Andrew Fisher's Cottage was erected c. 1870 and is a simple timber structure, representative of many other miner's house in the district.
Originally located in Maori Lane at Red Hill, Gympie, it was relocated to is current site in 1972.

The house was owned by the family of Andrew Fisher's wife, Margaret Irvine, and Andrew and Margaret Fisher are thought to have resided in the house for a short period after their marriage in 1901.
Fisher met Margaret whilst residing at her family home in Crown Street, Gympie.

Andrew Fisher was the first Queenslander to become Prime Minister of Australia.
Having worked in mines in his birthplace of Ayrshire, Scotland since the age of ten, he arrived in Queensland in 1885.
He was previously involved in miner's unions in Scotland where he was blacklisted for his association with the 1881 miners strikes.
He continued his association with unions and the Labour movement in Queensland, becoming secretary and then president of the Gympie Branch of the Amalgamated Miner's Association.
His foray into politics began with his election to the Queensland Legislative Assembly in 1893, followed by his election to the Australian House of Representatives in the first parliament of the Federation of Australia.
He was appointed as Prime Minister after Alfred Deakin's resignation in 1908.
He was re-elected in 1910 and it was during this term that he passed many influential bills and established the Commonwealth Bank.

By the time Fisher arrived in Gympie in the late 1880s, it was a well established town.
Gold had been discovered in the area by James Nash in 1867, providing the impetus for a rush of prospectors to the area.
By 1869, Gympie had a population of many thousands and had been established so rapidly that by the time the official surveyors arrived in 1868, a substantial amount of the town had already been laid out.
Andrew Fisher's Cottage was erected c. 1870 and is a simple timber structure, representative of many other miner's house in the district. Originally located in Maori Lane at Red Hill, Gympie, it was relocated to is current site in 1972.
The house was owned by the family of Andrew Fisher's wife, Margaret Irvine, and Andrew and Margaret Fisher are thought to have resided in the house for a short period after their marriage in 1901. Fisher met Margaret whilst residing at her family home in Crown Street, Gympie.
Andrew Fisher was the first Queenslander to become Prime Minister of Australia. Having worked in mines in his birthplace of Ayrshire, Scotland since the age of ten, he arrived in Queensland in 1885. He was previously involved in miner's unions in Scotland where he was blacklisted for his association with the 1881 miners strikes. He continued his association with unions and the Labour movement in Queensland, becoming secretary and then president of the Gympie Branch of the Amalgamated Miner's Association. His foray into politics began with his election to the Queensland Legislative Assembly in 1893, followed by his election to the Australian House of Representatives in the first parliament of the Federation of Australia. He was appointed as Prime Minister after Alfred Deakin's resignation in 1908. He was re-elected in 1910 and it was during this term that he passed many influential bills and established the Commonwealth Bank.
By the time Fisher arrived in Gympie in the late 1880s, it was a well established town. Gold had been discovered in the area by James Nash in 1867, providing the impetus for a rush of prospectors to the area. By 1869, Gympie had a population of many thousands and had been established so rapidly that by the time the official surveyors arrived in 1868, a substantial amount of the town had already been laid out.
Andrew Fisher's Cottage