Gympie is a wonderful place filled with fascinating stories. Mr George Thomas was one of Gympie’s best known citizens, and his love for Local History inspired him to gather and record these stories. Mr Thomas… Continue reading
The Gympie Volunteers Fire Brigade was established at a public meeting held at Town Hall on this date in 1900. It had taken a year for the Gympie Municipal Council to get permission… Continue reading
‘When radio was King!’ 4GY was officially launched at the Olympia Theatre in Mellor Street on the Monday 3 November, 1941. There was a “full presentation” of artists from the Gympie District at… Continue reading
On 30 October 1873 the colony’s first private railway, operated by Pettigrew and Sim to haul kauri pine timber from the scrubs of the Cooloola sandmass, was officially opened. The ‘Kaloolah’ railway line… Continue reading
Six people were killed in a train accident at Tamaree on Saturday 18 October, 1941. The south bound Rockhampton to Brisbane train was waiting for the Townsville train to pass on loop when… Continue reading
Opening of the present Normanby Bridge 1959 The present Normanby Bridge was opened on 17 October 1959. According to the Gympie Times Tuesday 20 October 1959 “An estimated 2000 people crowded the northern… Continue reading
James Nash discovered gold in Gympie in Nash’s Gully in 1867. After which, it started a wild rush to the Gympie goldfields. The goldfields eventually yielded over £14 million worth. Gympie became known… Continue reading
Opening of the Civic Centre 1977 The Gympie Civic Centre was officially opened by Queensland Premier Mr Joh Bjelke-Petersen on Thursday 13 October 1977 with the Premier stating “that is was a very… Continue reading
The death of James Nash James Nash discovered gold in Gympie in Nash’s Gully in 1867. He was born on 5 September 1834 at Beanacre, Wiltshire, England, son of Michael Nash, farm labourer,… Continue reading
Gympie Telephone Exchange The Gympie Telephone Exchange first began operation on 1 October 1901 with 54 subscribers. The first telephone call in Queensland was made in 1878 to Ipswich from the office of… Continue reading
The new Wide Bay Dairy Co-operative factory is opened in 1925. It was the biggest factory in the Southern Hemisphere. This content is a part of G150: Celebrating 150 years of Gympie. #g150… Continue reading