Jimna, Queensland


Jimna is a rural town and locality in the Somerset Region, Queensland, Australia. In the, the locality of Jimna had a population of 70 people.

Geography

Jimna is situated on the Jimna Range approximately 1690 feet above sea level.
Jimna Diggings is a neighbourhood in the east of the locality, an area historically used for gold mining.

Mountains

Jimna has the following mountains :
  • Summer Mountain, rising to above sea level
  • Mount Rollman
  • Mount Cabinet
  • Mount Constance
  • Mount Langley
  • Mount Denmark
  • Jinker Hill
  • Mount Adelaide
  • Mount Lofty
  • Grey Bluff
  • Little Bluff
  • Red Bluff

    History

Duungidjawu is an Australian Aboriginal language spoken on Duungidjawu country. The Duungidjawu language region includes the landscape within the local government boundaries of Somerset Region, particularly the towns of Kilcoy and Moore.
The name Jimna is believed to be an Aboriginal word djimna meaning place of leeches.
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.
In 1887, of land were resumed from the Yabba pastoral run for the establishment of small farms. The land was offered for selection on 17 April 1887.
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 became Jimna State School. It was mothballed on 31 December 2006 and closed on 31 December 2009. It was at 21 School Road. The Jimna school site was developed as a camping ground retaining the school buildings and other facilities. The school's website was archived.
Commercial loggers Hancock and Gore moved their sawmill from Monsildale to what would become Jimna in 1922. The sawmill was burnt down in 1947.
The state government established a hoop pine nursery at Jimna in 1935. Jimna hall was opened in 1934. When sawmilling contracted in the mid 1970s, the town's population reduced significantly.

Demographics

In the, the locality of Jimna had a population of 91 people.
In the, the locality of Jimna had a population of 70 people.

Heritage listings

Jimna has a number of heritage-listed sites, including:
There are no schools in Jimna. The nearest government primary schools are Kenilworth State Community College in Kenilworth to the east, Woodford State School in Woodford to the south-east, Mount Kilcoy State School in neighbouring Mount Kilcoy to the south, and Kilcoy State School in Kilcoy to the south. The nearest government secondary schools are Kilcoy State High School in Kilcoy to the south, Woodford State School in Woodford to the south-east, and Mary Valley State College in Imbil to the north-east.

Amentities

Jimna Cricket Oval also serves as a camping ground and heliport. It is adjacent to the Jimna Hall and the Jimna Sporting Club.

Attractions

Jimna has a number of tourist attractions:
  • Eugenia Track Viewing Platform, off Peach Trees Road
  • Yednia Lookout
  • Yeilo Lookout