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Lieutenant-Colonel George PATTERSON

Lieutenant-Colonel George PATTERSON

by Tricia Dickinson | May 13, 2025 | Biographies, Boer War, Gympie & Wide Bay district, Military, Pioneer families

Lieutenant-Colonel George PATTERSON George PATTERSON was born in Leginn in County Fermanagh Ireland on the 27/12/1836 to William Patterson and Dorothy (Dora) nee Winslow. He was the eldest of 8 children. DEATH OF LIEUTENANT-COLONEL PATTERSON. Few of those who saw...
Sarah Ann Caldwell PATTERSON

Sarah Ann Caldwell PATTERSON

by Tricia Dickinson | May 13, 2025 | Biographies, Gympie & Wide Bay district, Pioneer families, Women

Sarah Ann Caldwell PATTERSON Sarah Ann Caldwell PATTERSON nee McKean was born on the 29/04/1840 in Belfast Ireland to parents David McKean & Sarah Ann nee Smith. She is the second daughter and middle child of five. About 1858 Sarah immigrated to Australia when she...
Gympie Mining Accidents – 1800s – Part 4

Gympie Mining Accidents – 1800s – Part 4

by Tricia Dickinson | Nov 30, 2024 | Gympie, Gympie & Wide Bay district, Gympie mines

Gympie Mining Accidents – 1800s – Part 4 Whilst mine safety would have been at the forefront of most Gympie Mine Manager’s minds, there were many accidents in and around the mine shafts and quite a few proved to be fatal.  Each death was thoroughly...
HAPPY FATHERS DAY from us at GFHS

HAPPY FATHERS DAY from us at GFHS

by Brett Watson | Sep 1, 2024 | Gympie, Immigration, Pioneer families, Research tips, Social history, Voting and politics

HAPPY FATHERS DAY from us at GFHS TIDBITS The origins of fathers day have a number of apparent beginnings, like the Americans supporting a following that a terrible mining disaster that killed 360 men in June 1908 be honored though more likely Sonora Dodd’s...
Andrew Fisher – Miner, Engine-Driver, Politician, Diplomat

Andrew Fisher – Miner, Engine-Driver, Politician, Diplomat

by Tricia Dickinson | Aug 26, 2024 | Gympie, Gympie & Wide Bay district, Gympie District Families, Gympie mines, Notorious footprint

Andrew Fisher – Miner, Engine-Driver, Politician, Diplomat Our last blog featured a brief story of Margaret Jane Irvine.   With occupations of Miner, Engine-driver, Politician and Diplomat this is the story of her husband, Andrew Fisher Andrew Fisher Pledged...
Margaret Jane Irvine, wife of Andrew Fisher

Margaret Jane Irvine, wife of Andrew Fisher

by Tricia Dickinson | Aug 12, 2024 | Gympie, Gympie & Wide Bay district, Gympie District Families, Pioneer families, Women

Margaret Jane Irvine, wife of Andrew Fisher This blog features a brief story of Margaret Jane Irvine, wife of Andrew Fisher.   From humble beginnings, her story takes her from Gympie as the daughter of a Mine Manager to the wife of a Prime Minister and then to London...
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