Gympie Family History Society Inc

Gympie Family History Society Inc Researching and preserving Family History and our Regional Heritage We are also involved in research and preservation of Gympie's history.

OPEN Wed 9.30-2, Fri 9.30-12 & Sat 1-4

We are a volunteer society involved in research of family history for members and general public, particularly (but not solely) in the Gympie area.

🌳 Annual General Meeting – 12 September 🌳It’s that time again when the GFHS tree shakes its branches, drops a few leaves...
26/08/2026

🌳 Annual General Meeting – 12 September 🌳

It’s that time again when the GFHS tree shakes its branches, drops a few leaves, and grows a brand new committee!

Our AGM is coming up on Saturday 12 September, and as tradition dictates, we’ll elect our next batch of brave souls to steer the ship.

Only financial members can nominate, be nominated, and vote - so if your membership’s looking a bit dusty, now’s the moment to polish it up.

Please submit nominations in writing two weeks before the meeting (we’re old-school like that, and our rules dictate it!). Any positions not filled beforehand will be thrown open on the day for nominations from the floor - so bring your enthusiasm and your best “I volunteer!” face.

Just a reminder though, it’s not just committee members we need to keep doing what we do. All our volunteers make a difference, so even if you only have a small amount of time, or don’t know how to do tasks, we can find something for you to help with, and we can teach you how to do things 😊 So join us now, at the AGM or after; we welcome volunteers and all members!
Come and join us for democracy GFHS style.

🌳🎶 Country Roots and all things Muster!We don't have a Muster Tree on Mary Street this year to share with you, so what a...
25/08/2026

🌳🎶 Country Roots and all things Muster!

We don't have a Muster Tree on Mary Street this year to share with you, so what about you share with us? Do you have any photos or memories of your times at the Gympie Music Muster?

At the heart of the Gympie Muster’s story is the Webb family - pioneers of the region, cattlemen, singers, and musicians. The very first Muster was held on their property, Thornside, near Widgee, celebrating 100 years of their family’s connection to the land and 25 years of Webb Brothers Music.

Photo: William and Hilda Webb at Thornside, with their eight children

📚 DON’T LET YOUR FAMILY HISTORY END UP IN THE BIN!You’ve spent years researching them.You’ve hunted through certificates...
13/08/2026

📚 DON’T LET YOUR FAMILY HISTORY END UP IN THE BIN!

You’ve spent years researching them.

You’ve hunted through certificates, newspapers, cemetery records and passenger lists. You’ve squinted at impossible handwriting, chased people across three states and two countries, and stayed up far too late because you were just going to check one more thing…

So what happens to all that research when you’re no longer the keeper of it?

During Family History Month, it’s a good time to think about the future of your family history - not just the past.

🌳 Donate Your Research

Did you know that you can donate your family history research to the Gympie Family History Society?

Perhaps your children aren't particularly interested in Great-Great-Grandmother Mary and her mysterious disappearance in 1892 during a buggy ride at Widgee Crossing.

That's okay. Someone else may be.
🪾A grandchild might become curious in 30 years.
🪾A distant cousin might start researching the same family.
🪾Someone might walk through our door one day and ask about your surname.

And imagine how wonderful it would be if we could say:
“Yes! We have some research on that family.”

You don't necessarily have to give away your precious originals either. Talk to us about providing copies of your research, family trees, photographs, documents, stories and other material. You can still pass the originals on to your family, while knowing that a copy of your work has been preserved and may help another researcher in the future.
a provision in your will
You can also consider including in your will a provision for your family history collection to be donated to an appropriate family history, genealogical, or historical society.

Because unfortunately, when nobody knows what all those folders, photographs and handwritten notes mean, a lifetime of research can very easily become…
🗑️ “Do we need to keep this stuff?”

YES. YES, YOU DO! 😄

Your family may not be interested today.

But the family historian of tomorrow could be ever so grateful that you thought ahead.
Your research isn't just a collection of names and dates.
It's years of detective work.
It's family stories rediscovered.
It's photographs identified.
It's connections made.
Don't let your family history finish with you.

Preserve it. Share it. Donate it.

🌿 Your research could become someone else's greatest family history discovery.

✨ ✨ ✨ Woohoo! ✨ ✨ ✨ We had a special morning tea this morning when our Gympie Gold Rush Festival friends popped in to ou...
12/08/2026

✨ ✨ ✨ Woohoo! ✨ ✨ ✨

We had a special morning tea this morning when our Gympie Gold Rush Festival friends popped in to our rooms!

We are stoked to be the recipients of the Comp and are very grateful to the Team as well as the awesome sponsors McClintocks Fuel Supplies and Cooloola Trophies & Engraving. Many thanks!

✨ ✨ ✨ Bring on the Gold Rush Festival. ✨ We’re ready. ✨ ✨ ✨


The Gympie Grapevine, Gympie The real treasure is the town, Radio 4GY

10/08/2026

There isn't much time left now before the close of submissions to support the request to have our Gympie Fire Station added to the State Register.

Here is a few different views of the station shared from the National Trust Gympie page.

Make sure you check out our original post for all the details of what and who to email if you want to help. Link is in the comments....



https://www.facebook.com/share/v/1BqDVXhASz/

📋 Dear Future Ancestors... That's Us! 🌳Have you ever wished your great-great-grandparents had left just a little more in...
07/08/2026

📋 Dear Future Ancestors... That's Us! 🌳

Have you ever wished your great-great-grandparents had left just a little more information behind?

Perhaps you've spent hours wondering:
"Who was living in the house?"
"How many children were there?"
"What did Great-Grandad actually do for a living?"
Well... here's your chance to make life a whole lot easier for your own descendants.

Next Tuesday (11 August) is Census Night.

When you complete your Census, you'll be asked whether you'd like your completed Census form to be kept securely for 100 years before being released for historical and family history research.

Please... tick the box! ✅

One little tick today could become one of the greatest gifts you ever leave your great-grandchildren.

Imagine a family historian in 2126 sitting at a computer saying:
"Oh wow... here's the 2026 Census! There's Great-Grandma Karen! Look who's living in the house... look at everyone's occupations... and there's even the family dog trying to photobomb the Census!" 🐕😂 (Okay... maybe not the dog. But you get the idea.)

As family historians, we know just how precious Census records are. They're far more than names on a page - they're a snapshot of everyday life. They tell us who was home that night, where people lived, what work they did, how families were made up, and they help bring ordinary people back into history.

Today we're researching our ancestors...
Tomorrow, we'll be the ancestors.

Let's leave something wonderful behind for the family historians of the future.
So from all of us at the Gympie Family History Society...

✔️Tick the Box, People! ✔️

Your descendants will thank you... eventually. 😄

🌳 It's Family History Month... and somehow August is already flying by!We've been so busy helping people research their ...
07/08/2026

🌳 It's Family History Month... and somehow August is already flying by!

We've been so busy helping people research their families that we've just popped our heads up and realised we're already a week into Australia's favourite month for family historians!

A little while ago, we invited members of our community to be part of a special project called My Ancestor, My Story. We asked people to nominate one of their Gympie ancestors and share whatever they had - a photograph tucked away in an album, an old document, a treasured family story, or simply a name that deserved to be remembered.

The response was wonderful.

Together with the families, we've researched some of these local ancestors using the resources of the Gympie Family History Society and the Gympie Library. We've uncovered fascinating stories, made a few exciting discoveries, and learnt a little more about the people who helped build the Gympie Region we know today.

Now it's time to share those stories with you.
📅 Friday 28 August
🕐 1:00 pm
📍 Gympie Library

Come along, enjoy a cuppa and a light afternoon tea, meet some of our friendly GFHS volunteers, and spend an hour discovering the lives of some of Gympie's pioneers and early families.

Whether you're passionate about family history, love local history, or simply enjoy hearing a good story, we'd love to welcome you.
If you're a Library member, you can book online here:
https://gympie.events.mylibrary.digital/event?id=238023
Or give the friendly Library team a call on 07 54810859

If you have any trouble booking, please send us a message. We'd genuinely love to see you there, have a chat, share a cuppa, and celebrate the stories that connect us all.

Because every family has a story.....and every story helps preserve the history of our region. ❤️

🧱 Protecting Gympie’s Fire Station Building 🔥Our much-loved Gympie Fire Station is currently being considered for inclus...
06/08/2026

🧱 Protecting Gympie’s Fire Station Building 🔥

Our much-loved Gympie Fire Station is currently being considered for inclusion on the Queensland Heritage Register - and we’d love your help to make sure this beauty is protected for generations to come.

Gympie local and GFHS member Jack Carr has submitted an application recognising the building’s cultural and architectural importance to Gympie and Queensland’s history.

If successful, the listing will give the station extra protection against demolition or unsympathetic development - a win for heritage lovers everywhere!

🖋️ How you can help: It’s super easy - just send a short email before ** 17 August 2026 **. You don’t need to be a heritage expert; simply share your thoughts on why the Fire Station deserves its place on the Register.

📧 Email to: [email protected]
Subject: Heritage Submission – Gympie Fire Station – HRN 650289

We’ve popped all the links and details in the attached guide below, including a handy template email if you’re not sure what to write.

You can just add your details and send it off, so your name is included in this very worthwhile submission.

Let’s not let this one slip through the cracks - send your email today, then sit back with a cuppa and enjoy your family history research knowing you’ve helped protect a piece of Gympie’s story.

For questions or help, contact Jack Carr on 0447 004 150.

17/07/2026

✨ Gold Rush is getting closer, and we’re excited to be part of the fun.✨

We’ve been polishing our nuggets this week… and by nuggets, we mean ourselves.

The Gympie Gold Rush Festival is getting closer, and the GFHS crew is officially feeling Regionally Rich and Locally Loved - possibly even locally glamorous if you squint at us in the right light.

To join in the community launch for the social media activation weekend, we decided to go full gold. Our people turned into statues, our building started glowing like it swallowed a treasure chest, and our rooms are now emitting enough golden light to make James Nash himself say, “Alright, that’s impressive.”

It’s all part of the fun as we count down to October. Gold Rush is returning for the first time since 2019, and we’re more than ready to celebrate the discovery that built our town, saved Queensland, and gave us all an excuse to wear shiny things on Facebook.

So here’s our slideshow of golden goodness - because in Gympie, the treasure isn’t just underground… It’s standing right here, laughing, volunteering, researching, and occasionally holding a map upside down.

✨ ✨ ✨ Bring on the festival. ✨ We’re ready. ✨ ✨ ✨


The Gympie Grapevine, Gympie The real treasure is the town, Radio 4GY

😊 What a Wonderful Day at the Pavilion Community Expo!A huge thank you to everyone who stopped by the Gympie Family Hist...
17/07/2026

😊 What a Wonderful Day at the Pavilion Community Expo!

A huge thank you to everyone who stopped by the Gympie Family History Society table today.

We made some new friends, caught up with familiar faces, shared plenty of laughs, and heard some fascinating stories about local families and the rich history of our region. Days like these remind us that family history is really all about people and the stories they carry with them.

While it wasn't quite as busy as last year, that's perfectly okay. Sometimes it's not about the number of conversations you have - it's about the quality of them. We genuinely enjoyed every chat, every question, every memory shared, and every connection made.
If you visited us today, we'd love to see you again.

Come along to our rooms on a Wednesday, Friday or Saturday. Join us for morning tea and bring along your family stories, old photographs, or even those genealogy "brick walls" that have been frustrating you for years. You never know - between our volunteers, our resources, and a few fresh pairs of eyes, we might just help uncover the next piece of your family's story.

Thank you to everyone who made today such an enjoyable event, and to the organisers and fellow community groups who helped make the Expo another wonderful opportunity to celebrate the many ways people can connect with our community.

We look forward to welcoming many of you again soon. ❤️

Address

Old Ticket Office, 1 Chapple Street
Gympie, QLD
4570

Opening Hours

Wednesday 9:30am - 2pm
Friday 9:30am - 12pm
Saturday 1pm - 4pm

Telephone

+61754828211

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