Gympie Family History Society
Breathing new life into the history of Gympie and the Wide Bay region Search collectionsComing events
Digital library concept
Digital library concept (courtesy Vecteezy)
Let's roll up our sleeves and get stuck into indexing our library. Bring your laptop or scanner along too...
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GFHS Library Open Hours, Friday 22nd November
Have you been curious about your resilient great grandmother, your apparent wayward great-great grandfather, the roots of your family history, the Gympie family History Society Library can help. In...
GFHS Library Open Hours, Saturday 23rd November
Have you been curious about your resilient great grandmother, your apparent wayward great-great grandfather, the roots of your family history, the Gympie family History Society Library can help. In...
Burials and cemeteries
The Queensland BDM displays deaths until 30 years ago. This collection has details of more recent deaths for local, state and interstate cemeteries. Burial and cremation indexes may have details...
Recent blogs
The BATY brothers
Mr Thomas Benham BATY married Miss Nellie MOORES on the 17 June 1907 in Gympie, they lived most of their life in 3 Lime street on the Mt Pleasant. They had 7 children of which 5 survived infancy,...
Who was the first discoverer of gold in Gympie
DENMAN Reuben John Who was the first discoverer of Gold at Gympie? R. J. Denman claimed that he led James Nash to the spot where Gympie gold was discovered on the understanding that any success...
JAMES NASH One man’s search for a fortune
Known as the ‘Man who saved Queensland’ from financial depression, records show that James Nash was the first to report the discovery of profitable Gold in the area, by taking his find up to...
We will remember
The BATY brothers
Mr Thomas Benham BATY married Miss Nellie MOORES on the 17 June 1907 in Gympie, they lived most of their life in 3 Lime street on the Mt Pleasant. They had 7 children of which 5 survived infancy,...
A Father’s Love
During WWII many fathers wrote letters back to their children. This must have given them a sense of joy and sadness. I’m sure the children were just as excited to write and receive these letters....
When William met Jessie Part 1
Jessie Florence Brown was the second of five children born to Herbert Charlie Brown and his wife Annie Louise Loveday. Herbert was a butcher and the family resided in Walthamstow in Essex in...
CONTACT US
Secretary: gympiefamilyhistory@gmail.com
Research officer: research@gfhs.com.au
Phone: (07) 5482 8211
OPENING HOURS
Wednesday: 9:30am – 2:00pm
Friday: 9:30am – 12:00pm
Saturday: 1:00pm – 4:00pm
LOCATION
1 Chapple Street, Gympie Qld 4570
In the Old Ticket Office under the Rattler Railway Station.
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We acknowledge the traditional owners of the land and pay our respects to the elders of the past, present and emerging.