Jimna, Queensland

Jimna
Queensland
Jimna
Coordinates 26°39′39″S 152°27′53″E / 26.66083°S 152.46472°ECoordinates: 26°39′39″S 152°27′53″E / 26.66083°S 152.46472°E
Postcode(s) 4515
Location
LGA(s) Somerset Region
State electorate(s) Nanango
Federal Division(s) Blair
Suburbs around Jimna:
Kingaham Lake Borumba Lake Borumba
Monsildale Jimna Kenilworth
Sheep Station Creek Sandy Creek Conondale

Jimna is a small town and rural locality in the Somerset Region, Queensland, Australia.[1][2]

History

The name Jimna is believed to be an Aboriginal word djimna meaning place of leeches.[1][2]

The first Jimna Post Office opened on 1 July 1868 and closed in 1879. A receiving office was open from 1891 to 1909, and from 1925 until the second Jimna Post Office opened on 1 July 1927. This closed in 1981.[3]

Monsildale Provisional School opened on 2 June 1913. In 1923, the school was moved and renamed Foxlowe Provisional School. On 25 June 1926 it was renamed Jimna Provisional School. On 1 October 1934, it was upgraded to a State School. It was mothballed at the end of 2006 and closed on 31 December 2009. (In about 1941, a separate Monsildale State School was opened but closed about 1961.)[4][5][6]

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.[7]

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[7] When sawmilling contracted in the mid 1970s the town's population reduced significantly.[7]

Heritage listings

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

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Jimna (town) (entry 17229)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 7 June 2014.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Jimna (locality) (entry 44876)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 7 June 2014.
  3. ↑ Premier Postal History. "Post Office List". Premier Postal Auctions. Retrieved 10 May 2014.
  4. ↑ "Opening and closing dates of Queensland Schools". Queensland Government. Retrieved 7 June 2014.
  5. ↑ Queensland Family History Society (2010), Queensland schools past and present (Version 1.01 ed.), Queensland Family History Society, ISBN 978-1-921171-26-0
  6. ↑ "Agency ID5357, Jimna State School". Queensland State Archives. Retrieved 8 June 2014.
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 Environmental Protection Agency (Queensland) (2000). Heritage Trails of the Great South East. State of Queensland. pp. 162–163. ISBN 0-7345-1008-X.
  8. ↑ "Jimna Fire Tower (entry 16551)". Queensland Heritage Register. Queensland Heritage Council. Retrieved 2013-07-12.
  9. ↑ "Jimna Single Men's Barracks (former) (entry 30230)". Queensland Heritage Register. Queensland Heritage Council. Retrieved 2013-07-12.