Gympie in its Cradle Days: Reminiscences of Gympie's Pioneer Pays

Cat No.:   AU4027:

No of pages in original: 62pp

Year published: (1952)

October 18, 1952 was the 85th anniversary of the birth of the city of Gympie and the discovery of gold by James Nash..

To celebrate this anniversary, this small booklet was produced, and includes a collection of memoirs of early pioneers which first appeared as articles in the Gympie Times in 1938.

In a collection of 24 articles, you will find details on the first settlers, Aborigines, growing up in the town, the Chinese, stores, a women faces the hardships, Inglewood Hill, entertainment, mulberries, trips in the dray, on the road, life as a pit-sawyer and more.

This is a valuable collection of local reminiscences of a past era.

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