gympie

/ (ˈɡɪmpɪ) /

a tall tree with stinging hairs on its leaves

a hammer

Word Origin for gympie

C19: from a native Australian language

He was a hardworking miner in a gold claim at Gympie, one of the most permanent reefing fields in Queensland.

Two Years Among the Savages of New Guinea. |W. D. Pitcairn
We mean comparatively so, as those at Gympie are also of great promise.

Under the Southern Cross |Maturin M. Ballou
Gympie, a gold-mining town a hundred miles north, has about the same number of inhabitants.

Under the Southern Cross |Maturin M. Ballou
He is a lucky digger from Gympie, and came aboard at Brisbane, and has kept the ship in an uproar ever since.

Tom Gerrard |Louis Becke

Well, about a month after we took him to Gympie, backed him heavily, and he ran nearly last.

The Second String |Nat Gould