places database. Archived from the original on 23 December 2021. Retrieved 22 December 2021.
  10. Queensland Family History Society (2010), Queensland schools past and present (Version 1.01 ed.), Queensland Family History Society, ISBN 978-1-921171-26-0
  11. "History of Parish and School". Immaculate Heart Catholic Primary School. Archived from the original on 16 May 2021. Retrieved 22 December 2021.
  12. Blake, Thom. "Immaculate Heart of Mary Catholic Church (1982)". Queensland religious places database. Archived from the original on 23 December 2021. Retrieved 22 December 2021.
  13. "Our Churches". Ipswich Catholic Community. 14 December 2016. Archived from the original on 23 December 2021. Retrieved 22 December 2021.
  14. "State and non-state school details". Queensland Government. 9 July 2018. Archived from the original on 21 November 2018. Retrieved 21 November 2018.
  15. "Welcome to Immaculate Heart Catholic Primary School". Immaculate Heart Catholic Primary School. Archived from the original on 18 December 2021. Retrieved 22 December 2021.
  16. "ACARA School Profile 2018". Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority. Archived from the original on 27 August 2020. Retrieved 28 January 2020.
  17. "Home". Ipswich Catholic Community. Archived from the original on 26 February 2019. Retrieved 22 December 2021.
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