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{{Infobox Australian place
| type = city
| name = Gympie
| state = qld
| image = Gympie Town Hall, 2015.jpg
| caption = Gympie Town Hall, 2015
| postcode = 4570
| coordinates = {{Coord|-26.19|152.6655|type:city(22,000)_region:AU-QLD|display=inline,title|name=Gympie (town centre)}}
| pushpin_label_position = left
| pop =
| pop_year
| pop_footnotes = <ref name=Census2021SUA/>
| poprank =
| density =
| est = 1867
| elevation = 73
| area = 69.
| area_footnotes =
| lga = [[Gympie Region]]
| stategov = [[Electoral district of Gympie|Gympie]]
| fedgov = [[Division of Wide Bay|Wide Bay]]
| dist1 = 170.7
| location1 = Brisbane
| dist2 = 82
| location2 = [[Maroochydore]]
| dist3 = 67
| location3 = [[Noosa Heads]]
| dist4 = 88
| location4 = [[Maryborough, Queensland|Maryborough]]
| mintemp = 13.6
| maxtemp = 27.1
| rainfall = 1132.9
| near-n = [[Araluen, Queensland|Araluen]]
| near-ne = [[Victory Heights, Queensland|Victory Heights]]
| near-e = [[Victory Heights, Queensland|Victory Heights]]
| near-se = [[Monkland, Queensland|Monkland]]
| near-s = [[Monkland, Queensland|Monkland]]
| near-sw = [[Southside, Queensland|Southside]]
| near-w = [[Widgee Crossing North, Queensland|Widgee Crossing North]]
| near-nw = [[Two Mile, Queensland|Two Mile]]
}}
'''Gympie''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|ɡ|ɪ|m|p|i}} {{respell|GHIM|pee}})<ref>''[[Macquarie Dictionary|Macquarie Dictionary, Fourth Edition]]'' (2005). Melbourne, The Macquarie Library Pty Ltd. {{ISBN|1-876429-14-3}}</ref> is a city and a [[Suburbs and localities (Australia)|locality]] in the [[Gympie Region]], [[Queensland]], Australia.<ref name=qpnt>{{cite QPN|15149|Gympie|town in Gympie Region|access-date=6 November 2017}}</ref><ref name=qpnl>{{cite QPN|46339|Gympie|locality in Gympie Region|access-date=6 November 2017}}</ref>
Gympie is famous for its gold field.<ref name="ewg">{{cite book |title=Encyclopedia of World Geography |last=Khan |first=M. Ali |author2=A.Balakishan |year=2007 |publisher=Sarup & Sons |isbn=978-8176257732 |page=45 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=s-HoFag2kDcC |access-date=20 May 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160629121324/https://books.google.com/books?id=s-HoFag2kDcC |archive-date=29 June 2016 |url-status=live}}</ref> It contains a number of historic buildings registered on the [[Queensland Heritage Register]].
==History==
[[File:Plan of Leases and Claims on the Deep Lead, Gympie, 1869.jpg|left|thumb|
[[File:Gympie Hospital, 1891.png|thumb|left|Gympie Hospital, 1891]]
''[[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|Maryborough]] and south to [[Caboolture, Queensland|Caboolture]]''.<ref>{{Cite SLQ-CC-BY|url=https://maps.slq.qld.gov.au/iyil/view/13|title=Gubbi Gubbi|website=Queensland Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander languages map|access-date=23 January 2020}}</ref>''
Gympie's name derives from the [[Gabi-Gabi language|Gubbi Gubbi]] word ''gimpi-gimpi'', which means "stinging tree"<ref name="his1">{{cite web |url=http://www.gympie.qld.gov.au/categoryholder.asp?CategoryID=3 |title=History |publisher=Gympie Regional Council |access-date=20 May 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120317135422/http://www.gympie.qld.gov.au/categoryholder.asp?CategoryID=3 |archive-date=17 March 2012}}</ref> and refers to ''[[Dendrocnide moroides]]''. The tree has large, round leaves that have similar properties to [[stinging nettles]]. The city was previously named '''Nashville''', after [[James Nash (prospector)|James Nash]], who discovered gold in the area in 1867.<ref>{{cite web|author=Hon. C. Wallace
Graziers were the original European settlers. Subsequently, James Nash reported the discovery of 'payable' alluvial gold on 16 October 1867.<ref name="adbnash">Stoodley, June. [http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/nash-james-4286/text6935 Nash, James (1834–1913)] {{webarchive|url=http://archive.wikiwix.com/cache/20120509030557/http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/nash-james-4286/text6935 |date=9 May 2012 }}. Australian Dictionary of Biography, National Centre of Biography. Australian National University.</ref> At the time of Nash's discovery, Queensland was suffering from a severe economic depression. Nash probably saved Queensland from bankruptcy. A memorial fountain in Gympie's Park honours Nash's discovery.<ref name="adbnash" /> The Gympie Gold Rush Festival celebrates the event today. The Gold Rush Festival holds 10 days of cultural events in October.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://goldrush.org.au/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=484&Itemid=124|title=Gold Rush Festival – Gympie Goldrush|website=goldrush.org.au|access-date=19 April 2018}}{{Dead link|date=April 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> [[Gold mining]] still plays a role in the area's fortunes, along with agriculture (dairy predominantly), timber and tourism. The gold rush's rapid development led to streets that are in an irregular fashion.<ref name="heritage" /> Nashville Masonic Lodge opened on 24 March 1869 in Duke Street. The first Master was Edward Henry King, the first goldfield commissioner in Gympie. The lodge later relocated and is now known as Pioneer Lodge, while the Duke Street site became the offices of the Shire of Woocoo.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Gympie Gold Rush parade and open day |url=https://uglq.org.au/news-events/latest-news-events/gympie-gold-rush-parade-and-open-day/ |access-date=2023-02-23 |website=Freemasons Queensland |archive-date=18 October 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221018113249/https://uglq.org.au/news-events/latest-news-events/gympie-gold-rush-parade-and-open-day/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last= |date=2020-10-29 |title=Duke Street, Gympie |url=https://gympieregionalmemories.com/2020/10/29/duke-street-gympie/ |access-date=2023-02-23 |publisher=Gympie Regional Libraries |language=en |archive-date=6 December 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221206062646/https://gympieregionalmemories.com/2020/10/29/duke-street-gympie/ |url-status=live }}</ref>[[File:StateLibQld 1 231369 View of Gympie's streets, ca. 1925.jpg|thumb|left|Lower Mary Street, {{circa|1925}}]]
In 1882, a handful of [[macadamia]] seeds were taken from trees in Gympie to Hawaii, where they became the basis of Hawaii's macadamia industry.<ref name="TG-20201212">{{cite news |last1=Kean |first1=Zoe |title=In a nutshell: how the macadamia became a 'vulnerable' species |url=https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/dec/12/in-a-nutshell-how-the-macadamia-became-a-vulnerable-species-aoe |access-date=14 December 2020 |work=The Guardian |date=12 December 2020 |archive-date=13 December 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201213092307/https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/dec/12/in-a-nutshell-how-the-macadamia-became-a-vulnerable-species-aoe |url-status=live }}</ref> In 2019, researchers collected samples from hundreds of macadamia trees in Queensland, and compared their genetic profiles to samples from Hawaiian orchards. They determined that essentially all the Hawaiian trees must have descended from a small population of Australian trees from Gympie, possibly just a single tree.<ref>{{Cite web | last=Imbler | first=Sabrina | url=https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/macadamias-came-from-one-tree | title=70 Percent of the World's Macadamia Nuts Came From One Tree in Australia | date=3 June 2019 | publisher=Atlas Obscura | access-date=2019-06-05 | archive-date=7 June 2019 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190607085126/https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/macadamias-came-from-one-tree | url-status=live }}</ref> This lack of genetic diversity in the commercial crop puts it at risk of succumbing to pathogens (as has happened in the past to [[banana]] cultivars). Growers may seek to diversify the cultivated population, by hybridizing with wild specimens.
Gympie Creek Post Office opened on 1 December 1867. It was renamed Gympie in 1868.<ref name="Post Office">{{Cite web | last = Premier Postal History | title = Post Office List | publisher = Premier Postal Auctions | url = https://www.premierpostal.com/cgi-bin/wsProd.sh/Viewpocdwrapper.p?SortBy=QLD&country= | access-date = 10 May 2014 | archive-date = 15 May 2014 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140515223132/http://www.premierpostal.com/cgi-bin/wsProd.sh/Viewpocdwrapper.p?SortBy=QLD& | url-status = live }}</ref>
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In 1868 a slab hut was built behind the Northumberland Hotel and called the Miner's Bethel. This hut was used to hold religious services by the Anglican Church, the Roman Catholic Church and Methodist Church until each had established their own church.<ref name=":0" />
A Primitive Methodist Church opened on the diggings at Gympie Creek circa July 1868. It was claimed to be the first church in Gympie.<ref>{{cite news|date=11 July 1868|title=PUBLIC WORKS.|volume=XXIII|page=2|newspaper=[[The Brisbane Courier]]|issue=3,365|location=Queensland, Australia|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article1294257|via=National Library of Australia|accessdate=17 September 2021|archive-date=4 August 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220804033401/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/1294257|url-status=live}}</ref> A new Primitive Methodist Church was opened on Commissioner's Hill on Sunday 30 July 1876.<ref>{{cite news|date=26 July 1876|title=Advertising|volume=IX|page=2|newspaper=[[Gympie Times And Mary River Mining Gazette]]|issue=907|location=Queensland, Australia|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article168610123|via=National Library of Australia|accessdate=20 September 2021|archive-date=4 August 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220804033359/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/168610123|url-status=live}}</ref> Commissioners Hill is described as being from the post office in Duke Street to the corner of
In August 1868, [[Wesleyan Methodist Church of Australia|Wesleyan Methodists]] erected a bark hut of pole construction on Surface Hill to use as a basic chapel. It was replaced by a more permanent timber church on the same site facing Reef Street, which opened on Sunday 4 July 1869. The architect was Charles G. Smith and the builder was John Nesbit.<ref>{{cite news|date=3 July 1869|title=Advertising|volume=II|page=2|newspaper=[[Gympie Times And Mary River Mining Gazette]]|issue=168|location=Queensland, Australia|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article168608369|access-date=2 July 2020|via=National Library of Australia|archive-date=5 September 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200905085639/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/168608369|url-status=live}}</ref> In 1890 a brick church was built on the site facing Channon Street and became the [[Surface Hill Uniting Church]] ({{coord|-26.189|152.6572|region:AU-QLD_type:landmark|display=inline|name=Surface Hill Uniting Church}}).<ref name="qhr">{{cite QHR|16292|Surface Hill Uniting Church|601529|access-date=1 August 2014}}</ref>
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A Presbyterian Church opened on One Mile Road at One Mile on Sunday 8 November 1868.<ref>{{cite news|date=7 November 1868|title=Advertising|volume=I|page=2|newspaper=[[Gympie Times And Mary River Mining Gazette]]|issue=82|location=Queensland, Australia|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article168606835|url-status=live|access-date=2 July 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200905085629/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/168606835|archive-date=5 September 2020|via=National Library of Australia}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|date=21 November 1868|title=Advertising|volume=I|page=2|newspaper=[[Gympie Times And Mary River Mining Gazette]]|issue=88|location=Queensland, Australia|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article168606208|url-status=live|access-date=2 July 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200905085704/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/168606208|archive-date=5 September 2020|via=National Library of Australia}}</ref>
In 1868, a [[Cobb & Co]]. service between [[Brisbane]] and Gympie commenced, running twice a week. The changing station stables were located adjacent to the Northumberland Hotel in Channon Street.<ref>{{Cite SLQ-CC-BY|url=https://www.slq.qld.gov.au/blog/lights-cobb-and-co-coaching-between-brisbane-and-gympie-1860s-0|title=The Lights of Cobb and Co: Coaching between Brisbane and Gympie in the 1860s.|authors=Christina Ealing-Godbold|date=20 January 2023|website=Blog|access-date=28 January 2023}}</ref>
In 1869, the Church of England constructed a timber church on the corner of Palantine and School Streets; the first rector was Reverend Henry Jephson Campbell. It was known as the Church of St Peter. This church became the parish hall when a second church was built in Lady Mary Terrace in 1887. This was then superseded by the third and current church, built in brick, on the corner of Lady Mary Terrace and Amy Street ({{Coord|-26.1887|152.6697|type:landmark_region:AU-QLD|display=|name=2 July 2020}}).<ref name=":0" />
In January 1870, tenders were called for the erection of a Roman Catholic Church.<ref>{{cite news|date=15 January 1870|title=Advertising|volume=II|page=2|newspaper=[[Gympie Times And Mary River Mining Gazette]]|issue=223|location=Queensland, Australia|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article168849891|access-date=2 July 2020|via=National Library of Australia|archive-date=5 September 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200905085705/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/168849891|url-status=live}}</ref>
The railway from Maryborough was completed in 1881.<ref name="heritage">{{Cite book |title=Heritage Trails of the Great South East |last=Environmental Protection Agency |author-link=Environmental Protection Agency (Queensland) |year=2000 |publisher=State of Queensland |isbn=0-7345-1008-X |pages=90, 148 }}</ref> The [[North Coast railway line, Queensland#First connection|North Coast railway]] linked Gympie to Brisbane in 1891.<ref name="heritage"/>
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A powdered milk factory began operations in 1953.
===Flooding===
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Significant floods along the Mary River have caused inundations of the city in 1870, 1873, 1893, 1955, 1968, 1974, [[1989 Gympie, Southern Queensland & Eastern New South Wales Floods|1989]], 1992, [[1999 Gympie - Maryborough, Queensland Floods|1999]], [[2010–2011 Queensland floods|2011]],<ref name="bommajflood">{{cite web |url=http://www.bom.gov.au/hydro/flood/qld/brochures/mary/mary.shtml#PreviousFlooding |title=Flood Warning System for the Mary River |publisher=Bureau of Meteorology |access-date=6 May 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120421120408/http://www.bom.gov.au/hydro/flood/qld/brochures/mary/mary.shtml#PreviousFlooding |archive-date=21 April 2012 |url-status=live}}</ref> [[2013 Eastern Australia floods#Queensland|2013]], and 2022. The first recorded flood in Gympie was in [[1870 Maryborough - Gympie, Queensland Floods|1870]]. Most of the floods occur between December and April and are typically caused by heavy rainfall in the headwaters to the south.<ref name="mmq" />
The highest flood ever recorded in Gympie occurred on 2 February 1893 when the river peaked at {{convert|25.45
Numerous highways and roads in and around the city which were destroyed or damaged during floods in 2011 were repaired under Operation Queenslander,<ref name="rfr">{{Cite news |url=http://www.gympietimes.com.au/story/2012/05/07/road-flood-repairs-on-going/ |title=Road flood repairs on-going |access-date=20 May 2012 |date=7 May 2012 |work=[[The Gympie Times]] |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120518064846/http://www.gympietimes.com.au/story/2012/05/07/road-flood-repairs-on-going/ |archive-date=18 May 2012}}</ref> the name given to post-flood reconstruction efforts in Queensland.
In March 2012, the [[Gympie Regional Council]] decided to spend about $30,000 for a [[cost benefit analysis]] on flood mitigation measures.<ref name="staf">{{Cite news |url=http://www.sunshinecoastdaily.com.au/story/2012/03/09/staying-afloat-we-dont-have-to-drown/ |title=Staying afloat |access-date=6 May 2012 |date=9 March 2012 |newspaper=Sunshine Coast Daily |publisher=Sunshine Coast Newspaper Company |archive-date=5 September 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200905085631/https://www.sunshinecoastdaily.com.au/news/staying-afloat-we-dont-have-to-drown/1299104/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Major flooding also occurred in 2022.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2022/feb/27/south-east-queensland-floods-whats-happened-and-which-areas-could-be-hit-next |last=Hanna |first=Conal |date=2 February 2022 |title=Floods in south-east Queensland and northern NSW: what has happened and which areas could be hit next? |location=Sydney |access-date=5 April 2022 |archive-date=5 April 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220405160638/https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2022/feb/27/south-east-queensland-floods-whats-happened-and-which-areas-could-be-hit-next |url-status=live }}</ref>
== Demographics ==
In the {{CensusAU|2016}}, Gympie had an urban population of 20,966 people. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people made up 3.9% of the population. 82.4% of people were born in Australia. The next most common countries of birth were England 2.6%, New Zealand 1.9% and Philippines 0.6%. 89.6% of people spoke only English at home. The most common responses for religion were No Religion 30.1%, Catholic 16.8% and Anglican 15.6%.<ref name=Census2016SUA>{{Census 2016 AUS|id=3007|name=Gympie (Significant Urban Area)|accessdate=24 March 2019|quick=on}}[[File:CC-BY icon.svg|50px]] Material was copied from this source, which is available under a [https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171016050101/https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ |date=16 October 2017 }}.</ref>
In the {{CensusAU|2021}}, Gympie had an urban population of 22,424 people.<ref name=Census2021SUA>{{Census 2021 AUS|id=3008|name=Gympie (Significant Urban Area)|accessdate=16 June 2024|quick=on}}</ref>
== Heritage listings ==
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* 1 Station Road: [[Railway Hotel, Gympie|Railway Hotel]]<ref>{{cite QHR|19662|Railway Hotel|602540|access-date=8 July 2013}}</ref>
* Tozer Street: [[Gympie railway station]]<ref>{{cite QHR|16772|Gympie Railway Station Platform Complex|602036|access-date=8 July 2013}}</ref>
==Climate==
Gympie experiences a [[humid subtropical climate]] ([[Köppen climate classification|Köppen:]]
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The [[Mary Valley Rattler|Valley Rattler]] steam train is a tourist train that began operations in 1996. It follows the Mary River through the forests and plantations of the Mary Valley to [[Amamoor]].<ref name="qpmv">{{cite web |url=http://queenslandplaces.com.au/node/4888 |title=Mary Valley |work=Queensland Places |publisher=Centre for the Government of Queensland, University of Queensland. |access-date=20 May 2012 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121025043958/http://queenslandplaces.com.au/node/4888 |archive-date=25 October 2012}}</ref> The train departs and returns to the [[Gympie railway station|Old Gympie Railway Station]] in Tozer Street, an original railway station from the 1900s gold rush.
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Gympie's Mary St offers a wide array of bars, cafes, and shops with 19th Century Victorian architecture. The historic Railway Hotel was built in 1915 and is listed on the [[Queensland Heritage Register]].<ref name="poh">{{Cite news |url=http://www.gympietimes.com.au/story/2012/01/17/piece-of-history-goes-on-the-block/ |title=Piece of history goes on the block |author=Lee Gailer |access-date=6 May 2012 |date=17 January 2012 |newspaper=[[The Gympie Times]] |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120202054912/http://www.gympietimes.com.au/story/2012/01/17/piece-of-history-goes-on-the-block/ |archive-date=2 February 2012}}</ref> The Gympie Town Hall Reserve Complex, built in 1890, was added to the Queensland Heritage Register in 2011.<ref name="shl">{{cite web |url=http://www.qldheritage.org.au/state-heritage-listing-for-gympie-icon.html |title=State heritage listing for Gympie icon |date=9 September 2012 |publisher=Queensland Heritage Council |access-date=21 May 2012
[[Mothar Mountain Speedway]] is Gympie's local Speedway track. With a history spanning over 50 years,
The annual [[Heart of Gold International Short Film Festival]] is held in Gympie in March.
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About 30 minutes' drive east of Gympie is [[Tin Can Bay]], where one can hand-feed [[Indo-Pacific hump-backed dolphin]]s. The feeding is regulated for the protection of the dolphins.
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==Transport==
Road connection to Gympie is via the [[Bruce Highway]]. Rail connects via [[Queensland Rail|QR's]] [[North Coast railway line, Queensland|North Coast railway line]], which is served by daily [[Queensland Rail City network|Queensland Rail Citytrain network]] services to [[Brisbane]] and [[Traveltrain]] services for long distances. There are few public buses in Gympie and automobiles are the main mode of transportation.
[[Gympie Airport]] is a small local airport located to the south of the city. It has general aviation, recreational aviation and gliding communities. The nearest domestic airport is [[Sunshine Coast Airport]] & the closest international airport is [[Brisbane Airport]].
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==Notable people==
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* [[The Amity Affliction]] –
*[[John Francis Barnes (politician)|John Francis (Frank) Barnes]] – politician
*[[John O'Connell Bligh]] – Native Police Commandant
*[[Allan Boase]] – Australian Army Lieutenant General<ref>{{cite book|last=Dicker|first=George|title=Boase, Allan Joseph (1894–1964)|chapter=Allan Joseph Boase (1894–1964) |url=http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/boase-allan-joseph-9973/text16783|work=Australian Dictionary of Biography|publisher=Australian National University|access-date=29 September 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=http://archive.wikiwix.com/cache/20170930221120/http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/boase-allan-joseph-9973/text16783|archive-date=30 September 2017}}</ref>
* [[Henry Ernest Boote]] – writer
* [[Glen Boss]] – jockey<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.progroupracing.com.au/horse-racing-articles/jockeys/glen-boss|title=Glen Boss Australian Champion Jockey|website=ProGroup Racing|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130309080835/http://www.progroupracing.com.au/horse-racing-articles/jockeys/glen-boss|archive-date=9 March 2013|url-status=dead|access-date=28 April 2017}}</ref>
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* [[Thomas Dunstan (Australian politician)|Thomas Dunstan]] – politician<ref>{{cite web|title=Former Members|publisher=[[Parliament of Queensland]]|year=2015|url=http://www.parliament.qld.gov.au/members/former/bio?id=2320501124|access-date=15 April 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160506173120/http://www.parliament.qld.gov.au/members/former/bio?id=2320501124|archive-date=6 May 2016}}</ref>
* [[Hugo William Du Rietz]] – gold miner, architect
* [[
* [[Tino Fa'asuamaleaui]] – NRL Rugby League Player
* [[Andrew Fisher]] – Australian Prime Minister
* [[John Flood (Fenian)|John Flood]] – Fenian and newspaperman
* [[William Glasgow (general)|Sir Thomas William Glasgow]] – Australian Army Major General
* [[Kaden Groves]] – professional cyclist
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* [[Angus Finlay Hutton]] – naturalist
* [[Thelma Keane]] – businesswoman
* [[Lachlan Keeffe]] – AFL player
* [[James Kidgell]] – politician
* [[Tracey Lewis]] – Paralympic swimmer
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* [[Mathew Mellor]] – politician
* [[James Nash (prospector)|James Nash]] – prospector
* [[Francis Isidore Power]] – politician
* [[Gregory Charles Rivers]] – actor
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* [[Ann Caroline Sherry]] [[Officer of the Order of Australia|AO]] – businesswoman
* [[Jacob Stumm]] – newspaper owner
* [[Harry Sunderland]] – rugby administrator<ref>{{Cite book|url = http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/sunderland-harry-11803|title = Australian Dictionary of Biography|date = 2002|access-date = 30 March 2015|website = Sunderland, Harry (1889–1964)|publisher = Australian Dictionary of Biography|last = Edmond|first = Scott| chapter=Harry Sunderland (1889–1964) |url-status = live|archive-url = http://archive.wikiwix.com/cache/20150330175254/http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/sunderland-harry-11803|archive-date = 30 March 2015}}</ref>
* [[Estelle Thompson]] – crime novelist
* [[Vivian Tozer]] – politician
* [[Harry Walker (politician)|Harry Frederick Walker]]
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* {{cite web|title=Gympie|url=http://www.queenslandplaces.com.au/gympie|work=Queensland Places|publisher=Centre for the Government of Queensland, University of Queensland}}
* [https://www.gympie.qld.gov.au/web/library/library-locations Gympie Library]
* [https://gympieregionalmemories.com/ Gympie Regional Memories]
* [https://gympieheritagetrails.com.au/ Gympie Heritage Trails]
* [https://onesearch.slq.qld.gov.au/permalink/61SLQ_INST/dls06p/alma996905104702061 Annual reports Gympie Hospitals Board], [[State Library of Queensland]]
* [https://onesearch.slq.qld.gov.au/permalink/61SLQ_INST/dls06p/alma99184029969202061 Infinity Flights Photographs of the 2022 Gympie flood photographs], State Library of Queensland
* [https://onesearch.slq.qld.gov.au/permalink/61SLQ_INST/dls06p/alma99294673402061 Gympie Goldfield Album 1867-1868], State Library of Queensland
*[http://map.chronicle.rip/gympie-cemetery Gympie Cemetery deceased records and online map] at Chronicle Cemetery Map
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