Uni students create complex canvas from council building
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Engineers are not usually considered artists, so when University of Southern Queensland lecturer Jason Brown was approached to create an art display, he approached it from a scientific point of view.
Dr Brown was asked by Ipswich City Council to head a team to create a science-inspired art installation as part of the city’s SPARK Ipswich festival, which kicked off this weekend.
The Pixel art installation developed by USQ is part of the SPARK Ipswich festival.
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THE owner of Riverlink Shopping Centre is hoping to build a new townhouse development close to the Bremer River and right above the Workshops Rail Museum in North Ipswich.
Lipoma Pty Ltd, which owns Riverlink, has submitted a development application to Ipswich City Council seeking approval to vary the planning scheme for the future development.
Plans show 33 townhouses are proposed for a 3.9 hectare lot of land at 22 W M Hughes Street. Plans for the proposed development.
“The development code has been structured to allow for residential development, specifically a townhouse development to occur on the site,” the application notes.
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FORMER workers at the Bradken foundry have lamented the loss of the longstanding Ipswich factory and the state of the wider Australian manufacturing industry after it closed last week.
But some hold on to hope it will be bought by another company and operations will be restarted.
About 180 workers at the Karrabin site have lost their jobs with the facility closing in stages until it completely shuts down at the end of July. Former Bradken workers had a drink at the Walloon Saloon Hotel after the company shut down its Ipswich foundry on Friday, April 23.
At its peak there were about 400 people working across three shifts a day and pouring about 35 tonnes of metal around the clock.
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