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Local love: Gympie called to back its next legend

Gympie woman Hannah Johnston (second from left) was one of five recipients of the 2025 Queensland Day Local Legends Award. She is pictured here with fellow winners (from left) Adam Ballard, Martin Shaw, and Carina Chesson, with the fifth awardee, Aunty Jenny Springham, absent. (Supplied)
Donna Jones

Last year’s Queensland Day Local Legends recipient and Gympie medical scientist, Hannah Johnston, is urging locals to recognise the people […]

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