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Gympie Historical Landmarks
Have you ever taken a walk around Gympie and admired the vast array of historical buildings…
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Rankin and Carey’s Store
Rankin and Carey’s store opened in 1904 in Mary Street, Gympie (Photo source: Gympie Library photo…
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Bushrangers at Imbil
The Gympie Gold Rush of 1868 bought many gold thieves to the area and two bushrangers…
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Seedlings
Who remembers shop owners selling little bundles of seedlings wrapped in damp newspaper? Before the invention…
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Kandanga Valley Provisional School
Students standing outside the Kandanga Valley Provisional School building (Photo Source: Patricia Towner, 2000). The area…
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Lake Alford aka ‘The Duckponds’
“The Lagoons” before it was known as Lake Alford or the Duckponds. Photograph source: Joyce Alford,…
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The History of Gympie and District Hotels
The Apollonian Hotel (which was originally in Gympie around 1910, but was moved and is now…
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Bushranger – James Alpin McPherson aka “The Wild Scotchman”
Image Source: State Library of Queensland, 2016. Available: https://www.slq.qld.gov.au/blog/wild-scotchman-queensland-bushranger-james-macpherson-pt1 On the 27th of November 1865, a…
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Gympie’s Big Pineapple
Many towns in Australia have big landmarks- take for instance the Big Banana in Coffs Harbour,…
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Gympie Memorial Swimming Pool
While most Gympie locals are out enjoying the last few days of sunshine at the Gympie…
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Gympie Musical Union
Entertainment has seen numerous changes over the years, but long before the era of the internet…
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The Mount Pleasant Hotel
The Mount Pleasant Hotel is one of Gympie’s most well-known pubs and for good reason. It…
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1937 Christmas Recipes
Enjoy some festive recipes from 1937 as published in The Gympie Times on 18 December 1937….…
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Amazing Maize!
The Gympie region has produced an abundant of various crops in its history. Some cropping districts…
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Pengelly’s Bridge (Pioneer Bridge)
Thank you to Joan Riek who has allowed us to share “The Tale of a Bridge”:…
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Green Park, Strawberry Gardens
George Flay was an early settler to the Gympie region arriving in 1868 and took up…
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The Jacaranda
It is fitting to share a beautiful tribute to the Jacaranda tree that we love and…
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Ghost Stories
There are many stories and anecdotes (whichever you believe, former or latter!), on ghostly experiences in…
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Halloween Celebrations in Gympie
Halloween or All Hallow’s Eve, the day before All Saint’s Day hasn’t always been celebrated by…
