Stage Number: MBNH.07.02.20
Group: Western
Local Study Area: Toowong-St Lucia-Indooroopilly
Epoch: Late 19th Century
Street Address: 378 Swann Rd, St Lucia
Latitude & Longitude: -27.50038889,152.99636111
Time Link: 1870
Map Link: 1875
Image Time Point: 1875
Ironside State School was opened in 1870. It began as a farmer-funded school for the area covering the Indooroopilly Pocket (St Lucia) and Long Pocket farms. The school went under different names in the late nineteenth century, such as ‘Toowong’, “Indooroopilly’, and ‘Indooroopilly Pocket’. It took the name ‘Ironside” from the local area from 1905.
Brisbane City Council, Heritage Register Summary, http://bit.ly/2loyQE2 ; SLHG Papers: 19 Education in St Lucia
QSA. QSA Series ID 1015 Moreton District 20 Chain Maps – AG3. 20 chains to the inch. Parish of Indooroopilly, County of Stanley. 532928