Stone Kerbing - Ipswich, Queensland, Australia
S 27° 35.472 E 152° 45.465
56J E 476091 N 6948057
This Historical Marker is placed on a naturally landscaped median strip.
Waymark Code: WM17VVJ
Location: Queensland, Australia
Date Posted: 04/09/2023
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The rectangular cast bronze plaque is mounted on a green-painted metal pole at a 45° angle, set back just a little into the native plant landscaped median strip between the access road to St Joseph's Church and the other side of the road. A concrete footpath butts up to a narrow example of the kerbing stonework. The inscription of the Historical Marker reads:
HERITAGE PLACE
STONE KERBING
During the Great Depression, local governments and Main
Roads played a significant role in unemployment relief.
Broad median strips lined with limestone kerbing separate
the rows of traditional houses either side of this road.
This laying of limestone kerbing is a recurring theme in
Ipswich streetscapes. The Waterworks Road stone
kerbing and the footpath widening in Simmons Road
was completed in 1938.
An initiative of Ipswich City Council, 2014
(marker number 0116)
Visited: 0736, Wednesday, 15 June, 2022