About Gympie, Queensland
The city of Gympie
is located in south eastern Queensland,
Australia, and is approximately 170
kilometers north of the state capital,
Brisbane.
It lies on the Mary River. Gympie
is the administrative centre for the
Cooloola Shire. Shire population was
33,000 at the 2001 Census.
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Originally settled for grazing purposes,
the area became prominent when gold
was discovered there in 1867 by James
Nash. 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 areas fortunes,
along with agriculture (dairy predominantly),
timber and tourism.
Its name is derived
from an Aboriginal name for a tree
(The Gympie-gympie tree ).
The tree has large, round leaves that
have similar properties to stinging
nettles.
The Gympie-gympie
tree
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