Roll Call 1925
While it is recorded that the first masses were celebrated in a tent for some five months, St Patrick’s Church was constructed off what would become Church Street in Gympie from 1883 to 1887, by the Roman Catholic Church.
Tenders were called for in 1868 through the newspapers around the area as well as in Maryborough and Brisbane, tenders appearing in the local Nashville Times on March 18. This timber building was ready for use by the end of 1868, but lasted only four years due to the damaging effects of weathering and white ants. a second church was constructed of the more heavier and tougher local hardwood in 1872.
When the Sisters of Mercy arrived in Gympie in 1879 a Catholic school was started on some nearby land. Conducting the school in the home of Pat Lillis to begin with and later opened a one-storey wooden school with an attendance of 173 girls and 101 boys on the site of the present Heritage building.
Monkland had a population of about 10000 at the time and in 1897 the Gympie population had grown to around 30000 with the continuing interest in gold mining, and the growing farming and timber industries, as well as the supporting local businesses for a growing population.
Thelma HOOD 13yo in sixth class, her father James was a Hotel Keeper in Mary Street.
Marie SKYRING 11yo in fourth class, her father Frances was a Farmer at Mooloo.
Doris MIDGLEY 11yo, in fourth class, her father George of Excelsior Road was a Railway employee.
Edna BLIGH 12 yo, in third class, her father James was a Farmer out at Goomborian.
Thelma JULER 10yo in third class, father Andrew of Cootharaba Lakes worked as a Mill-hand.
Edna MURRAY 11yo in third class, her father William of Mary Street was a Farmer.
Mary CRAWFORD 11yo in third class, her father Alexander of Red Hill was a Painter.
Stella MURDOCH a 10yo in third class, her father Daniel of Railway Terrace was a Railway employee.
Norah CORRIGAN 7yo in second class, her father (blank) of Mary Street was a Hotel Keeper.
Sheila SWEENEY 7yo in first class, her father John of Alma Street was a Railway employee.
Vera EUSTON 7yo in first class, her father Herbert a farmer of Lagoon Pocket.
Kathleen CORRIGAN 7yo in first class, her father (blank) of Mary Street a Hotel Keeper.
Margaret GREEN 8yo in first class, her father William of Ashford Hill was a Carrier.
Dorothy CRAWFORD 6yo in first class, her father Alexander of Red Hill was a Painter.
Atherly BATSON 5yo in first class, her father Ernest of Mellor Street was Car Driver.
Lilian CLANCY 5yo in first class, her father John of Chapple Street was a Policeman.
Alice O’BRIEN 5yo in first class, her father Daniel of O’Connell Street was a Inspector of Shops.
Minnie BLISS 5yo in first class, her father Joseph was a Railway Employee.
Lance William PERRIN 6yo in first class, his father Frederick of Alice Street was a Farmer.
John Arnold GREEN 7yo in first class, his father William of Ashford Hill was a Carrier.
Kenneth Francis BRADFORD 5yo in first class, his father John of Red Hill was a Miner.
John Joseph CARROL 6yo in first class, his father James of Bent Street was a Railway Employee.
John WALSH 5yo in first class, his father Edward of Henry Street was a Chemist.
Harold POOLE 5yo in first class, his father John of Apollonian Vale was a Railway Employee.
Edward James GORMLEY 5yo in first class, his father Edward of Horseshoe Bend was a Railway Employee.
Bert SPRING 5yo in first class, his father Bert of Duke Street was a Saddler.
So, if you are thinking of starting, or you are doing your family tree, and have any kin whom have grown up in the Gympie area, as far back 1869,
for a number of local schools predominately to the 1930s,
these school admissions records, and more, are available from the Gympie Family History Society, for your investigation or members research for you upon request to our research officer.
check out our website for details on how to contact us or opening times, or send us an email to research@gfhs.com.au
compiled by Brett Watson,
4:04 PM 5/01/2024
using the resources :
Gympie Family History Society, Name Index Lists.
GFHS School Admissions Records for St Patricks Convent 1906 to 1931. pg45-46.
https://www.stpatrickspsgympie.qld.edu.au/About%20Us/Pages/School-History.aspx.
“St Patricks Church (entry 601503)”. Queensland Heritage Register. Queensland Heritage Council. Retrieved 1 August 2014.
Gympie Catholic Schools 1879-2003, (published 2004).
The History of Education in the Gympie Region, 1867-2020 (by D Green 2022).
St Patrick’s Church is our… – Gympie Regional Council _ Facebook.
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