Category: Industry
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Gold Mining at Imbil
The first reported gold found in the Imbil area was discovered in 1851 by Mr Bidwell…
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Early History and Settlements of Goomeri
In the early to mid 1840’s, three grazing stations were established in what would become known…
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Kilkivan Mining History
The Kilkivan area is rich in gold and many other minerals such as copper, silver, mercury,…
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Timber Tales
Early timber history In 1852, William Pettigrew opened a sawmill in Brisbane. Pettigrew was the timber…
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Scottish Gympie Gold Mine photograph
Can you help identify anyone is this photograph??? Published in 2009 “The Gympie Goldfield 1867-2008” was…
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George Argo- Mine Manager of No.1 North Phoenix Mine, Gympie
George Argo was a Gympie Mining Manager. Highly respected, firm but just, and devoted to his…
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Gold Discovered in Gympie: James Nash
James Nash discovered gold in Gympie in Nash’s Gully in 1867. After which, it started a…
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Dairy Industry & Butter Factory
Dairying goes back to almost the beginning of white settlement in the Gympie region. The miners…
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Opening of the Rainbow Beach Road
The Rainbow Beach Road was officially opened on Saturday 29 March 1966 by the Queensland Premier,…
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Mary River Diggings
This year we commemorate 154 years since James Nash’s gold claim on 16 October 1867 and…
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The passing of James Nash
James Nash discovered gold in Gympie in Nash’s Gully in 1867. He was born on 5…
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Mt Morgan mining disaster
Six miners were killed in a mining disaster at Mt Morgan in 1902, five of them…
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Cinnabar, Queensland
Cinnabar, near Kilkivan, was an important locality in the mining era in the late 1870’s. Mercury…
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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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The Gold Fields Bill
The Gold Fields Bill was tabled in the Legislative Assembly in order to regulate the Gold…
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Edward Bytheway
Edward Bytheway was a business man, a mine owner and a community pioneer. He was instrumental…
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Curtis Nugget
The Curtis Nugget was found on 6th February in 1868. It was the largest nugget found…
