HAPPY FATHERS DAY from us at GFHS
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...
A History of Labour Day happenings in Gympie
Eight Hour Day Procession – Fortitude Valley c 1908 A History of Labour Day happenings in Gympie On this Labour Day weekend, we thought we should take a look back at what our Ancestors and their family members may have been doing on this weekend in Gympie in...
A Visit to Donegal -1930
A Visit to Donegal -1930 Continuing with our ‘Irish’ theme, this interesting story was published in the Society Newsletter of December 1989 when our Society was called the Gympie Ancestral Research Society. The person who submitted the article was...
Roll Call 1925
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...
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