Ipswich - a city on the river Bremer in the southeast of Queensland. Is approximately in 40 km to the southwest from capital of the state, Brisbane. In 1826 the area was investigated by the European colonizers. Captain Patrick Logan, the commander of a corrective colony of a gulf of Moton, has found out here the big deposits of limestone and other minerals. In 1827 here there was a settlement-prison where the concluded steels to be engaged in a mining industry. Round this settlement the city which initially named Limestone also has grown. In 1843 it have renamed in Ipswich. The city often was exposed to destructive flooding. In the end of 20th Brisbane has strongly developed also habitation in it became very expensive. Therefore Ipsvich began to be occupied actively by visitors. In a city the huge aviation base and the airport are located. Now Ipswich - most quickly growing district in southeast Queensland. Except the airport, in a city it is developed bus and a railway transportation.