Gympie is a town in Queensland, Australia that has a rich history dating back to Aboriginal groups who originally inhabited the area. Some key events in Gympie's history include the first European explorers arriving in the 1840s and the discovery of gold in 1867 which led to the establishment of the town. Gold mining transformed Gympie and dominated the local economy for decades. Other important industries that developed included cattle stations, timber, dairy farming, and rail transportation. Gympie experienced major growth and development after the gold rush but has also faced floods and natural disasters at various points in its history.

1. Gympie
A short history

2. Gympi Gympi Stinging bushAboriginal
language
groups
Waka Waka
Kabi Kabi
(Gubbi Gubbi)
Badtjala
(Butchulla)

3. Gympie Gimpi Gimpi
(stinging tree)
Widgee Witchee, Witchee
(listen! hark!)
Imbil Scrub vine
Kandanga Kundia
(mountain)

4. Petrie, Russell, Simpson, Rev. Eiper, Burnett
Explorers
Mary River, c. 1920
Image: Charles Stratigos

5. Richard Daintree Photographer
Widgee Widgee Station, 1860’sCattle
Stations
Kenilworth
Currie (Curra)
Widgee Widgee
Traveston
Kilkivan
Imbil
Glastonbury

6. Original Imbil Station

7. (Keith Waser Collection)
Imbil Station c1890

8. James Nash

9. James Nash’s Travels

10. Early Nash’s Gully, 1867

11. Fiveways, c.1868

12. Fiveways, c.1884

14. Town Hall

15. www.gympie.qld.gov.au/library

16. Alluvial workings

17. View of One Mile Ovals looking towards Red Hill

18. One Mile
Township

19. One Mile School

20. The move from shallow reefing to deep
reefing

22. No. 2 South Great Eastern Mine – Engine House

23. Scottish Mine

24. Gympie Stock Exchange
c. 1890’s-1900’s

25. Farming
Maroonda Experimental Farm,
Amamoor
Flying fox down hillside for
bananas
Wang Choo with own irrigation system, 1870, Eel
Creek
Branding at Glastonbury Station

26. Timber & Rail
Workmen on the Mary Valley
Railway Line
Kandanga Sawmill
Amamoor Township, Busby Street

27. ~ Butter Factory ~
ide Bay Cooperative Dairy Association

28. ide Bay Cooperative Dairy Association
1925

29. Northumberland Hotel, No. 2 ~. c. 1910

30. Northumberland Hotel, No. 2

31. Central Mary Street, c.1868
Upper Mary Street, c. 1868

34. Central Mary Street, c. late 1868

35. c1890’s

36. After second explosion in Scott’s Store, 1877

38. 1870’s Floods

39. 1893 Flood

40. 1955 Flood

41. 1988 Flood

42. 1989 Flood

43. 1999 Flood

44. 2011 Flood

45. Mary River Bathing
Reserve

46. New Fire Station ~ built 1953
The old fire station was moved to
Stuart Terrace and is now a set of
flats.
Fire Stations

47. Channon St Bridge named the W H Kidd
BridgeOpening August
1961

48. Sources: UNE Natural History Museum, Wikimedia Commons, National Register of Big Trees, Department of Environment , Australian National
Botanic Gardens / Australian Plant Image Index , Hugh Spencer, Queensland Government, Australian Museum, Mary River Catchment
Lungfish
Gympie
Messmate
Brewster’s
Cassia
Key’s Boronia
Gympie Nut
Gympi
Gympi
Mary River Cod
Mary River
Turtle

49. RECOMMENDED READS
www.gympie.qld.gov.au/web/library/the-past-in-print

50. www.gympieregionthenandnow.comWEBSITE

51. //gympieheritagetrails.com.auWEBSITE

52. //www.museum.gympiegoldmuseum.com.
au

53. //woodworksmuseum.com.au

54. //www.gfhs.com.au

55. Thank you