Category: People
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Daniel B Skyring 1804-1882
Daniel Budd Skyring was the son of Zachariah Skyring and his wife Mary (Tyzack) of London.…
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Zachariah Skyring (1828- 1894)
Zachariah Skyring Senior was born in England on the 6th January 1828 he was the eldest…
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Daniel Murphy
Daniel Murphy brother of Catherine Nash (nee Murphy) wife of James Nash. As reported in the…
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Boxing Champion
Archie Bradley was a famous Boxing Champion back in the 1920’s. He was known as the…
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Tree Felling Contest
Max Krough dropped in this wonderful story about his father winning the first ever tree felling…
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Looking Back – Woolooga Lane
My Grandmother’s name was Elizabeth Ann Thefs and she married Carl Ludwig Taebke. Carl Taebke migrated…
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Looking Back – Simple Fun
When we were kids back in the 1930’s we would go down to the local creek…
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Looking Back – Gympie’s First Aboriginal Nurse
My cousin, Lorraine Smith, known to the family as “Billy Boy” was the first Aboriginal Nurse…
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Looking Back – Childhood in Traveston
My mother’s name was Sarah Bassett nee Johnson. When my Mother’s mother and father were in…
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Looking Back – Swaggies
Once a jolly swagman camped by a billabong Under the shade of a Coolibah tree, And…
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Looking Back – Kia-Ora School
I went to the Kia-Ora State School. It was a two teacher, two classroom school. I…
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Looking Back – Growing up on Webster Road
I was born in 1952. My father owned a small agricultural farm in Webster Road, Goomboorian.…
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Looking Back – Mary Street Cafes
Gympie now boasts many restaurants guaranteed to supply a fine dining experience. Many years ago Tobin’s…
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Looking Back – Cullinanes Plaza
After reading yet another article about supermarket rage, parking rage, trolley rage and whatever else sort…
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Biddle Engraved Horns
Peter Biddle immigrated to Australia in 1865 landing in Maryborough. In 1870 the family came to…
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Looking Back – Remember When …
Remember when you turned 17 that the most important thing to do was to go to…
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Looking Back – Our lifestyle has changed…
As I drove along the city streets lined with overflowing green garbage bins and the bright…
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George Thomas
Mr. George Thomas, one of Gympie s best-known citizens, is approaching his 75th year (he was…
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Looking Back – School Memories
At the start of primary school life for my brother and myself, our family shifted into…
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Looking Back – Memories from the early days
I was born in Gympie in 1929 and have lived my whole life in Gympie and…
