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Gympie
Gympie ( ) is a city and a Suburbs and localities (Australia), locality in the Gympie Region, Queensland, Australia. In the Wide Bay-Burnett District, Gympie is about north of the state capital, Brisbane. The city lies on the Mary River (Queensland), Mary River, which floods Gympie occasionally. The locality of Gympie is the central business district for the city of Gympie and also the administrative centre for the Gympie Region local government area. As of June 2021, Gympie had a population of 53,851. Gympie is famous for its gold field. It contains a number of historic buildings registered on the Queensland Heritage Register. History ''Gabi-Gabi language, Gubbi Gubbi (Kabi Kabi, Cabbee, Carbi, Gabi Gabi)'' is an Australian Aboriginal language formerly spoken by the indigenous peoples of the Sunshine Coast Region and Gympie Region, particularly the towns of Caloundra, Noosa Heads, Queensland, Noosa Heads, Gympie and extending north towards Maryborough, Queensland, Marybor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gympie Hospital, 1891
Gympie ( ) is a city and a Suburbs and localities (Australia), locality in the Gympie Region, Queensland, Australia. In the Wide Bay-Burnett District, Gympie is about north of the state capital, Brisbane. The city lies on the Mary River (Queensland), Mary River, which floods Gympie occasionally. The locality of Gympie is the central business district for the city of Gympie and also the administrative centre for the Gympie Region local government area. As of June 2021, Gympie had a population of 53,851. Gympie is famous for its gold field. It contains a number of historic buildings registered on the Queensland Heritage Register. History ''Gabi-Gabi language, Gubbi Gubbi (Kabi Kabi, Cabbee, Carbi, Gabi Gabi)'' is an Australian Aboriginal language formerly spoken by the indigenous peoples of the Sunshine Coast Region and Gympie Region, particularly the towns of Caloundra, Noosa Heads, Queensland, Noosa Heads, Gympie and extending north towards Maryborough, Queensland, Marybor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Southside, Queensland
Southside is a semi-rural locality in the Gympie Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , Southside had a population of 5,737 people. Geography Southside is on the south-western bank of the Mary River. Its name reflects its location south of the Gympie town centre. History The locality was originally known as Gympie South. Gympie South Side State School opened on 4 July 1910. On 13 May 1954 it was renamed Gympie South State School. In November 1937, the Methodist Church at Chatsworth was relocated to a new site adjacent to the South Side State School (about away, where it was officially opened by Reverend Ira Menear. It originally opened as Chatsworth Wesleyan Methodist Church opened on Sunday 16 August 1885 and was on the Chatsworth Road (now the Bruce Highway). Cooloola Christian College opened in 1992. Gympie Wesleyan Methodist Church opened on 15 January 2006. A congregation was formed as a church plant of the Mary Valley Wesleyan Methodist Church (based in Amamoo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gympie Region
The Gympie Region is a local government area in the Wide Bay–Burnett region of Queensland, Australia, about north of Brisbane, the state capital. It is between the Sunshine Coast and Hervey Bay and centred on the town of Gympie. It was created in 2008 from a merger of the Shires of Cooloola and Kilkivan and part of the Shire of Tiaro. The Regional Council, which governs the Region, has an estimated operating budget of A$50 million. History ''Gubbi Gubbi (Kabi Kabi, Cabbee, Carbi, Gabi Gabi)'' is an Australian Aboriginal language spoken on Gubbi Gubbi country. The Gubbi Gubbi language region includes the landscape within the local government boundaries of the Sunshine Coast Region and Gympie Region, particularly the towns of Caloundra, Noosa Heads, Gympie and extending north towards Maryborough and south to Caboolture''.'' Prior to the 2008 amalgamation, the Gympie Region existed as four distinct local government areas: * the Shire of Cooloola; ** the City of Gympie; ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Monkland, Queensland
Monkland is a rural locality in the Gympie Region, Queensland, Australia. In the Monkland had a population of 1,125 people. Geography Monkland is a suburb of Gympie, south-east of the centre of Gympie on the north-east bank of the Mary River. The Bruce Highway passes through from south to north-west, and Brisbane Road ( State Route 15) diverges to the north and then north-east from the highway. Between these two roads is the Lake Alford Recreational Park, which includes the Goldminer’s Monument. The eastern boundary of the locality is immediately to the east of the North Coast railway line, with Glanmire railway station serving the locality (). History The Gympie region was the site of a gold rush in the late 1860s and onwards, and the suburb of Monkland, named by a prospector after a town in Scotland, itself contained a number of profitable mines including the No.2 Great Eastern Gold Mine. By 1873, rapid expansion of the area had led to the construction of a number of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Araluen, Queensland
Araluen is a residential locality in Gympie in the Gympie Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , Araluen had a population of 614 people. Geography Araluen is north of Gympie's central business district. The Bruce Highway forms part of the western boundary of the suburb. The North Coast railway line enters the suburb from the south (Gympie) and exits to the north-east ( Banks Pocket / Veteran). The land use is residential with the exception of the Gympie Regional Council Saleyards in Saleyard Road in the south-east of the locality (). It is served by the Banks Pocket railway siding () on the North Coast line. History Gympie Christian Academy opened in 1980 on the site of the former Gympie cattle yards. Initially, there were two teachers, two teacher aides, and 36 students with one classroom also being used as a church. In 1999, the school was renamed Victory College. The equestrian centre was built in 2015 with the roof added over the arena in 2018. At the , Araluen had a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Victory Heights, Queensland
Victory Heights is a rural residential locality in the Gympie Region, Queensland, Australia. In the Victory Heights had a population of 555 people. Geography Victory Heights is north-east of the centre of Gympie. Cootharaba Road / Tin Can Bay Road ( State Route 15) passes through from south-west to north-east. The North Coast railway line passes through from south to north-west. The Gympie North railway station is in the north-west corner of the locality (). The land use is mostly rural residential with some pockets of grazing on native vegetation. History At the Victory Heights had a population of 394 people. In the Victory Heights had a population of 555 people. Economy Robertson Brothers Sawmills is at 30 Old Wolvi Road (). Education There are no schools in Victory Heights. The nearest government primary schools are Gympie West State School in neighbouring Gympie to the west, One Mile State School in neighbouring Gympie to the south-west, and Gympie East State Schoo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dendrocnide Moroides
''Dendrocnide moroides'', commonly known in Australia as the stinging tree, stinging bush, Queensland Stinger or gympie-gympie, is a plant in the nettle family Urticaceae found in rainforest areas of Malaysia and Australia. It is notorious for its extremely painful and long-lasting sting. The common name gympie-gympie comes from the language of the Indigenous Gubbi Gubbi people of south-eastern Queensland. Description ''D. moroides'' is a straggly perennial understory shrub, usually flowering and fruiting when less than tall, but it may reach up to in height. It is superficially similar to '' Dendrocnide cordifolia'', with the most obvious difference being the point of attachment of the petiole to the leaf blade—where ''D. moroides'' is peltate, i.e. the stalk attaches to the underside of the leaf and not at the edge, ''D. cordifolia'' is cordate. The stem, branches, petioles, leaves, and fruits are all covered in stinging hairs. It has large, heart-shaped, simple leave ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Two Mile, Queensland
Two Mile is a rural locality in the Gympie Region, Queensland, Australia. In the Two Mile had a population of 106 people. Geography Two Mile is from the centre of Gympie. The Gympie Cemetery Gympie Cemetery is the cemetery for Gympie, Queensland, Australia. The cemetery is located on Corella Road and is managed by the Gympie Cemetery Trust. History It was first unofficially located on the corner of Alfred and King Street, currently ... is located in Two Mile. History Two Mile State School opened on 9 July 1883. In the Two Mile had a population of 106 people. Heritage listings Two Mile has the following heritage listings: * 288 Bruce Highway: Two Mile School Education Two Mile State School is a government primary (Prep-6) school for boys and girls at 288 Bruce Highway North (). In 2018, the school had an enrolment of 67 students with 7 teachers (5 full-time equivalent) and 9 non-teaching staff (4 full-time equivalent). References {{Gympie Region Suburbs of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Widgee Crossing North, Queensland
Widgee Crossing North is a rural locality in the Gympie Region, Queensland ) , nickname = Sunshine State , image_map = Queensland in Australia.svg , map_caption = Location of Queensland in Australia , subdivision_type = Country , subdivision_name = Australia , established_title = Before federation , establishe ..., Australia. In the , Widgee Crossing North had a population of 18 people. Geography The '' Mary River'' forms the western and southern boundaries. Heritage listings Widgee Crossing North has the following heritage sites: * 260 Widgee Crossing Road: Former Widgee Crossing Shops References Gympie Region Localities in Queensland {{GympieRegion-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Electoral District Of Gympie ...
Gympie is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Queensland The electorate is centred on the city of Gympie and stretches north to Rainbow Beach and as far south to Pomona. The seat is currently held by Tony Perrett of the Liberal National Party. The district's most famous former member is Andrew Fisher, who later became Prime Minister of Australia. Members for Gympie Election results References External links * {{Electoral districts of Queensland Gympie Gympie ( ) is a city and a Suburbs and localities (Australia), locality in the Gympie Region, Queensland, Australia. In the Wide Bay-Burnett District, Gympie is about north of the state capital, Brisbane. The city lies on the Mary River (Queen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mary River (Queensland)
The Mary River (Kabi Kabi: ''Moocooboola'') is a major river system located in the South East and Wide Bay–Burnett regions of Queensland, Australia. Etymology The river was traditionally named ''Moocooboola'' by the indigenous Australian Kabi people. The river was named ''Wide Bay River'' on 10 May 1842 by early European explorers, Andrew Petrie and Henry Stuart Russell. The official name was changed on 8 September 1847 (prior to Queensland becoming a separate colony) by Charles Augustus FitzRoy, then Governor of New South Wales, to ''Mary River'' — after his wife Lady Mary Lennox (15 August 1790 to 7 December 1847). History The Mary River was used for rafting timber during the early years of European land settlement, and the discovery of gold at Gympie in 1867 brought an inflow of miners and pastoralists. Alluvial flats along the Mary River and some of its tributaries were used for cropping, and there was small-time dairying in the 1880s. Course and features The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Caboolture, Queensland
Caboolture () is a town and suburb in Moreton Bay Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , the suburb of Caboolture had a population of 26,433 people. It is located on the north side of the Caboolture River, which separates the town from Morayfield and Caboolture South. Geography Caboolture is an urban centre or satellite city approximately north of Brisbane, the state capital of Queensland. Caboolture is now considered to be the northernmost urban area of the greater Brisbane metropolitan region within South East Queensland, and it marks the end of the Brisbane suburban commuter railway service along the North Coast railway line. The urban extent of the town of Caboolture is not formally defined but is generally regarded as including the following suburbs: * Bellmere * Caboolture (as a suburb) * Caboolture South * Morayfield (northern section, west of Bruce Highway) * Upper Caboolture History Indigenous history '' Duungidjawu (''also known as ''Kabi Kabi, Cabbee, Carb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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