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Gympie Maternal and Child Welfare Clinic
The State Heritage listed building on Mellor Street started its life as a Maternal and Child…
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George Argo- Mine Manager of No.1 North Phoenix Mine, Gympie
George Argo was a Gympie Mining Manager. Highly respected, firm but just, and devoted to his…
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Scott’s Store Explosion
The story of the Scott’s store explosion is a great example of how disaster can strike…
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Treasures on Trove
Have you heard of Trove? Visit Trove at https://trove.nla.gov.au/ What is Trove?Trove is a freely available…
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Write Your Historic Story
Australian Heritage Festival 2022 As part of the Australian Heritage Festival 2022 we invited residents of…
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Miss Mabel Cox: Gympie’s Queen of Song
Miss Mabel Cox was an outstanding soprano singer and music teacher from Gympie. As a young…
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Thomas Mathewson, Photographer
Thomas Mathewson was an early pioneer of Queensland (and Gympie), a photographer and historian. Born in…
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Bert Hinkler lands in Gympie in 1921
Many thanks to Kathryn Simpson for contributing the following article on Bert Hinkler’s landing in Gympie…
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Gold Discovered in Gympie: James Nash
James Nash discovered gold in Gympie in Nash’s Gully in 1867. After which, it started a…
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Sixty Thousand Miners coming to Gympie
Reporting on the condition of the Maryborough Road (road to the Gympie/Nashville Goldfields from Maryborough): Click…
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Central Mary Street
Take a virtual walk down Central Mary Street, Gympie through different time periods as we showcase…
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The Fabric of Gympie: Historical Community Quilts
The Gympie Regional Gallery is honoured to be the first Gallery to exhibit the 2022 collection…
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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…
