The division is named after Irene Longman, the first female Member of the Queensland State Parliament and the thrid woman elected to a parliament in Australia.
It was the third Thomas Longman, who took over in 1797, who led the firm to a position as one of the most distinguished publishing houses of its time.
In 1842 the fourth Thomas Longman took over the business, which he managed together with his brother William, and they were succeeded by their sons in the later years of the century.
Longman premises suffered from two fires, the first in 1861 and the second in the Blitz in December 1940.
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