by Kathy Punter | Mar 24, 2024 | Social History
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...
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 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...
by Kathy Punter | Jan 3, 2024 | Gympie, Gympie Region, Social History
New Year Traditions At the start of this new year we take a look back at a few of the many New Year traditions from around the world. In Ireland, great importance was placed on who was first through the door at the start of the New Year. The details varied from...
by Kathy Punter | Dec 16, 2023 | A Gympie Story, Gympie, Gympie Shops and Services, Social History
Christmas Shopping in Gympie – 1903 Over several years, articles about the offerings of Christmas Fare at various establishments in Gympie appeared in the newspapers and this allows us to take a look back and imagine walking in the shoes of our ancestors...
by Kathy Punter | Aug 26, 2023 | Social History, Sporting History
The History of Women’s Football/Soccer in Australia With the Women’s Football World Cup recently being held in Australia and New Zealand and the focus of much media attention, the UK National Archives featured a story on history of their national team, the...
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