Category: Buildings
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One Mile School Swimming Pool
The One Mile State School Swimming Pool opened in March 1959 and a reported 2000 adults…
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Theatres
The picture theatre was the go to place in the Gympie Region for fun and entertainment.…
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Nashville Diggings, Mary Street
This charming illustration was published in the Illustrated Sydney News (11 July 1868, p. 5). It…
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Town Hall & Nash’s Gully
Did you know that the Gympie Town Hall was once three storeys? The area of Nash’s…
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Floods of Gympie
The biggest recorded flood to date in Gympie was in 1893 which peaked at 25.45 metres.…
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Post Office – One Mile, Gympie
The One Mile Post Office was located on the corner of Harkins Rd and Graham Street…
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Boarding House, Mellor Street
75 Mellor Street Gympie (beside current Soma Soma cafe and formerly Johnson’s Store) Known as:Grosvenor Boarding…
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Grand Hotel (Otago Hotel)
Corner of Mellor and Chapple Streets, Gympie A grand old building, formerly known as the Otago…
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Hotel de France, Mary Street, Gympie
Licencees: Theophilus Junin 1868/1869 transferred to..Jacob Moss 1869/1870 transferred to….Theophilus Junin 1870/1875…Richard Brewin 1875/1876 Built in…
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Duke Street, Gympie
Duke Street, Gympie runs a good length north from Commissioner’s Hill on Upper Mary Street through…
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Early Postal History – Gympie
In 1867, after the Gold Rush of Gympie had commenced, the Postmaster-General, Mr Thomas L Murray-Prior…
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World Post Day – Postal History
Welcome to our local history talk on ‘Communications’. It is a fitting theme for 2020 with…
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Scottish Drive-in
The Scottish Drive-in on Noosa Road, Gympie was opened on Wednesday 21 February, 1968 by Mayor…
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Gympie Fire Station, Bligh Street
The Gympie Volunteers Fire Brigade was established at a public meeting held at Town Hall on…
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Kilkivan Shire Hall and Library Opening
Viewing the opening of the Kilkivan Shire Hall and Library is taking a wonderful step back…
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Surface Hill Church – Centenary Celebrations
Surface Hill Wesleyan Methodist Church, Channon Street, Gympie, circa 1900. Erected in 1890 at a cost…
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The American Bar (Londy’s)
Londy Bros. formed circa early 1920’s and the company bought and operated several cafés including Gympie…
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Gympie’s First Kindergarten
“Gympie was one of the first provincial centres in Queensland to begin and maintain a Kindergarten,…
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Kilkivan Police Station
CLICK HERE TO READ A BLOG BY THE QUEENSLAND POLICE MUSEUM ON Kilkivan Police Station This…
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Black Bros. Cafe, Goomeri
The State Library of Queensland writes a history blog and regularly adds content from our region.…
