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Liberty Hall is a heritage-listed detached house at 84 Limestone Street, Ipswich, City of Ipswich, Queensland, Australia. It was built . It is also known as Mary Tregear Hostel. It was added to the Queensland Heritage Register on 21 October 1992. == History == Liberty Hall is a two-storey rendered brick house with a cellar, built between 1857 and 1860 for Chief Constable Edward Quinn. The property was sold to James Sloane in 1877, then passed to his widow in 1887.〔 The house then appears to have been rented by blacksmith Hugh Campbell. Hugh's father, Donald Campbell, had been the first free settler in Ipswich after George Thorn (senior), arriving with his family in 1842 and carrying on his trade as a blacksmith. The firm reputedly shod the horses for Ludwig Leichhardt when he passed through Ipswich on an exploring expedition.〔 Hugh Campbell also worked as a blacksmith and took over the business after his father died in 1857. The family home and business was at that time on the corner of East and Limestone streets, Ipswich. When the Ipswich & West Moreton Building Society building was built on the site in 1887, the Campbells re-established further up Limestone street. Hugh was well known in the Ipswich community, acting as Clerk of the Course on every raceday. It has been said that the building was called Liberty Hall because of his generous hospitality, but this may have been a local saying rather than a formal name, as the term was in general use at that time.〔 The house was bought by Hugh's three sons under nomination of trustees in 1910. The smithy closed down in 1916 and Hugh died in 1917 but the house remained in the family until 1942. The Queensland Country Women's Association bought the property in 1942. The house was used as a girls' hostel and a fibro and timber army building was moved to the site as a meeting hall.〔 They named the property the Mary Tregear Hostel after the first president of the Ipswich branch of the Country Women's Association.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.ipswich.qld.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0014/10481/mary_tregear_hostel.pdf )〕 In 1964, the land was subdivided and a coal research laboratory was built on portion of it. The army hut was replaced by a brick hall on the eastern side of the block, and a rear kitchen wing was built, its materials and construction suggesting a date .〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Liberty Hall, Ipswich」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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