by Brett Watson | Jan 31, 2024 | Gympie Region, Gympie Schools, Schools, Social History
Roll Call 1925 First day of school, 27th January 1927 saw a group of 26 students enrol, be it with excitement or protest, for some school education at the St Patricks Convent on Calton Hill. While it is recorded that the first masses were celebrated in a tent for some...
by Kathy Punter | Jan 28, 2024 | A Gympie Story, Citizens of Our Town, Gympie, Gympie Family
The forgotten story of Arthur Ernest Dillon Full and just recognition does not always come to those who deserve it. The start of a story by the Gympie Amateur Radio Club in recognition of their founder :- ARTHUR ERNEST DILLON Arthur was born on the 11th February 1902...
by Kathy Punter | Jan 20, 2024 | Gympie, Gympie District Families, Gympie Region
Inskip Point – Some of the history and a Tragic Story A BRIEF HISTORY OF INSKIP: Inskip Point was named after Captain George Henry Inskip, a Naval Officer, by Captain Owen Stanley, the Admiralty Hydrographer and Commander of “HMS Rattlesnake‟ in October...
by Kathy Punter | Jan 13, 2024 | A Gympie Story, Citizens of Our Town, Gympie, Gympie Mining
Barns and Webb – Mining Secretaries, Gympie BARNS & WEBB – 224 MARY STREET GYMPIE. Barns & Webb, Gympie Mining Secretaries. In about 1879, the twenty-four year old Egerton Brydges Barns, after gaining some knowledge of a mining secretary’s...
by Kathy Punter | Jan 6, 2024 | A Gympie Story, Gympie, Gympie Pioneer Families, Social History, Sporting History
New Year’s Happenings in Gympie – 1874 The Oddfellow’s Sports was a regular New Year’s event from 1874 until at least 1910. The following is the Newspaper report from the first New Years event to be held. “UNITED...
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