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Gympie Ambulance Station (former)

17 Crown Road, Gympie

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Gympie Ambulance station east elevation 2009 ; Heritage Branch

Gympie Ambulance station east elevation 2009

Gympie Ambulance station (1914) and residence (1921) 2009; Heritage Branch

Gympie Ambulance station (1914) and residence (1921) 2009

Gympie Ambulance 1924 shed, 2009 ; Heritage Branch

Gympie Ambulance 1924 shed, 2009

Gympie Ambulance Centre at Crown Road Gympie ca. 1926 ; Heritage Branch Staff

Gympie Ambulance Centre at Crown Road Gympie ca. 1926

The location of this former Ambulance Station on a hill in a suburban street might initially seem like a strange site. In fact, when it was built in 1904, it was located close to some of Gympie’s largest mine head-works; equidistant from the CBD, One Mile and Monkland mining areas. In 1904, 1723 miners were employed here. The ambulance service provided medical aid for an array of mining injuries, resulting from defective explosives, rock falls and machinery accidents, and treated 655 patients in its first year, after opening in May 1904. An ad hoc ambulance service had operated since 1898; first from a Mary Street hotel, and later from the fire station. The new purpose-built station included an adjacent superintendent’s house. Their wives were expected to handle emergency calls. A horse and sulky were used from mid-1912. Then a sulky ‘garage’ and a horse stable were erected behind the station. This site has had ongoing additions, including a new officer’s house in 1921, extensions to the front of the station to house cars in 1922, and a maintenance shed in 1924. The 1904 Gympie Ambulance Station served the community until 1959, is now a private home and not publically accessible.

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Coordinates: -26.19496461, 152.67142918

Full details of this heritage-registered place are in the Heritage register.

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Last reviewed
1 July 2022
Last updated
28 February 2023