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ANZAC Day
As in all towns across Australia, Gympie commemorated ANZAC day each year with a march. For many…
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Wide Bay Cooperative Dairy Company
The Wide Bay Cooperative Dairy Company was located on Tozer Street from 1906 and in 1925…
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Natone Shipwreck off Rainbow Beach 1959
Natone Shipwreck off Rainbow Beach 1959. The Natone was previously called the Wyatt Earp and had…
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Floods in Gympie – 1955
Floods in Gympie – 1955 We can’t go past March without showcasing at least one flood…
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Amamoor Experimental Farm
Amamoor Experimental Farm In the early 1900s an “experimental” farm was established at Amamoor. The farm…
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Goomeri Show
Goomeri Show We found some interesting articles about the Goomeri Show on Trove. The articles relate…
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Unveiling of the 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 Daniel Sparks Skyring Junior
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 Louisa Skyring (nee Sparks)
Amelia Louisa Skyring (nee Sparks) was born in Sydney in 1841. When she was 17 years…
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The Nashville Times
The first edition of the Nashville Times and Mary River Mining Gazette was released on the…
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Curtis Nugget
The Curtis Nugget was found on 6th February in 1868. It was the largest nugget found…
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Gympie in Flood
Many of Gympie’s biggest floods took place during the early part of the year. The 1893 flood…
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Nashville Miner’s Hospital
The Nashville Miner’s Hospital was founded on 31 January in 1868. The hospital was paid for through…
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Surface Hill Methodist Church, Gympie
The foundation stone for the Surface Hill Methodist Church was laid on 30 January 1890. Some notable…
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Nelson Reserve, Gympie
We wanted to share a few images of Nelson Reserve in Gympie, including an 1888 survey…
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Northumberland Hotel, Gympie
The majestic Northumberland Hotel was destroyed by fire on 21st January, 1969. This was the second…
