The Dawn is a suburb of South Eastern, Queensland and is about 141 kms north-northwest of QLD's capital city of Brisbane. The Dawn is a sparsely inhabited, mostly rural-residential area dependent upon Jones Hill and Southside for facilities.. The median age for people living in The Dawn was 38. The Dawn is a suburb of Gympie, Queensland, Australia 8 kilometres (5 mi) south of Gympie's central business district on the south-western bank of the Mary River. In the 2011 Australian census the population of The Dawn was 394 when there were 185 Females and 209 Males living there