Category: Buildings
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Garages & Servos
Highlighting the history of a few of our early garages and servos, including: A. V. Lilley…
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Hall of Memory, Goomeri
The Hall of Memory at Goomeri was opened on 28 July 1926. The hall was built…
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Holloway’s Store
~ 207-209 Mary Street, Gympie ~ (building currently houses the Keen Bean on Mary & Hair…
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Opening of the Civic Centre 1977
The Gympie Civic Centre was officially opened by Queensland Premier Mr Joh Bjelke-Petersen on Thursday 13…
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Gympie Telephone Exchange
The Gympie Telephone Exchange first began operation on 1 October 1901 with 54 subscribers. The first…
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Mini Tornado hits Gympie
In 1932 a tornado tears through Gympie from the Mary River to the Monkland area leaving…
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Widgee Shire Council’s Road Plant
Widgee Shire Council’s road plant was the first complete one owned by a council. This content…
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Mary Street Fire 1881
The upper Mary Street occurred in 1881. It consumed 12 businesses on the southern side of…
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Tattersalls Hotel Fire
A favourite water hole, the Tattersalls Hotel was burnt down on the evening of August 7…
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Gympie Railway
The opening of the North Coast Line between Gympie and Maryborough in 1881. This was one…
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The Opening of the Brisbane to Gympie Railway
The opening of the Brisbane to Gympie Railway. On 18 July 1891 the Brisbane to Gympie…
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The Gympie Stock Exchange
The Gympie Stock Exchange first began in 1884 with the Mayor Mr. W. Ferguson as president.…
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Woolooga Township
We found a few historical photographs of Woolooga: from photos of the lovely hotel that was…
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Fires of Gympie
Gympie has had several fires over the years. We have found a few photos of buildings…
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Gympie High School
“On the evening of Wednesday 18 May (1955), the main school building was destroyed in less…
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1955 Floods
Floods in Gympie – 1955 We can’t go past March without showcasing at least one flood…
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Gympie in Flood
Many of Gympie’s biggest floods took place during the early part of the year. The 1893 flood…
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Nashville Miner’s Hospital
The Nashville Miner’s Hospital was founded on 31 January in 1868. The hospital was paid for through…
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Surface Hill Methodist Church
The foundation stone for the Surface Hill Methodist Church was laid on 30 January 1890. Some notable…
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Northumberland Hotel
The majestic Northumberland Hotel was destroyed by fire on 21st January, 1969. This was the second…
