Ashwell, Queensland
| Ashwell Ipswich, Queensland | |||||||||||||||
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 Farms along Perrins Road, 2015 | |||||||||||||||
| Population | 234 (2011)[1] | ||||||||||||||
| Postcode(s) | 4340 | ||||||||||||||
| LGA(s) | City of Ipswich | ||||||||||||||
| State electorate(s) | Ipswich West | ||||||||||||||
| Federal Division(s) | Blair | ||||||||||||||
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Ashwell is a locality in the City of Ipswich, Queensland, Australia. At the 2011 Australian Ashwell and nearby Lanefield recorded a population of 234.[1]
History
The origin of the name Ashwell is from a town in the United Kingdom by the name of Ashwell. Walter Loveday and Henry Stevens provided an acre each of land for a school in this district to be named Ashwell after Walter Loveday's farm titled Ashwell which he named after Ashwell, United Kingdom.[2]
References
- 1 2 Australian Bureau of Statistics (31 October 2012). "Ashwell (State Suburb)". 2011 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 1 July 2015.
- ↑ "Ashwell (entry 41860)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 10 December 2015.
Coordinates: 27°37′42.44″S 152°33′36.37″E / 27.6284556°S 152.5601028°E
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