:Gympie

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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, Gympie and extending north towards Maryborough and south to Caboolture.{{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}}

Gympie's name derives from the Gubbi Gubbi word gimpi-gimpi, which means "stinging tree"{{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}} 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, who discovered gold in the area in 1867.{{cite web|author=Hon. C. Wallace|url=http://www.cabinet.qld.gov.au/MMS/StatementDisplaySingle.aspx?id=56070| title=Gympie residents have chance to make their mark on the map| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110716094658/http://www.cabinet.qld.gov.au/MMS/StatementDisplaySingle.aspx?id=56070 |archive-date=16 July 2011|date= 14 January 2008|access-date=18 April 2009}} The name was changed to Gympie in 1868.{{Cite web | author1=Unidentified | title=Gympie Fire Station in 1955 | publication-date=1955 | publisher=John Oxley Library, State Library of Queensland | url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/36936554 | access-date=20 April 2018 | archive-date=5 September 2020 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200905085627/https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/36936554 | url-status=live }}

Graziers were the original European settlers. Subsequently, James Nash reported the discovery of "payable" alluvial gold on 16 October 1867.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. At the time of Nash's discovery, Queensland was suffering from a severe economic depression. Nash saved Queensland from bankruptcy. A memorial fountain in Gympie's Park honours Nash's discovery. The Gympie Gold Rush Festival celebrates the event today. The Gold Rush Festival holds 10 days of cultural events in October.{{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 }} 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.

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.{{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 }}{{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 }}File:StateLibQld 1 231369 View of Gympie's streets, ca. 1925.jpg

In 1882, a handful of macadamia seeds was taken from trees in Gympie to Hawaii, where they became the basis of Hawaii's macadamia industry.{{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 }} 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.{{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 }}

Gympie Creek Post Office opened on 1 December 1867. It was renamed Gympie in 1868.{{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 }}

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 its own church.{{Cite news |date=10 August 2019 |title=St Peter's celebrates 150 years |url=https://www.pressreader.com/australia/the-gympie-times/20190810/281505047847967 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200702131839/https://www.pressreader.com/australia/the-gympie-times/20190810/281505047847967 |archive-date=2 July 2020 |access-date=2 July 2020 |work=The Gympie Times}}

A Primitive Methodist Church opened on the diggings at Gympie Creek circa July 1868. It was claimed to be the first church in Gympie.{{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}} A new Primitive Methodist Church was opened on Commissioner's Hill on Sunday 30 July 1876.{{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}} Commissioners Hill is described as being from the post office in Duke Street to the corner of Channon and Henry Streets.{{Cite web|last=|date=2020-08-13|title=Hills of Gympie|url=https://gympieregionalmemories.com/2020/08/13/hills-of-gympie/|access-date=2021-09-20|website=Gympie Regional Memories|language=en|archive-date=20 September 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210920212159/https://gympieregionalmemories.com/2020/08/13/hills-of-gympie/|url-status=live}}

A Catholic primary school was established in 1868 by Father. M Horan under lay administration, and was taken over by the Sisters of Mercy in 1880, becoming St Patrick's Catholic Primary School.

In August 1868, 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.{{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}} 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}}).{{cite QHR|16292|Surface Hill Uniting Church|601529|access-date=1 August 2014}}

A Presbyterian Church opened on One Mile Road at One Mile on Sunday 8 November 1868.{{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}}{{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}}

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.{{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}}

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}}).

One Mile State School was the first school opened in Gympie on 20 September 1869 as One Mile Boys State School with the One Mile Girls and Infants State School opening in October 1874. In January 1943, they were merged into One Mile State School.{{Citation |author1=Queensland Family History Society |title=Queensland schools past and present |publication-date=2010 |edition=Version 1.01 |publisher=Queensland Family History Society |isbn=978-1-921171-26-0}}

Gympie Central Boys State School opened on 18 October 1869 with Gympie Central Girls and Infants State School opening in 1874. In 1899, the Girls and Infants School was separated to become Gympie Central Girls State School and Gympie Central Infants State School. They were amalgamated again in 1912 to become Gympie Central Girls and Infants State School. They were separated again in 1944 re-establishing Gympie Central Infants State School while amalgamating the girls' school with the boys' school to become Gympie Central State School. In 1963, the infants' school amalgamated into Gympie Central State School.{{Cite QldSchool|access-date=18 April 2019}}

In January 1870, tenders were called for the erection of a Roman Catholic Church.{{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}}

The railway from Maryborough was completed in 1881.{{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 }} The North Coast railway linked Gympie to Brisbane in 1891.

St Andrew's Anglican Church was first established at Mount Pleasant/One Mile in 1876.{{cite news|date=19 August 1876|title=LOCAL AND GENERAL NEWS.|volume=IX|page=2|newspaper=Gympie Times And Mary River Mining Gazette|issue=914|location=Queensland, Australia|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article168613113|access-date=2 July 2020|via=National Library of Australia|archive-date=5 September 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200905085629/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/168613113|url-status=live}} It closed around 1968.{{Cite web|last=Anglican Church of Southern Queensland|title=Closed Churches|url=https://anglicanarchives.org.au/churches/#C|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190403003329/https://www.anglicanarchives.org.au/churches/#C|archive-date=3 April 2019|access-date=3 April 2019}} As at 2019, the church building no longer exists, but the rectory in Graham Street had become a private home. In 2020, this was relocated to Gympie and opened on 29 January 1902.The state declared Gympie a town in 1903.{{Citation needed|date=November 2024}}

Little Flower School was opened in 1904 by the Christian Brothers as a secondary school for boys. It was later renamed Sacred Heart Memorial College. It closed in 1982 when it was amalgamated with St Patrick's Catholic Secondary School for Girls to create St Patrick's Catholic College.

Gympie South State School opened on 4 July 1910.

Gympie State High School opened on 29 January 1912.{{Cite web |title=Gympie SHS |url=https://gympieshs.eq.edu.au/Pages/default.aspx |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170204054453/https://gympieshs.eq.edu.au/Pages/default.aspx |archive-date=4 February 2017 |access-date=29 January 2017}} This school is one of the oldest state secondary schools in Queensland.{{Cite web |title=The oldest state secondary schools in Queensland |url=http://education.qld.gov.au/library/edhistory/topics/oldest-sec-schools.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180129140634/http://education.qld.gov.au/library/edhistory/topics/oldest-sec-schools.html |archive-date=29 January 2018 |access-date=29 January 2018 |website=education.qld.gov.au |language=en-AU}}

St Patrick's College in Gympie opened on 30 December 1916.

St Patrick's Catholic Secondary School for Girls opened on 1917. In 1983, it merged with the Sacred Heart Memorial College to become St Patrick's Catholic College.

A powdered milk factory began operations in 1953.{{Citation needed|date=November 2024}}

Gympie West State School opened on 28 January 1958.

Gympie East State School opened on 25 January 1965.

Gympie Special School opened in January 1972.

James Nash State High School opened on 24 January 1977.{{Cite web |title=James Nash SHS |url=https://jamesnashshs.eq.edu.au/Pages/default.aspx |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170202060858/https://jamesnashshs.eq.edu.au/Pages/default.aspx |archive-date=2 February 2017 |access-date=29 January 2017}}

The Christian Family College opened on 1 February 1983 and closed on 24 January 1988.

File:The Gympie flood, June 19 1873 - 31256978480.jpg

Significant floods along the Mary River have caused inundations of the city in 1870, 1873, 1893, 1955, 1968, 1974, 1989, 1992, 1999, 2011,{{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}} 2013, and 2022. The first recorded flood in Gympie was in 1870. Most of the floods occur between December and April and are typically caused by heavy rainfall in the headwaters to the south.

The highest flood ever recorded in Gympie occurred on 2 February 1893, when the river peaked at {{convert|25.45|m|abbr=on}}.{{Cite news |url=http://www.gympietimes.com.au/story/2010/03/06/mary-mary-quite-contrary/ |title=Mary, Mary quite contrary |author=Jannette Parke |access-date=6 May 2012 |date=6 March 2010 |newspaper=The Gympie Times |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100311054714/http://www.gympietimes.com.au/story/2010/03/06/mary-mary-quite-contrary/ |archive-date=11 March 2010}} Gympie was declared a natural disaster area during the 1999 floods.{{Cite news |url=http://www.weeklytimesnow.com.au/article/2011/01/10/279851_latest-news.html |title=Qld flood crisis hits Gympie |access-date=6 May 2012 |date=10 January 2011 |work=The Weekly Times|url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120508060206/http://www.weeklytimesnow.com.au/article/2011/01/10/279851_latest-news.html |archive-date=8 May 2012}} The river peaked at {{convert|21.9|m}} then. On the 27 February 2022 the river peaked at 22.96 m, superseding the 1999 flood record by over a metre.

Numerous highways and roads in and around the city, which were destroyed or damaged during floods in 2011, were repaired under Operation Queenslander,{{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}} 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.{{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 }} Major flooding also occurred in 2022.{{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 }}

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 the Philippines 0.6%. About 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%.{{Census 2016 AUS|id=3007|name=Gympie (Significant Urban Area)|accessdate=24 March 2019|quick=on}}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 }}.

In the {{CensusAU|2021}}, Gympie had an urban population of 22,424 people.{{Census 2021 AUS|id=3008|name=Gympie (Significant Urban Area)|accessdate=16 June 2024|quick=on}}

File:Gympie Court House.jpg

Gympie has a number of heritage-listed sites, including:

• Monkland State School Residence, Brisbane Road{{cite QHR|16749|Monkland State School Residence|602013|access-date=8 July 2013}}
• Gympie Town Hall, 2 Caledonian Hill{{cite QHR|28821|Gympie Town Hall Reserve Complex|602789|access-date=8 July 2013}}
• Gympie Court House, Channon Street{{cite QHR|15308|Gympie Court House|600533|access-date=8 July 2013}}
• Old Gympie Post Office, Channon Street{{cite QHR|15309|My Country; Old Post Office|600534|access-date=8 July 2013}}
• Surface Hill Uniting Church, Channon Street{{cite QHR|16292|Surface Hill Uniting Church|601529|access-date=8 July 2013}}
• Gympie Lands Office, 26 Channon Street{{cite QHR|20029|Gympie Court House and Lands Office (former)|602778|access-date=8 July 2013}}
• former Queensland National Bank, corner of Channon Street and Nash Streets{{cite QHR|20026|Queensland National Bank (former)|602773|access-date=8 July 2013}}
• St Patricks Church, Church Street{{cite QHR|16266|St Patricks Church|601503|access-date=8 July 2013}}
• former Gympie Ambulance Station, 17 Crown Road{{cite QHR|32244|Gympie Ambulance Station (former)|602794|access-date=8 July 2013}}
• Gympie State High School buildings, 1 Everson Road ({{coord|-26.1888|152.6794|region:AU-QLD_type:edu|display=inline|name=Gympie State High School}}){{cite QHR||Gympie State High School|650064|access-date=26 April 2021}}
• Gympie and Widgee War Memorial Gates, Mary Street{{cite QHR|15310|Gympie and Widgee War Memorial Gates|600535|access-date=8 July 2013}}
• former Royal Bank of Queensland, 199 Mary Street{{cite QHR|20093|Royal Bank of Queensland (former)|602774|access-date=8 July 2013}}
• former Crawford and Co Building, 216 Mary Street{{cite QHR|20097|Crawford and Co. Building (former)|602780|access-date=8 July 2013}}
• Tozer's Building, 218 Mary Street{{cite QHR|20098|Tozer's Building|602779|access-date=8 July 2013}}
• Smithfield Chambers, 235 Mary Street{{cite QHR|20102|Smithfield Chambers|602777|access-date=8 July 2013}}
• former Australian Joint Stock Bank and former Gympie Stock Exchange, 236 Mary Street{{cite QHR|20103|Australian Joint Stock Bank (former)/Gympie Stock Exchange Offices and Club (former)|602772|access-date=8 July 2013}}
• former Bank of New South Wales, 242 Mary Street{{cite QHR|20104|Bank of New South Wales (former)|602775|access-date=8 July 2013}}
• Gympie School of Arts, 39 Nash Street{{cite QHR|16646|Gympie School of Arts|601910|access-date=8 July 2013}}
• Gympie Memorial Park, River Road:{{cite QHR|31071|Memorial Park|602729|access-date=8 July 2013}}
• Railway Hotel, 1 Station Road{{cite QHR|19662|Railway Hotel|602540|access-date=8 July 2013}}
• Gympie railway station, Tozer Street{{cite QHR|16772|Gympie Railway Station Platform Complex|602036|access-date=8 July 2013}}

Gympie experiences a humid subtropical climate (Köppen: Cfa) with hot, rainy summers and mild, dry winters with cool nights. Annual rainfall averages around {{convert|1117.4|mm|abbr=on}}, with a summer maximum. Extreme temperatures have ranged from {{convert|-4.3|C}} on 20 July 2007 to {{convert|42.4|C}} on 4 January 2014.{{cite web |url = http://www.bom.gov.au/climate/averages/tables/cw_040093_All.shtml |title = Gympie Climate Statistics (1870-2024) |publisher = Bureau of Meteorology |access-date = July 9, 2024 |archive-date = 5 April 2022 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20220405221645/http://www.bom.gov.au/climate/averages/tables/cw_040093_All.shtml |url-status = live }}

{{Weather box

| location = Gympie (26º10'48"S, 152º38'24"E, 65 m AMSL) (1908–2024 normals, extremes 1965–2024, rainfall to 1870)

| metric first = Yes

| single line = Yes

| Jan record high C = 42.4

| Feb record high C = 41.3

| Mar record high C = 38.1

| Apr record high C = 35.6

| May record high C = 32.8

| Jun record high C = 29.2

| Jul record high C = 30.2

| Aug record high C = 34.3

| Sep record high C = 38.2

| Oct record high C = 40.1

| Nov record high C = 42.2

| Dec record high C = 42.0

| Jan high C = 31.2

| Feb high C = 30.4

| Mar high C = 29.3

| Apr high C = 27.3

| May high C = 24.5

| Jun high C = 22.1

| Jul high C = 21.9

| Aug high C = 23.4

| Sep high C = 26.1

| Oct high C = 28.3

| Nov high C = 30.2

| Dec high C = 31.3

| Jan low C = 19.6

| Feb low C = 19.7

| Mar low C = 18.2

| Apr low C = 14.7

| May low C = 10.9

| Jun low C = 8.0

| Jul low C = 6.4

| Aug low C = 7.1

| Sep low C = 10.3

| Oct low C = 13.9

| Nov low C = 16.5

| Dec low C = 18.6

| Jan record low C = 12.0

| Feb record low C = 12.3

| Mar record low C = 9.8

| Apr record low C = 3.6

| May record low C = -0.9

| Jun record low C = -3.3

| Jul record low C = -4.3

| Aug record low C = -1.8

| Sep record low C = 1.3

| Oct record low C = 4.6

| Nov record low C = 3.5

| Dec record low C = 10.1

| precipitation colour = green

| Jan precipitation mm = 160.1

| Feb precipitation mm = 168.9

| Mar precipitation mm = 143.9

| Apr precipitation mm = 81.6

| May precipitation mm = 71.5

| Jun precipitation mm = 59.3

| Jul precipitation mm = 51.5

| Aug precipitation mm = 39.3

| Sep precipitation mm = 44.7

| Oct precipitation mm = 72.3

| Nov precipitation mm = 87.4

| Dec precipitation mm = 135.7

| year precipitation mm = 1117.4

| unit precipitation days = 1.0 mm

| Jan precipitation days = 8.9

| Feb precipitation days = 9.3

| Mar precipitation days = 10.0

| Apr precipitation days = 7.3

| May precipitation days = 6.2

| Jun precipitation days = 4.9

| Jul precipitation days = 4.5

| Aug precipitation days = 3.9

| Sep precipitation days = 4.2

| Oct precipitation days = 5.7

| Nov precipitation days = 6.5

| Dec precipitation days = 7.8

| Jan afthumidity = 56

| Feb afthumidity = 60

| Mar afthumidity = 58

| Apr afthumidity = 57

| May afthumidity = 56

| Jun afthumidity = 52

| Jul afthumidity = 47

| Aug afthumidity = 42

| Sep afthumidity = 41

| Oct afthumidity = 46

| Nov afthumidity = 50

| Dec afthumidity = 52

| Jan dew point C = 19.2

| Feb dew point C = 19.5

| Mar dew point C = 18.1

| Apr dew point C = 15.6

| May dew point C = 13.1

| Jun dew point C = 10.0

| Jul dew point C = 8.2

| Aug dew point C = 7.5

| Sep dew point C = 9.6

| Oct dew point C = 12.8

| Nov dew point C = 15.8

| Dec dew point C = 17.8

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The Gympie Gold Mining and Historical Museum houses memorabilia from the early gold mining era, as well as displays showcasing military, rural, transport, communications, and steam development in Australia. The WoodWorks Museum provides an insight into the timber industry and social history of yesteryear through displays and demonstrations. Features include a large selection of pioneering hand tools, a 1925 Republic truck, bullock wagons, and a blacksmith shop.{{Citation needed|date=December 2024}}

The 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.{{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}} The train departs and returns to the Old Gympie Railway Station in Tozer Street, an original railway station from the 1900s gold rush.{{Citation needed|date=December 2024}}

Approximately {{convert|25|km}} south of Gympie, the town of Amamoor hosts the annual Gympie Music Muster. It is held over six days and nights in August in the Amamoor Forest Reserve.{{cite web |url=http://www.derm.qld.gov.au/parks/amamoor/camping.html |title=Amamoor State Forest and Forest Reserve – Camping information |publisher=Department of Environment and Resource Management |date=14 October 2011 |access-date=20 May 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120509195323/http://www.derm.qld.gov.au/parks/amamoor/camping.html |archive-date=9 May 2012}} The muster is the largest outdoor country music festival in Australia.{{cn|date=December 2024}}

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.{{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}} The Gympie Town Hall Reserve Complex, built in 1890, was added to the Queensland Heritage Register in 2011.{{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 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130329021958/http://www.qldheritage.org.au/state-heritage-listing-for-gympie-icon.html |archive-date=29 March 2013 |url-status=live}}

Mothar Mountain Speedway is Gympie's local speedway track. With a history spanning over 50 years, its most well-known feature is the unique right-hand kink. The venue hosts a variety of classes, including SSA Modified Sedans, SSA Super Sedans, SSA Junior Sedans, SSA Production Sedans, SSA Street Stocks, Modlites, and Late Models.{{cite web |url=http://gympiespeedway.com.au |title=Home |website=Corbet's Group Mothar Mountain Speedway |date=17 October 2022 |publisher=Gympie Saloon Car Club |access-date=17 October 2022 |url-status=live |archive-date=17 October 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221017113615/https://www.gympiespeedway.com.au/}} The speedway has hosted the Australian title for SSA Production Sedans in 2014, and was scheduled to host the Australian titles for Modlites and SSA Super Sedans in April 2023.{{cite web |url=http://gympiespeedway.com.au/calendar |title=Gympie Speedway 2022 calendar |date=17 October 2022 |publisher=Gympie Saloon Car Club |access-date=17 October 2022 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220715090853/https://www.gympiespeedway.com.au/calendar |archive-date=15 July 2022}}

The annual Heart of Gold International Short Film Festival is held in Gympie in March.

About {{convert|24|km|abbr=on}} south-east of Gympie, Woondum National Park provides access to subtropical rainforest, creeks, and granite outcrops.{{cite web |title=Woondum National Park |date=9 June 2011 |url=http://www.derm.qld.gov.au/parks/woondum/index.html |publisher=Department of Environment and Resource Management |access-date=21 May 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120505053817/http://www.derm.qld.gov.au/parks/woondum/index.html |archive-date=5 May 2012}} Facilities include picnic tables, barbecues, firewood, fresh water, amenities, and bush-walking tracks. Access is by dirt road, and a high-clearance vehicle is recommended.{{Cite news |url=http://www.sunshinecoastdaily.com.au/story/2010/03/24/trip-mothar-mountain-rock-pools/ |title=Trip to Mothar Mountain rock pools |author=Alexia Purcell |access-date=21 May 2012 |date=24 March 2010 |newspaper=Sunshine Coast Daily |publisher=Sunshine Coast Newspaper Company |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200905085713/https://www.sunshinecoastdaily.com.au/news/trip-mothar-mountain-rock-pools/492937/ |archive-date=5 September 2020 |url-status=live}}

About 30 minutes' drive east of Gympie is Tin Can Bay, where one can hand-feed Indo-Pacific hump-backed dolphins. The feeding is regulated for the protection of the dolphins.{{Citation needed|date=December 2024}}

Gympie and the surrounding area are part of the Great Sandy Biosphere Reserve, listed by UNESCO as a world conservation site.{{Citation needed|date=December 2024}}

Gympie Cemetery crawls are run by the Gympie Family History Society.{{cite web |url=http://www.gympiefhs.egympie.com.au/Cemetery%20Crawls.htm |title=Cemetery Crawls |publisher=Gympie Family History Society Inc. |access-date=19 March 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160229184008/http://www.gympiefhs.egympie.com.au/Cemetery%20Crawls.htm |archive-date=29 February 2016}} Participants learn about the town's pioneering families.{{Citation needed|date=December 2024}}

Gympie Central State School is a government primary (Prep-6) school for boys and girls at Lawrence Street ({{coord|-26.1886|152.6646|type:edu_region:AU-QLD|name=Gympie Central State School}}).{{cite web |date=9 July 2018 |title=State and non-state school details |url=https://data.qld.gov.au/dataset/state-and-non-state-school-details/resource/5b39065c-df32-415c-994c-5ff12f8de997 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181121065959/https://data.qld.gov.au/dataset/state-and-non-state-school-details/resource/5b39065c-df32-415c-994c-5ff12f8de997 |archive-date=21 November 2018 |access-date=21 November 2018 |publisher=Queensland Government}}{{cite web |title=Gympie Central State School |url=https://www.gympcentss.eq.edu.au/ |access-date=21 November 2018 |archive-date=30 April 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150430092600/http://www.gympcentss.eq.edu.au/ |url-status=live }} In 2018, the school had an enrolment of 235 students with 18 teachers (16 full-time equivalent) and 15 non-teaching staff (10 full-time equivalent).{{cite web |title=ACARA School Profile 2018 |url=https://www.acara.edu.au/docs/default-source/default-document-library/school-profile-2018.xlsx |access-date=28 January 2020 |publisher=Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority |archive-date=27 August 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200827085246/https://www.acara.edu.au/docs/default-source/default-document-library/school-profile-2018.xlsx |url-status=dead }}

Gympie West State School is a government primary (Early Childhood-6) school for boys and girls at 41 Cartwright Road ({{coord|-26.1738|152.6621|type:edu_region:AU-QLD|name=Gympie West State School}}).{{cite web|url=https://www.gympwestss.eq.edu.au/|title=Gympie West State School|access-date=21 November 2018|archive-date=27 January 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140127171234/http://gympwestss.eq.edu.au/|url-status=live}} In 2018, the school had an enrolment of 524 students with 45 teachers (38 full-time equivalent) and 45 non-teaching staff (26 full-time equivalent).

One Mile State School is a government primary (Prep-6) school for boys and girls at John Street ({{coord|-26.1993|152.6753|type:edu_region:AU-QLD|name=One Mile State School}}).{{cite web|url=https://www.onemiless.eq.edu.au|title=One Mile State School|access-date=21 November 2018}} In 2018, the school had an enrolment of 421 students with 37 teachers (32 full-time equivalent) and 18 non-teaching staff (12 full-time equivalent).

St Patrick's Primary School is a Catholic primary (Prep-6) school for boys and girls at 18-26 Church Street ({{coord|-26.1923|152.6656|type:edu_region:AU-QLD|name=St Patrick's Primary School}}).{{cite web|url=https://www.stpatrickspsgympie.qld.edu.au/|title=St Patrick's Primary School|access-date=21 November 2018|archive-date=11 April 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130411082142/http://www.stpatrickspsgympie.qld.edu.au/|url-status=live}} In 2018, the school had an enrolment of 308 students with 21 teachers (19 full-time equivalent) and 17 non-teaching staff (11 full-time equivalent).

Gympie Special School is a special primary and secondary (Prep-12) school for boys and girls at 52 Cootharaba Road ({{coord|-26.1878|152.6808|type:edu_region:AU-QLD|name=Gympie Special School}}).{{cite web |title=Gympie Special School |url=https://www.gympiespecs.eq.edu.au/ |access-date=21 November 2018 |archive-date=20 March 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200320131627/https://gympiespecs.eq.edu.au/ |url-status=live }} In 2018, the school had an enrolment of 57 students with 19 teachers (15 full-time equivalent) and 26 non-teaching staff (15 full-time equivalent).

Gympie State High School is a government secondary (7-12) school for boys and girls at 2 Everson Road ({{coord|-26.1883|152.6781|type:edu_region:AU-QLD|name=Gympie State High School}}).{{cite web|url=https://www.gympieshs.eq.edu.au/|title=Gympie State High School|access-date=21 November 2018|archive-date=14 August 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200814032309/https://gympieshs.eq.edu.au/|url-status=live}} In 2018, the school had an enrolment of 1,016 students with 93 teachers (86 full-time equivalent) and 51 non-teaching staff (40 full-time equivalent).

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James Nash State High School is a government secondary (7-12) school for boys and girls at 109 Myall Street ({{coord|-26.1758|152.6560|type:edu_region:AU-QLD|name=James Nash State High School}}).{{cite web|url=https://www.jamesnashshs.eq.edu.au/|title=James Nash State High School|access-date=21 November 2018|archive-date=20 March 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190320222320/https://jamesnashshs.eq.edu.au/|url-status=live}} In 2018, the school had an enrolment of 1,219 students with 113 teachers (105 full-time equivalent) and 52 non-teaching staff (41 full-time equivalent).

St Patrick's College is a Catholic secondary (7-12) school for boys and girls at Church Street ({{coord|-26.1924|152.6670|type:edu_region:AU-QLD|name=St Patrick's College}}).{{cite web|url=https://www.spcgympie.qld.edu.au/|title=St Patrick's College|access-date=21 November 2018|archive-date=10 April 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120410042827/http://www.spcgympie.qld.edu.au/|url-status=live}} In 2018, the school had an enrolment of 417 students with 35 teachers (34 full-time equivalent) and 21 non-teaching staff (15 full-time equivalent).

Gympie Flexible Learning Centre is a Catholic secondary (7-12) school for boys and girls at 30 Everson Road ({{coord|-26.1865|152.6788|type:edu_region:AU-QLD|name=Gympie Flexible Learning Centre}}).{{cite web|url=https://www.youthplus.edu.au/|title=Gympie Flexible Learning Centre|access-date=21 November 2018|archive-date=23 November 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181123094901/http://www.youthplus.edu.au/|url-status=live}} In 2018, the school had an enrolment of 89 students with 8 teachers (6 full-time equivalent) and 15 non-teaching staff (13 full-time equivalent).

Gympie is home to one campus of the Wide Bay Institute of TAFE located on Cartwright Road.{{cite web |url=http://www.widebay.tafe.qld.gov.au/about_us/campuses/gympie.html |title=Gympie |publisher=Wide Bay Institute of TAFE |access-date=20 May 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120320173302/http://widebay.tafe.qld.gov.au/about_us/campuses/gympie.html |archive-date=20 March 2012}}

The University of the Sunshine Coast (USC) has a campus in Gympie located on Cartwright Road. This campus offers undergraduate study in primary education, nursing, business, and commerce.{{cite web|url=http://www.usc.edu.au/learn/the-usc-experience/study-locations/study-in-gympie|title=USC Gympie|website=www.usc.edu.au|access-date=19 April 2018|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170803235403/http://www.usc.edu.au/learn/the-usc-experience/study-locations/study-in-gympie|archive-date=3 August 2017}}

The Gympie Regional Council operates a public library at 8–14 Mellor Street.{{Cite web|url=https://www.gympie.qld.gov.au/web/library/library-locations|title=Library locations|website=Gympie Regional Council|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180131023219/https://www.gympie.qld.gov.au/web/library/library-locations|archive-date=31 January 2018|url-status=live|access-date=31 January 2018}} It opened in 1995.{{Cite web|url=http://www.plconnect.slq.qld.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0012/388497/SLQ_StatsBulletin1617_20171109.pdf|title=Public Libraries Statistical Bulletin 2016–17|date=November 2017|website=Public Libraries Connect|publisher=State Library of Queensland|page=13|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180130022546/http://www.plconnect.slq.qld.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0012/388497/SLQ_StatsBulletin1617_20171109.pdf|archive-date=30 January 2018|url-status=live|access-date=30 January 2018}}

The Gympie branch of the Queensland Country Women's Association meets at the St Johns Ambulance Rooms at 20 Apollonian Vale.{{Cite web|url=http://www.qcwa.org.au/branch-locations/|title=Branch Locations|publisher=Queensland Country Women's Association|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181226010724/http://www.qcwa.org.au/branch-locations/|access-date=26 December 2018|archive-date=26 December 2018|url-status=dead}}

Gympie Regional Uniting Church is at 15-17 Red Hill Road ({{Coord|-26.1939|152.6727|type:landmark_region:AU-QLD|name=Gympie Regional Uniting Church}}).{{cite web|title=Find a Church|url=https://ucaqld.com.au/find-a-church/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201024234524/https://ucaqld.com.au/find-a-church/|archive-date=24 October 2020|access-date=22 November 2020|website=Uniting Church in Australia, Queensland Synod}}{{Cite web|title=Gympie Uniting Church|url=https://www.churchesaustralia.org/list-of-churches/denominations/presbyterian-church-of--australia/directory/2851-gympie-uniting-church|access-date=2021-10-19|website=Churches Australia|language=en-AU|archive-date=28 October 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211028170524/https://www.churchesaustralia.org/list-of-churches/denominations/presbyterian-church-of--australia/directory/2851-gympie-uniting-church|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|title=Gympie Regional Uniting Church|url=https://www.gruc.org.au/|access-date=2021-10-19|language=en-US|archive-date=28 October 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211028174951/https://www.gruc.org.au/|url-status=live}} It is part of the Mary Burnett Presbytery of the Uniting Church in Australia.{{Cite web|date=March 2019|title=Queensland congregations and faith communities|url=https://ucaqld.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/Congregation-Fellowships-Index-Map.pdf|access-date=19 October 2021|website=Uniting Church in Australia, Queensland Synod|archive-date=20 October 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211020074400/https://ucaqld.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/Congregation-Fellowships-Index-Map.pdf|url-status=live}}

Gympie Wesleyan Methodist Church is at 70 Exhibition Road, Southside ({{Coord|-26.2022|152.6436|type:landmark_region:AU-QLD|name=Gympie Wesleyan Methodist Church}}). It is part of the Wesleyan Methodist Church of Australia.{{Cite web|title=South Queensland|url=https://wesleyan.org.au/south-qld/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210821020136/https://wesleyan.org.au/south-qld/|archive-date=21 August 2021|access-date=2021-08-25|website=Wesleyan Methodist Church Australia|language=en-AU}}

Two lawn bowls clubs are in Gympie:

• Gympie Bowls Club, 16 Bowlers Drive{{Cite web |title=Bowls Clubs |url=https://www.gympie.qld.gov.au/directory-record/78/bowls-clubs?recordID=78 |access-date=2022-08-19 |website=Gympie Regional Council |language=en |archive-date=15 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220315171855/https://www.gympie.qld.gov.au/directory-record/78/bowls-clubs?recordID=78 |url-status=live }}
• The Albert Bowls Club, River Road

Road connection to Gympie is via the Bruce Highway. Rail connects via QR's North Coast railway line, which is served by daily Queensland Rail Citytrain network services to Brisbane and Traveltrain services for long distances. Few public buses operate in Gympie and automobiles are the main mode of transportation.{{Citation needed|date=December 2024}}

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, and the closest international airport is Brisbane Airport.{{Citation needed|date=December 2024}}

Eight councilors are elected to the Gympie Region local government area.{{Cite news |url=http://www.gympietimes.com.au/story/2012/05/14/are-they-ready-for-council/ |title=Ready for council? My oath |author=Carly Morrissey |access-date=20 May 2012 |date=14 May 2012 |work=The Gympie Times |archive-date=5 September 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200905085644/https://www.gympietimes.com.au/news/are-they-ready-for-council/1379323/ |url-status=live }}

The electoral district of Gympie in the state legislature was created in 1873 and includes Tin Can Bay, Rainbow Beach, Cooran, Pomona, and parts of the Mary Valley. In 1893, Andrew Fisher was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Queensland as Labor member for Gympie and went on to become the fifth Prime Minister of Australia. Gympie's seat was eliminated in 1950 but restored in 1960. Since 1960, it has been considered a safe State Liberal-National seat having been won by the Country or National Party every election except for a brief period in the early 2000s.{{Cite news |url=http://www.gympietimes.com.au/story/2012/03/03/latest-on-elections-with-the-times/ |title=Latest on elections with The Times |access-date=21 May 2012 |date=3 March 2012 |work=The Gympie Times |archive-date=5 September 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200905085632/https://www.gympietimes.com.au/news/latest-on-elections-with-the-times/1292338/ |url-status=live }} (It was held from 2002 to 2006 by Elisa Roberts, first as a member of the One Nation party and then as an independent, before returning to the National Party with the election of David Gibson.)

Since 2015, Tony Perrett of the Liberal National Party is the member for Gympie in the Queensland Legislative Assembly.{{cite web|url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/qld-election-2015/guide/gymp/|title=Gympie|work=Queensland Election 2015|publisher=Australian Broadcasting Corporation|last=Green|first=Antony|author-link=Antony Green|access-date=14 July 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180706143735/http://www.abc.net.au/news/qld-election-2015/guide/gymp/|archive-date=6 July 2018|url-status=live}}

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The Queensland government had plans to build a dam on the Mary River at Traveston Crossing, about {{convert|16|km|mi|abbr=on}} south of Gympie, arguing that the geology is sound and that the South East Queensland region needed greater water security due to climate change and population growth.{{Cite news |url=http://www.qt.com.au/story/2008/03/26/apn-plan-promises-no-more-water/ |title=Plan promises no more water woes |author=Josephine Gillespie |access-date=19 December 2010 |date=26 March 2008 |newspaper=The Queensland Times |publisher=APN News & Media |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100622061706/http://www.qt.com.au/story/2008/03/26/apn-plan-promises-no-more-water/ |archive-date=22 June 2010}} The project was scrapped in 2010.

The proposed dam would have flooded about 900 properties. The affected land owners and other shire residents staged rallies protesting the proposed dam. Strong opposition to the dam from the wider and international community based on environmental concerns related to the endangered Mary River cod, Mary River turtle, giant barred frog, Cascade tree frog, and Coxen's fig parrot and the vulnerable Queensland lungfish, tusked frog, honey blue-eye fish, Richmond birdwing butterfly, and Illidge's ant blue butterfly finally shut down the project.

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• The Amity Affliction – metalcore band
• John Francis (Frank) Barnes – politician
• John O'Connell Bligh – Native Police Commandant
• Allan Boase – Australian Army Lieutenant General{{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}}
• Henry Ernest Boote – writer
• Glen Boss – jockey{{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}}
• Archie Bradley – boxer
• Jimmy Downey – football player
• Thomas Dunstan – politician{{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}}
• Hugo William Du Rietz – gold miner, architect
• Iszac Fa'asuamaleaui – NRL Rugby League Player
• Tino Fa'asuamaleaui – NRL Rugby League Player
• Andrew Fisher – Australian Prime Minister
• John Flood – Fenian and newspaperman
• Sir Thomas William Glasgow – Australian Army Major General
• Kaden Groves – professional cyclist
• Darren Hanlon – musician
• Peter Hanlon – sports writer
• Kenneth Hayne – Supreme Court Justice
• Trevor Housley – Postmaster-General
• Angus Finlay Hutton – naturalist
• Thelma Keane – businesswoman
• Lachlan Keeffe – AFL player
• James Kidgell – politician
• Tracey Lewis – Paralympic swimmer
• George Mackay – politician
• Barry McTaggart – rugby player
• Mathew Mellor – politician
• James Nash – prospector
• Francis Isidore Power – politician
• Gregory Charles Rivers – actor
• Marjorie Roche – Red Cross nurse
• Christopher Scott – Paralympic cyclist– cyclist{{cite web|archive-url=https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20000120000000/http://www.ausport.gov.au/olym96/paracycl.html |archive-date=20 January 2000|url=http://www.ausport.gov.au/olym96/paracycl.html|title=Australians at the 1996 Atlanta Paralympics: Cyclists|publisher=Australian Sports Commission|access-date=15 January 2012}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}
• Sir Christopher Sheehy – dairy industry administrator
• Ann Caroline Sherry AO – businesswoman
• Jacob Stumm – newspaper owner
• Harry Sunderland – rugby administrator{{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}}
• Estelle Thompson – crime novelist
• Vivian Tozer – politician
• Harry Frederick Walker – Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly

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• The Gympie Times, a current newspaper
• The Gympie Miner, a former newspaper
• Gympie Cemetery
• Djaki kundu

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{{Wikivoyage|Gympie}}

• [https://web.archive.org/web/20091024154244/http://www.cooloola.org.au/Destinations/Gympie/Gympie.aspx Gympie Cooloola Tourism]
• [http://www.gympie.qld.gov.au/ Gympie Region]
• {{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
• [https://map.chronicle.rip/Gympie_Cemetery Gympie Cemetery deceased records and online map] at Chronicle Cemetery Map

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