Ipswich is an urban centre in south-east
Queensland, Australia. Situated on the
Bremer River, Ipswich is approximately 40
kilometres (25 mi) west of the Brisbane CBD.
The locality of the same name forms the
Central Activities District, business and
administrative centre of the City of Ipswich. The
City of Ipswich has an estimated population of
185,000.

Once a large city of its own, today Ipswich has
become subsumed into the Brisbane
metropolitan area due to urban sprawl and is a
part of Brisbane for statistical purposes. It is a
major commercial and industrial area that is
currently undergoing major transit-oriented
urban renewal, which was first planned in the
Ipswich Regional Centre Strategy.

Ipswich was a major mining centre, particularly
coal mining. The city is the 'cradle of coal
mining in Queensland'. Other secondary
manufacturing industries included earthenware
works, sawmills, abattoirs and foundries, while
the region is also rich agriculturally.
Ipswich is the site of RAAF Base Amberley, the
Royal Australian Air Force's largest operational
base.