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1893: The Greatest Flood of Gympie
The 1893 flood is our biggest recorded flood. The greatest flood recorded at 25.45 metres (83…
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Dairy Industry & Butter Factory
Dairying goes back to almost the beginning of white settlement in the Gympie region. The miners…
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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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Kilkivan Tennis Group
In celebration of Women’s History Month, March 2022 Following on from our post yesterday on the…
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Cosmos Tennis Club, Ladies Lawn Tennis
In celebration of Women’s History Month The earliest findings in The Gympie Times on the Ladies…
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The Lynch Sisters of Gympie
Re-shared in celebration of Women’s History Month, March 2022 The State Library of Queensland writes a history blog…
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Mary Murphy (nee Cullen)
Mother in law to James Nash, discoverer of gold in Gympie Re-shared in celebration of Women’s History…
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Catherine Nash (nee Murphy)
Wife to James Nash, discoverer of gold in Gympie Re-shared in celebration of Women’s History Month,…
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Nurse Isabella Veal
In celebration of Women’s History Month, March 2022 Isabella Veal (nee Clark) was born in 1862…
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Harriet Harris
In celebration of Women’s History Month, March 2022 Harriet Harris (nee Gidley) was born in 1836…
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Chinese Miners, Gardeners & Shopkeepers in Gympie
PHOTO: Ah Foy, of Gympie. Source: Immigration Records, National Archives of Australia Guest blog by volunteer…
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Gimpi Gimpi, the Stinging Plant
Take a look at an insightful blog by the State Library of Queensland’s – John Oxley…
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Black and White Costume Co., Gympie
The Black and White Costume Company performed at a concert at the Olympia Theatre on 17…
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The New Cash Store (A. Schumann)
General Storekeepers/Grocers & Produce Merchants The New Cash Store opened in early 1914 by Arthur Schumann…
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Researching Your House
Finding out a bit of the history of your house can be exciting: when it was…
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Fencing to Keep the Goats Out
The first fencing was placed around plantings in the new Town Hall reserve to keep the…
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Tin Can Bay – it’s Electric!
September 1959 was a significant time in the bay …. The following articles were published on…
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Lewis Bros Bus Trips
Did you ever take a Lewis Bros bus to Noosa or Maroochydore?
