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Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unverifiable material may be challenged and removed. | The town of Gympie is located in south eastern Queensland, Australia, and is approximately 160 kilometres north of the state capital, Brisbane. It lies on the Mary River. Gympie is the administrative centre for the Gympie Regional Council area. Slogan or Nickname: Sunshine State, Smart State Motto(s): Audax at Fidelis (Bold but Faithful) Other Australian states and territories Capital Brisbane Government Constitutional monarchy Governor Quentin Bryce Premier Anna Bligh (ALP) Federal representation - House seats 28 - Senate seats 12 Gross State Product (2004-05) - Product ($m) $158,506 (3rd...
Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (1000x1305, 92 KB) Summary Shows location of w: Gympie, Queensland marked in red in the Australian state of w:Queensland. ...
Slogan or Nickname: Sunshine State, Smart State Motto(s): Audax at Fidelis (Bold but Faithful) Other Australian states and territories Capital Brisbane Government Constitutional monarchy Governor Quentin Bryce Premier Anna Bligh (ALP) Federal representation - House seats 28 - Senate seats 12 Gross State Product (2004-05) - Product ($m) $158,506 (3rd...
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Map of Local Government Areas in Queensland The Local Government Areas (LGAs) of Queensland, Australia have been subject to periodic bouts of restructuring and rationalisation by the State Government, involving voluntary and involuntary amalgamation of areas. ...
Gympie Regional Council is a proposed Local Government Area in Queensland, Australia. ...
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Slogan or Nickname: Sunshine State, Smart State Motto(s): Audax at Fidelis (Bold but Faithful) Other Australian states and territories Capital Brisbane Government Constitutional monarchy Governor Quentin Bryce Premier Anna Bligh (ALP) Federal representation - House seats 28 - Senate seats 12 Gross State Product (2004-05) - Product ($m) $158,506 (3rd...
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The Mary River is a river system in South East Queensland, Australia. ...
Gympie Regional Council is a proposed Local Government Area in Queensland, Australia. ...
History
Originally settled for grazing purposes, in 1867 the area became prominent when James Nash discovered gold. At the time Queensland was suffering from a severe economic depression and the discovery probably saved the colony from bankruptcy. Gold mining still plays a role in the area's fortunes, along with agriculture (dairy predominantly), timber and tourism. Year 1867 (MDCCCLXVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Sunday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ...
Gold mining consists of the processes and techniques employed in the removal of gold from the ground. ...
The Name Gympie's name derives from an Aboriginal name for a tree (The Gympie-gympie tree). This tree was used for wiping defecates off the indigenous Australians behinds. The tree has large, round leaves that have similar properties to toilet paper, however they soon learned that the tree had resulted in various stings and rashes. The translation for Gympie is roughly "devil". Binomial name Dendrocnide moroides (Wedd. ...
Attractions There are four main attractions in Gympie.
 "The Valley Rattler" C17 802 at Dagun station First, the Valley Rattler winds its way through the backyards of the southern side of Gympie and then continues its way into the scenic Mary Valley where it crosses and then follows the Mary River to negotiate the valley and the Mary's main tributaries. This provides a spectacular journey through the valley beginning at the Old Gympie Railway Station. This station is the original railway station for the track that passed through Gympie in the 1900s gold rush. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (1600x1200, 512 KB) Queensland Railways class C17 steam locomotive @ Dagun on a rail tour to Gympie. ...
Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (1600x1200, 512 KB) Queensland Railways class C17 steam locomotive @ Dagun on a rail tour to Gympie. ...
The Mary Valley Heritage Railway conduct steam train trips and tours from Gympie through the Mary Valley in the Cooloola Region of Queensland, Australia. ...
Second, the countryside is spectacular with an abundance of curves, gradients and bridges. Steep slopes portray a patchwork of pineapples, macadamia nuts and other crops. The Mary Valley rolling green pastures and many beautiful forests. The valley includes the villages and towns of Dagun, Amamoor, Kandanga and Imbil. Binomial name Ananas comosus The Pineapple (Ananas comosus) is a tropical plant and its fruit, native to Brazil, Bolivia, and Paraguay. ...
Species Macadamia integrifolia Macadamia tetraphylla The macadamia nut is the fruit of a tree native to the east coast of Australia. ...
Kandanga is a town in south east Queensland, Australia. ...
Third, Gympie's Mary St offers a post office and a wide array of bars, cafes, banks and stores. It has a quaint country town feel to it.
Finally, Gympie is host to a large annual country music muster, which attracts thousands of fans and musicians.
Education Gympie has many private and public schools, reflecting its importance as a regional service centre. State primary schools include Gympie West, Chatsworth, Monkland, Jones Hill, Gympie Central, Two Mile, One Mile, Gympie East, Gympie South. State secondary schools include James Nash and Gympie State High, which is well known for its music department and sporting facilities. Private schools offer both primary and secondary education. They include Victory College, Cooloola Christian College and St Patrick's. Saint Patricks College is a private day School located in Gympie, Queensland, Australia. ...
Transport Road connection to Gympie is via the Bruce Highway. Rail connect is via QR's North Coast railway line, which is served by daily Citytrain services to Brisbane and Traveltrain services for long distances. There are few public buses in Gympie and automobiles are the main mode of transportation. Bruce Highway The Bruce Highway is the major coastal highway of Queensland, Australia. ...
Wickham Terrace entrance to Central Station - showing Queensland Rail QR sign QR, previously known as Queensland Rail and Queensland Railways, is the corporation responsible for the operation and maintenance of the railway system in the State of Queensland, Australia. ...
The North Coast railway line is a primary railway line in Queensland, Australia. ...
Citytrain is the name given to the extensive urban, suburban and inter-urban electric passenger railway network serving metropolitan Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. ...
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Traveston Dam The Queensland Government has plans to build a dam on the Mary River at Traveston Crossing, approximately 16 km south of Gympie, arguing that there is sound geology and that Brisbane needs more water.[citation needed] Traveston Crossing Dam is a water project that was initiated by the Queensland Government in 2006 as a result to a prolonged drought situation which saw South-East Queenslands dam catchement area receive record-low rain. ...
The proposed dam will flood approximately 900 properties, many of them income-producing farms, including the largest dairy farm in Queensland. The affected land owners and other shire residents have staged rallies protesting against the proposed dam. The protesters argue that Traveston dam will flood the properties and endanger the following rare species: the Mary River cod, lungfish (Neoceratodus forsteri) and platypus.[citation needed] Trinomial name Maccullochella peelii mariensis Rowland, 1993 Mary River Cod (Maccullochella peelii mariensis) are a Maccullochella cod found in the coastal Mary River system of central Queensland, Australia. ...
Binomial name Krefft, 1870 The Queensland lungfish, Neoceratodus forsteri, also known as Burnett salmon and barramunda, is the sole member of the family Ceratodontidae, and one of the only six lungfish species that remain. ...
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Non state-government reports have arrived at less favourable geological conclusions. For example, Cooloola Shire Council recently released a report it commissioned to this effect.[citation needed]
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Andrew Fisher at the naming of Canberra ceremony, 1913 Andrew Fisher (29 August 1862 - 22 October 1928), Australianpolitician and fifth Prime Minister of Australia, was born in Crosshouse, a mining village near Kilmarnock, East Ayrshire, Scotland. ...
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