Attractions in Gympie
Gympie Gold Mining and Historical Museum
The Gold and Mining Museum, complete with Andrew Fisher’s House, is set in 5 ha and includes 18 buildings including the home of Andrew Fisher, a local resident who became Australia’s second Prime Minister and the first one to come from Queensland.
It is an excellent folk museum which includes an old Gaol House, a school, railway buildings, a church and a slab hut all acquired in the local area. From the road, it stands out because of its huge reproduction of a mine head frame and gantry.
One of the museum’s highlights is the Retort House of the Scottish Gympie Gold Mines which, remarkably, is the only mining building still standing in Gympie. It is listed by the National Trust. Some of the goldmining equipment is fired up on ‘steaming days’.
Andrew Fisher’s House will be of particular interest to those curious about Australian political history. Fisher was Australia’s first Labor Minister for Trade and Customs. He later became the first Prime Minister to come from Queensland.
He was Prime Minister three times in the years leading up to World War I and is credited with the famous declaration of Australia defending the British Empire to her “last man and last shilling”. A quaint expression of British Empire loyalty.
Address: 215 Brisbane Rd, Gympie, QLD
Phone: (07) 5482 3995
Lake Alford Park and The Statue to the Gold Diggers
Lying just below the Gold Mining and Historical Museum, Lake Alford Park is a delightful park for a picnic, for bird watching (expect to see finches, honeyeaters, cockatoos, parrots, ducks and swans) and for reminding everyone of the town’s importance to the state.
The Statue to the Gold Diggers is a large monument recalling the vital role gold played in the evolution of the town and its importance to Queensland. It was designed and sculptured by Herman Husman and installed in 1976.
The statue is set on a tripod which “characterises the underground gold mining”.
Where: Near the Gold Mining and Historical Museum, Gympie
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Gympie Gold Mining and Historical Museum, Brisbane Road, Gympie QLD, Australia
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