The Gympie Volunteers Fire Brigade was established at a public meeting held at Town Hall on 20 November 1900. It had taken a year for the Gympie Municipal Council to get permission from the governing authorities to make this possible. The first Fire Station building was built during 1902 after Council decided on the site on Caledonian Hill where the current Fire Station still stands. This building was moved to Stewart Terrace.
Gympie Fire Brigade 1908 1909
Gympie Fire Brigade 1908/1909
Gympie Fire Brigade Station, early1900s
The Gympie Times reported on the establishment of the Fire Brigade and Fire Station.
Old Fire Station, Gympie
Gympie Fire Brigade in 1913, John Oxley Library, State Library of Queensland Neg: 34706
Shamrock, the horse, harnessed to Gympie’s fire cart in 1914, John Oxley Library, State Library of Queensland Neg: 34704
Gympie Fire Brigade 1920’s – the first motor vehicles
Arrival of first motor fire truck for the Fire Station, 25.6.1924 JOL 34805
Gympie from the fire station post 1890 pre 1940
This brings us to the Fire Station in Bligh Street as we know it today. This new station in Bligh Street was built in 1939 and opened on 24 August 1940. The Gympie Times reported on the opening of new fire station.
Fire Station, Gympie Times, Tuesday 27 August 1940, page 3
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