Leichhardt, Queensland

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Template:Use Australian English Template:Use dmy dates Script error: No such module "about". Script error: No such module "infobox".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Leichhardt is a suburb of Ipswich in the City of Ipswich, Queensland, Australia.[1] In the Template:CensusAU, Leichhardt had a population of 4,471 people.[2]

Geography

The suburb is bounded to the south-west by the Bremer River, to the south by the Old Toowoomba Road, and to the north-east by the Bremer River again.[3][4]

Ipswich Golf Course occupies Script error: No such module "convert". in the south-west of the suburb adjacent to the river.[4]

History

The Ipswich City Golf Club opened in 1897 as a membership-based organisation. It went into receivership in 2013 and was purchased by Terry Morris (founder of Sirromet Wines) and Dean Merrell.[5]

St Mark's Anglican Church opened circa 1935. Its closure on 15 November 1998 by Assistant Bishop Ray Smith.[6]

The suburb name was assigned following a request by local residents to the City of Ipswich in 1953.[7] It is named after Friedrich Wilhelm Ludwig Leichhardt, an explorer and naturalist from Prussia (now known as Germany). He led major expeditions throughout Australia.

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.[8][9] With the amalgamation of the Methodist Church into the Uniting Church in Australia in 1977, it became Leichhardt Uniting Church.[10] It was demolished in 2018. It was at 13 Chubb Street (Script error: No such module "Coordinates".), now within the suburb boundaries of One Mile.[10]

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Leichhardt State School, 1956

Leichhardt State School opened on 1 August 1956.[11][12]

Immaculate Heart of Mary Catholic Church opened in 1958 at 22 Old Toowoomba Road; it is now within the suburb boundaries of neighbouring One Mile.[13]

Immaculate Heart of Mary Catholic Primary School opened on 23 January 1967; it is now within the suburb boundaries of neighbouring One Mile.[11][14]

Demographics

In the Template:CensusAU, Leichhardt had a population of 3,912 people. The unemployment rate of Leichhardt was 17.1%, in comparison to the Australian unemployment rate of 6.9%.[15]

In the Template:CensusAU, Leichhardt had a population of 4,471 people. The unemployment rate of Leichhardt was 14.3%, in comparison to the Australian unemployment rate of 5.1%.[2]

Education

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Leichhardt State School, 2023

Leichhardt State School is a government primary (Prep-6) school for boys and girls at 72 Samford Road (Script error: No such module "Coordinates".).[16][17] In 2018, the school had an enrolment of 346 students with 26 teachers (23 full-time equivalent) and 29 non-teaching staff (17 full-time equivalent).[18] It includes a special education program.[16]

Amenities

The Ipswich Golf Club is an 18-hole golf course. The par-72 championship course was designed by Wayne Grady . The clubhouse has a pro-shop, changing rooms, bistro and bar.[5]

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