Jimna, Queensland

{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2016}} {{Use Australian English|date=July 2016}} {{GeoGroup}} {{Infobox Australian place | type = town | name = Jimna | city = | state = qld | image = Jimna Single Men's Barracks (former) (2007).jpg | caption = Jimna Single Men's Barracks (former), 2007 | coordinates = {{coord|-26.6609|152.4649|type:city_region:AU-QLD|display=inline,title|name=Jimna (town centre)}} | local_map = yes | zoom = 9 | pop = 70 | pop_year = {{CensusAU|2021}} | pop_footnotes = <ref name=Census2021/> | established = | postcode = 4515 | area = 315.8 | timezone = AEST | utc = +10:00 | dist1 = 39.3  | dir1 = N | location1 = Kilcoy | dist2 = 90.9 | dir2 = N | location2 = Esk | dist3 = 138 | dir3 = N | location3 = Ipswich | dist4 = 143 | dir4 = NW | location4 = Brisbane | lga = Somerset Region | stategov = Nanango | fedgov = Blair | near-n = Lake Borumba | near-ne = Lake Borumba | near-e = Kenilworth | near-se = Conondale | near-s = Mount Kilcoy<br/>Sandy Creek | near-sw = Sheep Station Creek | near-w = Monsildale | near-nw = Kingaham }} '''Jimna''' is a rural town and locality in the Somerset Region, Queensland, Australia.<ref name=qpnt>{{cite QPN|17229|Jimna|town in Somerset Region|access-date=29 December 2020}}</ref><ref name=qpnl>{{cite QPN|44876|Jimna|locality in Somerset Region|access-date=29 December 2020}}</ref> In the {{CensusAU|2021}}, the locality of Jimna had a population of 70 people.<ref name=Census2021/>

== Geography == Jimna is situated on the Jimna Range approximately 1690 feet (515.11 metres) above sea level.<ref name="qhr">{{cite QHR|30230|Jimna Single Men's Barracks (former)|602685|access-date=1 August 2014}}</ref>

Jimna Diggings is a neighbourhood in the east of the locality, an area historically used for gold mining ({{coord|-26.7078|152.5350|type:city_region:AU-QLD|name=Jimna Diggings}}).<ref name=qpn17211>{{cite QPN|17211|Jimna Diggings|locality unbounded in Somerset Regional|access-date=29 December 2020}}</ref><ref name="globe">{{Queensland Globe|access-date=2 January 2021}}</ref>

=== Mountains === Jimna has the following mountains (from north to south):<ref name="globenatural">{{cite web |title=Layers: Locality; Mountains and ranges; Contours; Watercourses |url=https://qldglobe.information.qld.gov.au/ |access-date=13 December 2024 |website=Queensland Globe |publisher=Queensland Government}}</ref> * Summer Mountain ({{coord|-26.6645|152.5650|type:mountain_region:AU-QLD|name=Summer Mountain}}), rising to {{convert|790|m}} above sea level<ref name="MountainPeaksCapes" /><ref>{{cite QPN|32804|Summer Mountain|mountain in Somerset Region|access-date=25 November 2020}}</ref> * Mount Rollman ({{coord|-26.6981|152.5491|type:mountain_region:AU-QLD|name=Mount Rollman}}) {{convert|733|m}}<ref name="MountainPeaksCapes" /><ref>{{cite QPN|28964|Mount Rollman|mountain in Somerset Region|access-date=25 November 2020}}</ref> * Mount Cabinet ({{coord|-26.7128|152.5670|type:mountain_region:AU-QLD|name=Mount Cabinet}}) {{convert|816|m}}<ref name="MountainPeaksCapes" /><ref>{{cite QPN|5639|Mount Cabinet|mountain in Somerset Region|access-date=25 November 2020}}</ref> * Mount Constance ({{coord|-26.7276|152.5613|type:mountain_region:AU-QLD|name=Mount Constance}}) {{convert|777|m}}<ref name="MountainPeaksCapes" /><ref>{{cite QPN|7977|Mount Constance|mountain in Somerset Region|access-date=25 November 2020}}</ref> * Mount Langley ({{coord|-26.7337|152.5852|type:mountain_region:AU-QLD|name=Mount Langley}}) {{convert|868|m}}<ref name="MountainPeaksCapes" /><ref>{{cite QPN|18961|Mount Langley|mountain in Somerset Region|access-date=25 November 2020}}</ref> * Mount Denmark ({{coord|-26.7344|152.5476|type:mountain_region:AU-QLD|name=Mount Denmark}}) {{convert|735|m}}<ref name="MountainPeaksCapes" /><ref>{{cite QPN|9748|Mount Denmark|mountain in Somerset Region|access-date=25 November 2020}}</ref> * Jinker Hill ({{coord|-26.7367|152.4658|type:mountain_region:AU-QLD|name=Jinker Hill}}) {{convert|545|m}}<ref name="MountainPeaksCapes" /><ref>{{cite QPN|17245|Jinker Hill|mountain in Somerset Region|access-date=25 November 2020}}</ref> * Mount Adelaide ({{coord|-26.7370|152.5531|type:mountain_region:AU-QLD|name=Mount Adelaide}}) {{convert|752|m}}<ref name="MountainPeaksCapes" /><ref>{{cite QPN|120|Mount Adelaide|mountain in Somerset Region|access-date=25 November 2020}}</ref> * Mount Lofty ({{coord|-26.7449|152.5573|type:mountain_region:AU-QLD|name=Mount Lofty}}) {{convert|763|m}}<ref name="MountainPeaksCapes" /><ref>{{cite QPN|19880|Mount Lofty|mountain in Somerset Region|access-date=25 November 2020}}</ref> * Grey Bluff ({{coord|-26.7505|152.4729|type:mountain_region:AU-QLD|name=Grey Bluff}}) {{convert|450|m}}<ref name="MountainPeaksCapes">{{Cite web |date=12 November 2020 |title=Mountain peaks and capes - Queensland |url=https://www.data.qld.gov.au/dataset/geographic-features-queensland-series/resource/06ff12a9-862e-4aac-bf9d-693f0a63b4c9 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201125215033/https://www.data.qld.gov.au/dataset/geographic-features-queensland-series/resource/06ff12a9-862e-4aac-bf9d-693f0a63b4c9 |archive-date=25 November 2020 |access-date=25 November 2020 |website=Queensland Open Data |publisher=Queensland Government}}</ref><ref>{{cite QPN|49077|Grey Bluff|mountain in Somerset Region|access-date=25 November 2020}}</ref> * Little Bluff ({{coord|-26.7518|152.4783|type:mountain_region:AU-QLD|name=Little Bluff}}) {{convert|450|m}}<ref name="MountainPeaksCapes" /><ref>{{cite QPN|49078|Little Bluff|mountain in Somerset Region|access-date=25 November 2020}}</ref> * Red Bluff ({{coord|-26.7588|152.4801|type:mountain_region:AU-QLD|name=Red Bluff}}) {{convert|465|m}}<ref name="MountainPeaksCapes" /><ref>{{cite QPN|49079|Red Bluff|mountain in Somerset Region|access-date=25 November 2020}}</ref>

== History == ''Duungidjawu (''also known as ''Wakka Wakka)'' 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''.<ref>{{Cite SLQ-CC-BY|url=https://maps.slq.qld.gov.au/iyil/view/8|title=Duungidjawu|author=|date=|website=Queensland Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander languages map|access-date=23 January 2020}}</ref>''

The name ''Jimna'' is believed to be an Aboriginal word ''djimna'' meaning ''place of leeches''.<ref name=qpnt/><ref name=qpnl/>

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.<ref name = "Post Office">{{Cite web | last = Premier Postal History | title = Post Office List | publisher = Premier Postal Auctions | url = https://www.premierpostal.com/cgi-bin/wsProd.sh/Viewpocdwrapper.p?SortBy=QLD&country= | access-date = 10 May 2014 | archive-date = 15 May 2014 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140515223132/http://www.premierpostal.com/cgi-bin/wsProd.sh/Viewpocdwrapper.p?SortBy=QLD&country= | url-status = live }}</ref>

In 1887, {{Convert|42880|acres||abbr=}} 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.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article1361846|title=Proclamations under the New Land Acts.|date=2 March 1877|newspaper=The Brisbane Courier|access-date=20 February 2020|location=Queensland, Australia|page=3|via=Trove|archive-date=27 August 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200827084837/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/1361846|url-status=live}}</ref>

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. (In about 1941, a separate Monsildale State School was opened but closed about 1961.)<ref name=qs>{{Cite QldSchool|access-date=7 June 2014}}</ref><ref>{{Citation | author1=Queensland Family History Society | title=Queensland schools past and present | publication-date=2010 | publisher=Queensland Family History Society | edition=Version 1.01 | isbn=978-1-921171-26-0 }}</ref><ref>{{cite QSA Agency|5357|Jimna State School|8 June 2014}}</ref><ref name="schoolclosures">{{Cite web |date=20 August 2013 |title=Queensland state school - centre closures |url=https://documents.parliament.qld.gov.au/tp/2013/5413T3241.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220320144902/https://documents.parliament.qld.gov.au/tp/2013/5413T3241.pdf |archive-date=20 March 2022 |access-date=6 April 2022 |website=Queensland Government}}</ref> It was at 21 School Road ({{Coord|-26.6619|152.4623|type:edu_region:AU-QLD|name=Jimna State School (former)}}).<ref>{{Cite web |date=1944 |title=Nanango |url=https://gisservices.information.qld.gov.au/arcgis/rest/directories/historicalscans/topo_scans/topo-map-1mile-military-line-colour-nanango-emergency-ed-1944.jpg |access-date=11 April 2022 |publisher=Queensland Government |type=Map |archive-date=19 January 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210119092501/https://gisservices.information.qld.gov.au/arcgis/rest/directories/historicalscans/topo_scans/topo-map-1mile-military-line-colour-nanango-emergency-ed-1944.jpg |url-status=live }}</ref> The Jimna school site was developed as a camping ground retaining the school buildings and other facilities.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Jimna Base Camp, Jimna Camping |url=https://www.hipcamp.com/en-AU/discover/queensland/jimna-base-camp-jimna |access-date=2022-04-11 |website=Hipcamp |language=en-AU |archive-date=21 June 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220621102833/https://www.hipcamp.com/en-AU/discover/queensland/jimna-base-camp-jimna |url-status=live }}</ref> The school's website was archived.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2007-02-06 |title=Home Page |url=http://www.jimnass.eq.edu.au/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070206001124/http://www.jimnass.eq.edu.au/ |archive-date=2007-02-06 |access-date=2022-04-15 |website=Jimna State School}}</ref> Commercial loggers Hancock and Gore moved their sawmill from Monsildale to what would become Jimna in 1922. The sawmill was burnt down in 1947.<ref name="heritage"/>

The state government established a hoop pine nursery at Jimna in 1935. Jimna hall was opened in 1934.<ref name="heritage">{{Cite book |title=Heritage Trails of the Great South East |last=Environmental Protection Agency (Queensland) |author-link=Environmental Protection Agency (Queensland) |year=2000 |publisher=State of Queensland |isbn=0-7345-1008-X |pages=162–163 }}</ref> When sawmilling contracted in the mid 1970s, the town's population reduced significantly.<ref name="heritage"/>

== Demographics == In the {{CensusAU|2016}}, the locality of Jimna had a population of 91 people.<ref name=Census2016>{{Census 2016 AUS|id=SSC31458|name=Jimna (SSC)|accessdate=20 October 2018|quick=on}}</ref>

In the {{CensusAU|2021}}, the locality of Jimna had a population of 70 people.<ref name=Census2021>{{Census 2021 AUS|id=SAL31443|name=Jimna (SAL)|access-date=28 February 2023|quick=on}}</ref>

== Heritage listings == Jimna has a number of heritage-listed sites, including: * Jimna Fire Tower, Kilcoy-Murgon Road<ref>{{cite QHR|16551|Jimna Fire Tower|601814|access-date=12 July 2013}}</ref> * former Jimna Single Men's Barracks, 4 Tip Road<ref name="qhr" />

== Education == 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 (to Year 12) in Kilcoy to the south, Woodford State School (to Year 10) in Woodford to the south-east, and Mary Valley State College (to Year 10) in Imbil to the north-east.<ref name="globeschools">{{cite web |title=Layers: Locality; Schools and school catchments |url=https://qldglobe.information.qld.gov.au/ |access-date=14 December 2024 |website=Queensland Globe |publisher=Queensland Government}}</ref>

== Amentities == Jimna Cricket Oval also serves as a camping ground and heliport ({{coord|-26.6627|152.4620|type:airport_region:AU-QLD|name=Jimna Cricket Oval}}). It is adjacent to the Jimna Hall and the Jimna Sporting Club.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Group Bookings |url=https://jimnabasecamp.com.au/stay-with-us/group-bookings/ |access-date=2024-12-14 |website=Jimna Base Camp |language=en-US}}</ref><ref name="LandingGrounds">{{Cite web |date=22 October 2020 |title=Heliports and landing grounds - Queensland |url=https://www.data.qld.gov.au/dataset/transport-features-queensland-series/resource/1646c12e-0c31-42d3-a156-9891b01e938a |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201116140611/https://www.data.qld.gov.au/dataset/transport-features-queensland-series/resource/1646c12e-0c31-42d3-a156-9891b01e938a |archive-date=16 November 2020 |access-date=3 November 2020 |website=Queensland Open Data |publisher=Queensland Government}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=OZHCI Jimna Cricket Oval |url=https://www.ozrunways.com/helipads/view/content.jsp?code=OZHCI |access-date=2024-12-14 |website=www.ozrunways.com}}</ref>

== Attractions == Jimna has a number of tourist attractions:

* Eugenia Track Viewing Platform, off Peach Trees Road ({{coord|-26.6380|152.4584|type:landmark_region:AU-QLD|name=Eugenia Track Viewing Platform}})<ref name="TouristPoints">{{Cite web |date=18 November 2020 |title=Tourist points - Queensland |url=https://www.data.qld.gov.au/dataset/built-features-queensland-series/resource/c0b6c26c-6bde-452c-b60a-d77b969b60d2 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201124222328/https://www.data.qld.gov.au/dataset/built-features-queensland-series/resource/c0b6c26c-6bde-452c-b60a-d77b969b60d2 |archive-date=24 November 2020 |access-date=24 November 2020 |website=Queensland Open Data |publisher=Queensland Government}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Things to do {{!}} Jimna State Forest |url=https://parks.desi.qld.gov.au/parks/jimna/things-to-do |access-date=2024-12-14 |website=Parks and forests |publisher=Queensland Government}}</ref> * Yednia Lookout ({{coord|-26.7604|152.4794|type:landmark_region:AU-QLD|name=Yednia Lookout}})<ref name="TouristPoints" /> * Yeilo Lookout ({{coord|-26.7592|152.4799|type:landmark_region:AU-QLD|name=Yeilo Lookout}})<ref name="TouristPoints" />

== References == {{commons category|Jimna, Queensland}} {{Reflist}}

Category:Towns in Queensland Category:Suburbs of Somerset Region Category:Populated places established in 1926 Category:1926 establishments in Australia Category:Localities in Queensland