The population explosion squeezing Ipswich families in Queensland's fastest-growing area

 With housing estates on their doorstep, the Scott family farm in the Ipswich suburb of Ripley has become a rare haven for echidnas, lorikeets and koalas which have lost habitat to rapid development.

The property on the outskirts of Brisbane is also a haven for the Scott family — with 41 members of three generations of the family living harmoniously on the farm they have occupied for 130 years.

But a letter that arrived quietly in the mail earlier this month has put the future of the historic property in doubt.

The Queensland government has proposed to put a school on their farm and, given its position in an area earmarked for accelerated growth, they have limited powers to object.

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