Queensland Woollen Manufacturing Company mill, Industrial heritage site in North Ipswich, Australia

The Queensland Woollen Manufacturing Company mill occupies level ground at 42 and 42B The Terrace, North Ipswich, overlooking the Bremer River. The timber factory of 1875 stood metres from "The Basin", a man-made bight where large ships could turn, and the railway ran close by. Additions to the mill were designed in 1881 by Samuel Shenton, an Ipswich architect, mayor and company director.

The Queensland Woollen Manufacturing Company bought 7.25 acres beside the Bremer River in 1875 and began production of woollen tweed in 1877, when Governor Sir Arthur Kennedy officially opened the timber factory. Additions designed by director and Ipswich mayor Samuel Shenton followed in 1881. A government bonus of £1,000 for the first 1,000 yards of cloth supported the venture, and by 1887 the mill supplied serge, tweed, blankets and rugs to the Queensland Government.

The mill's cloth was advertised in 1879 as made from Queensland Merino wool, "free from shoddy mixtures of cloths gathered from prisons, hospitals, lunatic and other asylums". The directors used this claim to set their tweeds, flannels, worsteds, blankets and rugs apart from cheaper recycled wool goods.

The mill stands at 42 and 42B The Terrace in North Ipswich, on level ground beside the Bremer River. It is a heritage-listed site on private industrial land, so there is no public entry; the buildings can be seen from The Terrace and from the river side.

The mill's directors advertised in 1879 that their cloth was made from Queensland Merino wool, "free from shoddy mixtures of cloths gathered from prisons, hospitals, lunatic and other asylums" — a pointed contrast with rivals who recycled rags. The company also received a £1,000 government bonus for its first 1,000 yards of cloth.