• Goomeri Show

    Goomeri Show

    Goomeri Show We found some interesting articles about the Goomeri Show on Trove. The articles relate…

  • James Nash Memorial

    James Nash Memorial

    The ceremony of the unveiling of the Nash Memorial was held on Saturday 6 March 1915…

  • Edward Bytheway

    Edward Bytheway

    Edward Bytheway was a business man, a mine owner and a community pioneer. He was instrumental…

  • Widgee Divisional Board

    Widgee Divisional Board

    The first meeting of Widgee Divisional Board was held on 25 February in 1880. Matthew Mellor…

  • Zachariah D S Skyring Jr

    Zachariah D S Skyring Jr

    Zachariah Daniel Sparks Skyring Junior, (13th July 1859- 1957) was born at Albert Street in Brisbane…

  • Annie Skyring

    Annie Skyring

    Annie Skyring (nee Murphy) was the fifth daughter of Mary (nee Cullen) and Daniel Murphy of…

  • Amelia L Skyring (nee Sparks)

    Amelia L Skyring (nee Sparks)

    Amelia Louisa Skyring (nee Sparks) was born in Sydney in 1841. When she was 17 years…

  • The Nashville Times

    The Nashville Times

    The first edition of the Nashville Times and Mary River Mining Gazette was released on the…

  • Curtis Nugget

    Curtis Nugget

    The Curtis Nugget was found on 6th February in 1868. It was the largest nugget found…

  • Gympie in Flood

    Gympie in Flood

    Many of Gympie’s biggest floods took place during the early part of the year. The 1893 flood…

  • Nashville Miner’s Hospital

    Nashville Miner’s Hospital

    The Nashville Miner’s Hospital was founded on 31 January in 1868. The hospital was paid for through…

  • Surface Hill Methodist Church

    Surface Hill Methodist Church

    The foundation stone for the Surface Hill Methodist Church was laid on 30 January 1890. Some notable…

  • Nelson Reserve

    Nelson Reserve

    We wanted to share a few images of Nelson Reserve in Gympie, including an 1888 survey…

  • Northumberland Hotel

    Northumberland Hotel

    The majestic Northumberland Hotel was destroyed by fire on 21st January, 1969.  This was the second…

  • Dentistry in 1888

    Dentistry in 1888

    For those that are frightened of modern dentists, how about letting the visiting dentist extract your…

  • Gympie City Council

    Gympie City Council

    Gympie was declared a City Council area on 5 January 1905. The first Mayor of the…

  • Fire Destroys Upper Mary Street

    Fire Destroys Upper Mary Street

    On 3 January 1891 fire destroyed many businesses in Upper Mary Street in Gympie, Queensland. The…

  • Policewomen Zara Dare & Eileen O’Donnell

    Policewomen Zara Dare & Eileen O’Donnell

    This blog has been used by kind permission from the Queensland Police Museum FROM the VAULT…

  • Female Bobbies, 85 Years

    Female Bobbies, 85 Years

    This blog has been used by kind permission from the Queensland Police Museum FROM the VAULT…

  • Emanuel William Gâté

    Emanuel William Gâté

      Emanuel William Gâté son of Count Guiam Gâté of Fougere, France. At the age of…