Category: Seven Network videos
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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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Mothar Mountain Speedway
The Mothar Mountain Speedway began in the early 1960s. According to Speedway and Road Race History…
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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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Gallangowan Forestry Station
Gallangowan Forest Reserve The Gallangowan Forest reserve was once part of the Manumbar run and was…
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Swimming – Gympie and New Zealand
In January 1967 a team of 42 New Zealand swimmers and divers visited Gympie as part…
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Car rally – June 1966
Car rallys were all the go one time – when you had to use a paper…
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Tennis Tournament 1970
The Gympie Tennis Association held a tournament in 1970 that featured players from as far as…
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Gympie State High School Visit WBQ-8
WBQ-8 began test transmissions in March 1965 from Granville in Maryborough. The first official transmission was…
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Gympie Show 1970
It is 1970 and the Gympie Show heralded in a new decade. Exhibits were plentiful and…
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Gympie Show 1969
White hats, white gloves and a new outfit was all the go for well dressed ladies…
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Horse Racing in Gympie, 1965, 1967 and 1968
We are fortunate to have threee lots of video footage from Gympie Turf Club race meetings.…
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Gympie Gem Club
The Gympie Gem Club held a display of precious gems in the Liberty Theatre in 1969.…
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Spring Valley Research Centre
A livestock symposium was conducted by Gerrard and Sullivan at the Spring Valley Research Centre on…
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Cooroy Show 1966 and 1969
Television news was filmed at the Cooroy Shows of 1966 and 1969. WBQ8 visited the shows…
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Noosa Show 1966 and 1969
District Shows were and still are a popular occasion. Many Gympie region folk would attend the…
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Queen of the Weightwatchers
Back in 1969 the Weightwatchers Club of Gympie held a graduation night to crown the person…
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One Mile State School Centenary Celebrations
It was only last year that we were celebrating the sesquicentenary birthday (150th) of One Mile…
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Surf-riding Contest, Noosa 1969
The second annual surf-riding contest at Noosa was held over the weekend of 16-18 September 1969.…
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Imbil Show and Rodeo 1966
Take a trip back in time as we have a look at the Imbil Show and…
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Kenilworth Rodeo 1969
After a long drought the Kenilworth Rodeo Committee were delighted with the success of the Rodeo.…
