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16 interested members started the Ipswich & District Lapidary Club in 1965 in the National Hall in Booval. A bakery, run by Dance's, on the present site, was offered for sale when ropiness in the bread and the pine-wood vats caused the bakery to close on that site.

The site, bakery (made from old convict brick) and the present house were purchased in 1968 after fundraising using the ever popular lamington drives and garage sales. The bakery was built around 1890 from hand-made bricks with thumb marks of the makers:- what happened to the bricks when the current shed was built, no one knows. The club was opened by J.A. Shapcott on 17. 5. 1968. Due to size constraints, the present Titan shed was built to house an expanding club membership in 1988.

The covered portico was closed in to allow a meeting room to be used outdside the work area in  2005.

In 2008, the club applied for a grant to build a second Titan shed to act as a storage and work area for the ever expanding equipment needed to cope with our increased membership. As of this year we have about 82 members, (thankfully not all turn up at the same time)

Office Bearers 2010/2011

IPSWICH & DISTRICT LAPIDARY CLUB INC
PO Box 357, 
IPSWICH, QUEENSLAND 4305

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Joining (Registration) Fee:  $15.00 Adults $15.00 Family.

Yearly subscriptions:           $25.00 Adults $30.00 Family.

Junior members must also have a family member in the Club.

Workshop fees: $2.00 (adult), $1.00 (Junior), a work session, and some cutting and faceting fees apply.
 

Annual General Meeting: Last Friday in September.

Annual membership due First week of October

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