by Denise Juler | Feb 28, 2021 | Gympie, Gympie Pioneer Families, Gympie Region
Shanahan Family John Shanahan was the son of Thomas Shanahan and was born in about 1817 in Moycarkey, County Tipperary, Ireland. He married Ellen Minogue, who was the daughter of Jeremiah Minogue and Ellen Cooney. She was born in 1831 in Feakle, County Clare, Ireland....
by Denise Juler | Feb 23, 2021 | Gympie, Gympie Region, Research Tips
Trove Digitised Newspapers TROVE DIGITISED NEWSPAPERS Search Tips Search for names, places, addresses, ship names. Refine your search results. Use the category and decade filters before the title filter as items are likely to be in newspapers Australia wide. Use...
by Emi | Feb 23, 2021 | Gympie Women, Significant Events, Social History
Women of Gympie 1894 and 1897 Women’s Suffrage Petitions In 1894 the Women’s Equal Franchise Association (WEFA) initiated a double petition – one for women to sign and the other for men – which played a key role in galvanising support for the women’s suffrage movement...
by Denise Juler | Feb 21, 2021 | Funny Page, Love in War Time, WWI
Love in War Time In the closing days of World War 1 a young Gympie soldier lay in hospital in England recovering from pneumonia. He was cared for by a British nurse and he penned this verse in her autograph book. My love is like a cabbage Divided into two, The leaves...
by Denise Juler | Feb 19, 2021 | Gympie Family, Gympie Homes, Property and Land
The Thomas House THE THOMAS HOUSE. ALDERMAN L J THOMAS – MAYOR OF GYMPIE – (1920-1924), (1924-1927), (1927-1930), (1937-1941) In the early days of the Gympie goldfield, there were diggers from all corners of the globe trying their luck at prospecting. ...
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