Sandra Kirkwood has compiled this presentation about the history of the Purga locality - on the outskirts of Ipswich, Queensland. Please advise if there are other photographs or details that we could include.

1. Purga History 150 years since European Settlement 1855-2005

2. Purga settlement

3. Early Pioneers

4. Margaret & Martin Ryan, from Ballinlough, Tipperary, Ireland

5. Ryan Property at Purga

7. Purga School

8. Farming pioneers – Dick family

9. Dick Family Diaries of Purga

11. Family picnic at Purga

12. Purga State School c. 1892

14. Fassifern Railway - Purga

15. Cricket team – Purga School

16. Purga Rugby League Team

17. Dick Homestead – Purga dances

18. Purga Church Sunday School

20. War service – Augie Band

21. Goolman airstrip

22. Purga School Calf Club

23. Purga School Committee

25. 1962 Purga State School

27. Purga Friends Association, Inc.

28. Purga Aboriginal Elders

29. Greens Rd Farm – Gary Mullins

30. Purga Creek Biker’s rally 1990’s

31. Fire ant eradication

33. Future: Community music development

34. Ballroom dancing Chandese Watts from Purga

35. Musicians & Poets

36. Purga Aboriginal Elders & Descendants

37. Purga Music Museum & Harold Blair

38. Preserving our heritage

39. Award winning Andalusian stud horses

40. Preserving environment & water

41. Ironbark Ridge Winery

42. Sport & Athetics – Mark Sills

43. Movie location – Rural vistas