Terms and conditions of website use

Welcome to our website. By using this website, you are accepting these terms and conditions of use.

1. Amending these terms

We reserve the right to change, modify, add or remove portions of these terms at any time. We will highlight any significant or substantive changes to you where possible. You should check these terms regularly prior to using our website to ensure you are aware of any changes.

2. Your privacy

We are committed to protecting and respecting the privacy and confidentiality of the information you provide us by applying the Australian Privacy Principles. Read our website privacy policy for more details.

3. Disclaimer

We will always try to have the most accurate, reliable and up-to-date information on our website. However, we do not warrant or make any representations regarding the use or the result of the use of any document, product, service, link or information in its website or as to their correctness, suitability, accuracy, reliability, or otherwise.To the fullest extent permitted by law, we absolutely disclaims all warranties, expressed or implied, including, but not limited to, implied warranties of merchantability and fitness for any particular purpose. We give no warranty that the documents, goods or services will be free of errors, or that defects will be corrected, or that our website or its server is free of viruses or any other harmful components.It is your sole responsibility to bear any and all costs of servicing, repairs, or correction. The applicable law in your state or territory may not permit these exclusions, particularly the exclusions of some implied warranties. Some of the above may not apply to you but you must ensure you are aware of any risk you may be taking by using this website or any products or services that may be offered through it. It is your responsibility to do so.

4. Limitation of liability

By using our website you agree and accept that we are not legally responsible for any loss or damage you might suffer related to your use of the website

• from errors or from omissions in our documents or information, any goods or services we may offer or from any other use of the website, or
• using third party content or links on this website.

Your use or reliance of any information or materials on this website is entirely at your own risk.It is your sole responsibility to ensure that any products, services or information available on this website meet your specific, personal requirements. You acknowledge that such information and materials may contain inaccuracies or errors and we expressly exclude liability for any such inaccuracies or errors to the fullest extent permitted by law.

5. Competition and consumer act

For the purposes of Schedule 2 of the Australian Consumer Law, in particular Sections 51 to 53, 64 and 64A of Part 3-2, Division 1, Subdivision A of the Competition and Consumer Act 2010 (Cth), our liability for any breach of a term of this agreement is limited to:

• the supplying of the goods or services to you again
• he replacement of the goods, or
• the payment of the cost of having the goods or services supplied to you again.

You must be over 18 years of age to use this website and to purchase any goods or services.

6. Pricing of goods and services

All prices listed on our website are in Australian dollars. All prices include GST except for membership fees.

7. Delivery of goods

We are run by volunteers so we cannot guarantee a specific amount of time for processing and delivering your order.Physical goods may be delivered by Australia Post and/or other reputable courier companies. Deliveries are processed as soon as possible upon receipt of full payment and may take between 2 and 14 days depending on the delivery option. Damaged or lost orders should be resolved with Australia Post or the courier company directly and we are not responsible for goods that are damaged in transit or not received. Replacement of damaged or lost items is made at our discretion.Digital goods are delivered immediately. There are inherent risks associated with downloading any software and digital goods. If you have any technical problems downloading any of our goods contact us for help.

8. Returns and refunds

We handle returns and process refunds in accordance with the Australian Consumer Protection legislation. If you want to return your order, please notify us within 14 days of purchase with a valid reason for return. If we are unable to resolve your complaint we will process a refund upon timely receipt of the goods purchased. Unopened goods will be refunded in full. Refunds will be processed promptly and payment made by the same method that you made payment. All refunds are made at our discretion.

9. Links to other websites

We provide links to other websites and information on those websites for your convenience. This does not necessarily imply sponsorship, endorsement, or approval or an arrangement between us and the owners of those websites. We take no responsibility for any of the content found on the linked websites.Our website may contain information provided by third parties. We accept no responsibility whatsoever for any information or advice provided to you directly by third parties. We are making a ‘recommendation’ only and are not providing any advice nor do we take any responsibility for any advice received in this regard.

10. Exclusion of competitors

You are a competitor if you are in the business of creating similar documents, goods or services for the purpose of providing them for a fee to users, whether they be business users or domestic users. We expressly exclude and do not permit you to use or access our website, to download any documents or information from its website or obtain any such documents or information through a third party. If you breach this term then we will hold you fully responsible for any loss that we may sustain and further hold you accountable for all profits that you might make from such unpermitted and improper use. We reserve the right to exclude and deny any person access to our website, services or information at our discretion.

11. Copyright, trademark and restrictions of use

This website contains material which is owned by or licensed to us, including but is not limited to the design, layout, look, appearance, trademarks and graphics. gfhs.com.au expressly reserves all copyright and trademark in all documents, information and materials on our website and we reserve the right to take action against you if you breach any of these terms.You are not permitted to

• reproduce the documents, information or materials on the website for the purposes of sale or the use by any third party.
• to republish, upload, transmit electronically or distribute by other methods any of the materials, documents or products that are available for download on this website.
• transmit or store content in any other website or other form of electronic retrieval system
• distribute or commercially exploit the content.

You may reproduce and/or redistribute content in these limited circumstances

• to print or download content to a local hard disk extracts for your personal and non-commercial use only
• to copy the content to individual third parties for their personal use, but only if you acknowledge the website as the source of the material, or
• you have received our express written permission to do so.

To request our permission, email us at gympiefamilyhistory@gmail.com.

12. Inappropriate content

You must not transmit or disseminate on gfhs.com.au

• any viruses, worms, trojan horses or other code that manifests contaminating or destructive properties, or
• any material that is harassing or threatening or
• any material that is defamatory.

You must not use gfhs.com.au for any illegal purpose, transmit information illegally or do any act which is illegal under any law.

13. Whole agreement

These terms and conditions represent the whole agreement between you and us for using and accessing gfhs.com.au website and the documents and information on it. No other term is to be included in this agreement except where it is required to be included by any legislation of the Commonwealth or any State or Territory. All implied terms except those implied by statute and which cannot be expressly excluded are hereby expressly excluded.

14. Exclusion of unenforceable terms

Where any clause or term above would by any applicable statute be illegal, void, or unenforceable in any State or Territory then such a clause shall not apply in that State or Territory and shall be deemed never to have been included in these terms and conditions in that State or Territory. Such a clause if legal and enforceable in any other State or Territory shall continue to be fully enforceable and part of this agreement in those other States and Territories. The deemed exclusion of any term pursuant to this paragraph shall not affect or modify the full enforceability and construction of the other clauses of these terms and conditions.

15. Jurisdiction

This agreement and this website are subject to the laws of Queensland and Australia. If there is a dispute between you and gfhs.com.au that results in litigation then you must submit to the jurisdiction of the courts of the Queensland.

Last updated: 9/02/2025

Disclaimer: The information/text material found within is posted with good conscience and thought to be true and correct, but we do not guarantee the information/text material and must be viewed in a similar way as other information on the internet. Our Society website is maintained by our members who volunteer their time and skills.

We acknowledge the traditional owners of the land and pay our respects to the elders of the past, present and emerging.