History of city Gympie, Queensland in photos

A small historical reference

Geography: Gympie - is a regional town in the Wide Bay-Burnett region of Queensland, Australia. It is about 160 kilometres (100 mi) north of the state capital, Brisbane. The city lies on the Mary River, which floods the town periodically. Gympie is the administrative centre for the Gympie Region area. (Wiki)

Date of foundation: 1867

Population: 20 810

Deep Creek Bridge, circa 1890

Floods in the Gympie area in 1870

Gympie from the Three Mile during the gold mining boom, 1905

Horse Drawn whim on a gold mine, between 1870 and 1880

Land Office, circa 1911

Lower Mary Street, circa 1925

Mary Street, 1879

Mary Street, 1928

Mining industry at Gympie	Railway Station in 1882	Railway Yard, 1882	Shop "Cigar and Tobacco" on Mary Street, 1871
St. Patrick's Catholic Church, circa 1870	Surface Hill Methodist Church, Channon Street, circa 1900	Upper Mary Street	View along Mary Street, circa 1870

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After this period photos it becomes public domain. The participants of the Berne Convention are 167 States.