Albert Park
Gympie, Queensland, Australia
Albert Park, Gympie, Australia — opened This site's own directory records a 1928 opening year; other general references (Austadiums, a Centenary of Rugby League monument) instead point to 1935 as when the ground became Gympie district's premier rugby league venue, 18 rugby league games hosted, home of Gympie-based rugby league generally, not a single confirmed club tenant.
Sourcing caveat: The ground's opening year is disputed between sources (1928 per this site's own directory, 1935 per other general references) and not resolved here.
Ground facts
| Opened | This site's own directory records a 1928 opening year; other general references (Austadiums, a Centenary of Rugby League monument) instead point to 1935 as when the ground became Gympie district's premier rugby league venue (Rugby league itself arrived in Gympie in 1910, at a different, earlier venue (Normanby Hill Grounds); Gympie's local rugby league body formed in 1911.) |
| Home club | Gympie-based rugby league generally, not a single confirmed club tenant |
| Games hosted (rugby league, on record) | 18 |
| Top recorded crowd | 6,000 |
| Capacity | 5,000 total (around 700 seated), including a historic wooden grandstand |
| Test matches hosted | 3 |
| Years used | 1932–2026 |
| Location | Gympie, Queensland |
Name history
- Albert Park — no renaming found
Rugby league history
A flood-prone Wide Bay region ground (affected by major flooding in 2014 and 2022) that nonetheless hosted five touring international rugby league sides across three decades, plus a Queensland v West Indies international cricket match in Dec 1960. A council master-plan redevelopment has been flagged but not dated in sources found.
Also cricket and athletics.
Historic Test matches, Cup & Grand Finals hosted
- 1950 — a Great Britain touring-side match
- 1955 — a France touring-side match
- 1963, 1967, 1978 — New Zealand touring-side matches
Pre-dates the site's structured match-by-match records for these competitions, so listed here as sourced facts rather than linked match pages.
Sources
Data last verified: 11 August 2026.
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