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Ipswich Central State School was founded in 1861 and is well and truly a part of Ipswich’s proud history. Today the school has over 700 students enrolled. These students come from many different suburbs of Ipswich and surrounding areas, often driving past other schools, in order to have their children attend Ipswich Central. Many parents, when asked why they have selected Ipswich Central for their children, reply that it is Ipswich Central State School’s excellent reputation within the community which influenced their decision. Ipswich Central State School is a highly effective school with highly effective staff and students. We value and protect our reputation as an excellent school. We maintain and continue to build on this reputation through: Academic achievement Tradition Discipline Culture The ‘Central Way’ of doing business. Source: ipswichcentralss.eq.edu.au/our-school.

Peak Crossing is a rural village 20 km south of central Ipswich. It is west of Flinders Peak (675m) which is in the Scenic Rim, and was named after a crossing point on the Purga Creek. Peak Crossing is nine km west of Flinders Peak. Farm selections in the Peak Crossing district were taken up in the 1860s, and a primary school was opened in 1871. At first named Purga Creek, it was renamed Peak Mountain in about 1875 and Peak Crossing in the early 1920s. By the end of the 1870s Peak Crossing had a Congregational church, two stores and the Peak Mountain Hotel. In 1882 the railway to Harrisville was opened with a stop at Peak Crossing, and a Catholic church was built. There is a record of a Presbyterian church in the 1892 post office directory. The Catholic Church appears to have been the strongest faith in the district, with its adherents forming a Hibernian Society in 1881. Peak Crossing had an active farming community, and it continues in conjunction with rural/residential living and the Peak Views estate west of the village. There are a general store, the Peak Pub and the P-7 school with an enrolment of 209 pupils in 2013. Source: queenslandplaces.com.au/peak-crossing

According to Wikipedia, Purga Creek No 2 School opened on 4 September 1871.[8] It was renamed Peak Mountain State School before 1875. In the late 1920s it was renamed Peak Crossing State School.[

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