The Dawn is a rural residential locality in the Gympie Region, Queensland, Australia. In the  The Dawn had a population of 545 people.

Geography
The Dawn is  south of Gympie's central business district on the south-western bank of the Mary River, which forms its eastern boundary. Mary Valley Road (State Route 51) forms part of the western boundary.

The Mary Valley Branch Railway passes through from north-east to south, where the line forms part of the south-eastern boundary. The former Dawn railway station served the locality (). 

The Dawn is a mostly rural-residential area dependent upon Jones Hill and Southside for facilities. The eastern part of the locality is used for grazing on native vegetation.

There are two hills in the locality:

 Dawn Hill ()
 James Hill ()

History
At the  The Dawn had a population of 683 people.

In the  The Dawn had a population of 545 people.

Education 
There are no schools in The Dawn. The nearest government primary school is Jones Hill State School in neighbouring Jones Hill to the north-west. The nearest government secondary school is Gympie State High School in Gympie to the north.

References

Gympie Region
Localities in Queensland