Haigslea is a locality split between the City of Ipswich and the Somerset Region in South East Queensland, Australia. In the 2021 census, Haigslea had a population of 507 people. The area was originally called Kirchheim by the many German people who settled there as immigrants between 1865 and 1873. It was renamed Haigslea due to anti-German sentim…Haigslea is a locality split between the City of Ipswich and the Somerset Region in South East Queensland, Australia. In the 2021 census, Haigslea had a population of 507 people. The area was originally called Kirchheim by the many German people who settled there as immigrants between 1865 and 1873. It was renamed Haigslea due to anti-German sentiment during the First World War. The locality is named after General Douglas Haig. He served in India in 1887. He was appointed as the regiment's adjutant in 1888, and appointed as Commander-in-chief of the British Army in France from 1915 to 1918.
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