Rockton, Ipswich, Heritage mansion in Newtown, Ipswich, Australia.

Rockton is a Victorian-style mansion in Newtown, Ipswich, that displays numerous additions and renovations from different eras. The building features a tower, extensive verandahs, a converted ballroom, and specialized rooms including a billiard room and fernery.

William Craies, manager of the Bank of New South Wales branches in Ipswich and Brisbane, built a three-room brick cottage on Limestone ridge in 1855; builder William Hancock extended it within the year. Craies sold it in 1862 after the collapse of Walter Gray and Co. The Bullmore family, owners from 1882, added a ballroom and an upper storey with a widow's walk, and around 1900 the roof was changed to corrugated galvanised iron.

The Bullmore family, who bought Rockton in 1882, had several daughters attending the nearby Ipswich Girls' Grammar School after it opened in 1892; the house was extended for family accommodation and entertaining, and a breezeway between two wings was enclosed to form a ballroom. Helen Haenke, who inherited the property in 1953, was a writer who published several books of poetry and wrote plays performed in Brisbane and Ipswich.

The property is located on Rockton Street and is easy to reach. Visitors should be prepared for the historical structures to be spread across several different areas, including specialized rooms like the billiard room and fernery.

The property came under the ownership of the Haenke family in 1918 and remained in their care for decades, with each generation making their own improvements. This continuous stewardship by one family allowed both the historical origins and the developments of various eras to be preserved.