Our blog
The blog has replaced our earlier newsletter which can be accessed at Newsletter.
Now you can get the stories hot off the press as we uncover them – or easily search for past stories!
Recent blogs
The Gympie Tornado of 1932
On the morning of 22nd September 1932, just before 8am, a narrow but ferocious “tornado‑like” storm cut a zig‑zag path across Gympie, tearing roofs from homes and businesses from the Mary River...
List of Gympie Mayors (1880 – Today): Complete Historical Timeline of Borough, City, Cooloola Shire and Gympie Regional Council Leaders
Gympie’s story of local government begins with gold-rush chaos on the Mary River and grows into a long line of mayors who helped turn a rough mining camp into a regional city and, today, a...
Thomas Mathewson: The Father of Photography and Gympie Pioneer
Thomas Mathewson was one of Gympie’s important early pioneers, remembered less as a miner or landholder than as a photographer who documented the town’s earliest years. He established a studio in...
Some older stories
Lt General Allan Joseph Boase: Gympie’s Wartime Leader
Lieutenant General Allan Joseph Boase CBE was one of Australia’s most distinguished senior soldiers, rising from a young officer in the First World War to the rank of lieutenant general in the...
Beryl Emma Burbridge: The Gympie-Born Matron Who Changed Australian Nursing and War Medicine
Beryl Emma Burbridge was a Gympie‑born woman whose life unfolded far beyond the town’s main street, yet who always carried her roots in the Mary Valley with her. Born on 4 March 1902 in Gympie,...
The BATY Brothers of Gympie – Gympie Family History
Mr Thomas Benham BATY married Miss Nellie MOORES on the 17 June 1907 in Gympie, they lived most of their life in 3 Lime street on the Mt Pleasant. They had 7 children of which 5 survived infancy,...
William Smyth: The Mining Magnate Who Shaped Gympie
William Smyth was one of Gympie’s most influential early pioneers. He was a man whose life spanned mining, finance, local government, and state politics. Born in Sydney in 1846, he arrived in Gympie...
Memories of Christmas Past
I was born in 1950 and have always, then and now loved, Christmas. I believe this stems from the magical Christmas experiences created by my parents, especially my father. My mother explained that,...
A Tragedy of the Flood. William Coomber’s Story 1852 – 1890.
Gympie has seen many tragedies during it's history of mining and floods, however the following story has to be one of the saddest we have found. It involved the Coomber family and events which...
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