Category: People
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King Street Cemetery, Gympie
Nashville Times, Gympie and Mary River Mining Gazette, Wednesday 22 July 1868, page 2 Gympie’s…
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Pandemics and other epidemics
Keeping checking back on this blog as we add more history – articles, information and advertisements…
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Donald Sutherland – Historic Grave Site
FIRST REGISTERED GRAVE ON THE GYMPIE GOLD FIELDS Albrecht Road, off Old Maryborough Rd, Corella (Gympie)…
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Tozer Park Road Cemetery, Gympie
Now signposted as “Andrew Fisher Memorial Park” The Tozer Park Road Cemetery site was Gympie’s second…
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Pettigrew’s Cooloola Tramway Complex
On 30 October 1873 the colony’s first private railway, operated by Pettigrew and Sim to haul…
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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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Gympie Country Music Muster
The first Muster was held on ‘Thornside’ the Webb property to celebrate the centenary of their…
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John Flood
Death of John Flood. From Convict to Councillor. John Flood was an Irish political prisoner who…
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Andrew Fisher
Andrew Fisher was born on 29 August 1862 at Crosshouse, near Kilmaurs, Ayrshire, Scotland. He immigrated…
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James Nash Memorial
The ceremony of the unveiling of the Nash Memorial was held on Saturday 6 March 1915…
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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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Widgee Divisional Board
The first meeting of Widgee Divisional Board was held on 25 February in 1880. Matthew Mellor…
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Zachariah D S Skyring Jr
Zachariah Daniel Sparks Skyring Junior, (13th July 1859- 1957) was born at Albert Street in Brisbane…
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Annie Skyring
Annie Skyring (nee Murphy) was the fifth daughter of Mary (nee Cullen) and Daniel Murphy of…
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Amelia L Skyring (nee Sparks)
Amelia Louisa Skyring (nee Sparks) was born in Sydney in 1841. When she was 17 years…
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Gympie City Council
Gympie was declared a City Council area on 5 January 1905. The first Mayor of the…
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Policewomen Zara Dare & Eileen O’Donnell
This blog has been used by kind permission from the Queensland Police Museum FROM the VAULT…
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Female Bobbies, 85 Years
This blog has been used by kind permission from the Queensland Police Museum FROM the VAULT…
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Emanuel William Gâté
Emanuel William Gâté son of Count Guiam Gâté of Fougere, France. At the age of…
