Category: People
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Early Selectors at Imbil
One of the first land selectors to live on part of Imbil station (aside from the…
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Bushrangers at Imbil
The Gympie Gold Rush of 1868 bought many gold thieves to the area and two bushrangers…
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Bushranger – James Alpin McPherson aka “The Wild Scotchman”
Image Source: State Library of Queensland, 2016. Available: https://www.slq.qld.gov.au/blog/wild-scotchman-queensland-bushranger-james-macpherson-pt1 On the 27th of November 1865, a…
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Gympie Musical Union
Entertainment has seen numerous changes over the years, but long before the era of the internet…
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Green Park, Strawberry Gardens
George Flay was an early settler to the Gympie region arriving in 1868 and took up…
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Cobb and Co Coach Robbery
The goldfields and surrounding were harsh and dangerous times. Gold and money were transported on the…
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Charles Bouel – Publican
Guest blog by Robyn B, Local History Volunteer at Gympie Library. There were two “Live and…
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Ron Witham- Gympie Mayor (1941-1970)
Ronald Newman Witham (CBE) was Gympie’s mayor from 1941 until 1970. Ron Witham was born in…
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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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Richard Cox, Mayor and Hotelier
Mr Richard H. Cox was the mayor of Gympie from 1911-1912 and owned the Apollonian Hotel…
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Lewis Harder Dean
Gympie Regional Libraries are honoured to be the custodian of Lewis Harder Dean collection, which includes…
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40 years of the Gympie Muster
The Gympie Music Muster has hosted an amazing and iconic array of country music talent (and…
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Memories from Goomeri…
Reggie Kimber of Goomeri on his strange mount!Queenslander Pictorial, 25 October 1919
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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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Miss Mabel Cox: Gympie’s Queen of Song
Miss Mabel Cox was an outstanding soprano singer and music teacher from Gympie. As a young…
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Thomas Mathewson, Photographer
Thomas Mathewson was an early pioneer of Queensland (and Gympie), a photographer and historian. Born in…
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Youth Week
Gympie Youth Week The video below was a originally a news clip from WBQ8 and is…
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The Lynch Sisters of Gympie
Re-shared in celebration of Women’s History Month, March 2022 The State Library of Queensland writes a history blog…
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Mary Murphy (nee Cullen)
Mother in law to James Nash, discoverer of gold in Gympie Re-shared in celebration of Women’s History…
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Catherine Nash (nee Murphy)
Wife to James Nash, discoverer of gold in Gympie Re-shared in celebration of Women’s History Month,…
