Category: Industry
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Ray Nielsen – Gympie to Kingaroy Railway Line
This oral history interview details Ray Nielsen’s experience working for the Gympie-Kingaroy railway line. Recorded May…
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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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Imbil Early Businesses
The town of Imbil has a long and vibrant history, and for many years its thriving…
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Rainbow Beach Shops and Businesses
In 1969, there was a land sale in Rainbow Beach, at which time early residents came…
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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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Goomeri – Shops and Businesses
In 1911, there was a land sale in Goomeri, when portions were sold to the Goomeri…
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Amazing Maize!
The Gympie region has produced an abundant of various crops in its history. Some cropping districts…
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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
Can you help identify anyone is this photograph??? Published in 2009 “The Gympie Goldfield 1867-2008” was…
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Tin Can Bay
Local History Talk presented at Tin Can Bay Library – Thursday 10 November 2022 Today, we…
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Peace Loan Aeroplane Crash
THE WRECKOwing to the insufficiency of the cleared space, the plane failed to raise high enough…
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George Argo – Mine Manager
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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Sixty Thousand Miners coming to Gympie
Reporting on the condition of the Maryborough Road (road to the Gympie/Nashville Goldfields from Maryborough): Click…
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Central Mary Street
Take a virtual walk down Central Mary Street, Gympie through different time periods as we showcase…
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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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Fencing to Keep the Goats Out
The first fencing was placed around plantings in the new Town Hall reserve to keep the…
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Tin Can Bay – it’s Electric!
September 1959 was a significant time in the bay …. The following articles were published on…
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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…
