Jimna, Queensland

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Country Australia Australia
State Queensland

Jimna is a small rural town in the Somerset Region, Queensland, Australia.[1]

History

The name Jimna is believed to be an Aboriginal word djimna meaning place of leeches.[1]

Commercial loggers Hancock and Gore moved their sawmill from Monsildale to what would become Jimna in 1922. The sawmill was burnt down by fire in 1947.[2]

Jimna was named in 1926.[2] The state government established a hoop pine nursery at Jimna in 1935. Jimna hall was opened in 1934 and the school, still in use today, was opened the same year.[2]

When sawmilling contracted in the mid 1970s the town's population reduced significantly.[2]

Heritage listings

Jimna has a number of heritage-listed sites, including:

  • Murgon-Kilcoy Road: Jimna Fire Tower[3]
  • 4 Tip Road: Jimna Single Men's Barracks (former)[4]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Jimna". Place name details. Queensland Government. Retrieved 12 July 2013. 
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Environmental Protection Agency (Queensland) (2000). Heritage Trails of the Great South East. State of Queensland. pp. 162–163. ISBN 0-7345-1008-X. 
  3. ↑ "Jimna Fire Tower (entry 16551)". Queensland Heritage Register. Queensland Heritage Council. Retrieved 2013-07-12. 
  4. ↑ "Jimna Single Men's Barracks (former) (entry 30230)". Queensland Heritage Register. Queensland Heritage Council. Retrieved 2013-07-12. 


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