Blackstone, Queensland
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Blackstone Ipswich, Queensland |
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Thomas Street, 2015
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| Coordinates | 27°37′39″S 152°48′11″E / 27.62750°S 152.80306°ECoordinates: 27°37′39″S 152°48′11″E / 27.62750°S 152.80306°E | ||||||||||||
| Population | 1,017 (2011) | ||||||||||||
| Postcode(s) | 4304 | ||||||||||||
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| LGA(s) | City of Ipswich | ||||||||||||
| State electorate(s) | Electoral district of Bundamba | ||||||||||||
| Federal Division(s) | Blair | ||||||||||||
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Blackstone is a suburb of the City of Ipswich, Queensland, Australia. At the 2011 Australian Census the suburb recorded a population of 1,017.
The district was originally called Bundamba Creek but this caused confusion with nearby Bundamba, so the postmistress Mrs Orr proposed the name Blackstone, believed to be a place in Ireland.
Blackstone State School opened on 17 January 1887 and closed on 31 December 2009.
Blackstone has a number of heritage-listed sites, including:
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