Miva, Queensland

Miva
Queensland
Miva; Queensland
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	Miva
Coordinates	25°57′28″S152°29′32″E / 25.9578°S 152.4922°E Coordinates: 25°57′28″S152°29′32″E / 25.9578°S 152.4922°E
Population	57 (2016 census)
• Density
Postcode(s)	4570
Area	68.4 km2 (26.4 sq mi)
Time zone	AEST (UTC+10:00)
Location	208 km (129 mi) N of Brisbane ; 40 km (25 mi) NW of Gympie ; 6 km (4 mi) W of Theebine ;
LGA(s)	Gympie Region ; Fraser Coast Region ;
State electorate(s)	Gympie
Federal division(s)	Wide Bay
	Localities around Miva:

Last updated April 24, 2023

Miva is a locality split between the Gympie Region and the Fraser Coast Region in Queensland, Australia.^[2]^[3] In the 2016 census Miva had a population of 57 people.^[1]

Geography

Miva's eastern boundary is the Mary River. Its western boundary is the Bauple-Woolooga Road. Miva is almost entirely within the Gympie Region apart from a small section in the north-east of the locality which is part of the Fraser Coast Region. The lower parts of the locality near the river and along the valleys (elevation 20–70 metres are used for farming). The hilly land to the west rises to peaks of 100 metres and the hilly land to the south-east rises to a peak of 150 metres; the hilly land is undeveloped bushland.^[4]

The former Kingaroy branch railway passed through Miva from the east to the south-west; Miva was served by the now-abandoned Miva railway station ( 25°57′30″S152°29′30″E / 25.9584°S 152.4917°E / -25.9584; 152.4917 (Miva railway station (former)) .^[5])^[6]

History

The name Miva is taken from the name of a pastoral run belonging to Gideon Scott, a pastoralist in March 1851. It is thought to be an Aboriginal word indicating either stony knob or Moreton Bay chestnut.^[2]^[3]^[7]

Prior to this a punt operated on the river crossing at Miva.^[8]

The Nanango railway line opened in December 1886 as far as Kilkivan.

Miva Provisional School opened about 1888 becoming Miva State School on 1 Jan 1909. In 1922 became a halftime provisional school, sharing its teacher with the Sexton Provisional School, before closing in 1924. It reopened in 1926 as a provisional school, but closed finally about 1934.^[9]

Miva Post Office opened by May 1908 (a receiving office had been open from 1888) and closed in 1976.^[10]

In the 2016 census Miva had a population of 57 people.^[1]

Heritage listings

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

across the Mary River: Dickabram Bridge ^[11]

Community groups

The Miva branch of the Queensland Country Women's Association meets at the QCWA Miva Rooms at 1186 Miva Road.^[12]

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References

1 2 3 Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Miva (SSC)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 20 October 2018.
1 2 "Miva – Gympie Region (entry 47615)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government . Retrieved 2 March 2017.
1 2 "Miva – Fraser Coast Region (entry 46742)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government . Retrieved 2 March 2017.
↑ "Queensland Globe". State of Queensland . Retrieved 2 March 2017.
↑ "Miva – railway station in the Gympie REgion (entry 22398)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government . Retrieved 2 March 2017.
↑ "Railway stations and sidings - Queensland". Queensland Open Data. Queensland Government. 2 October 2020. Archived from the original on 5 October 2020. Retrieved 5 October 2020.
↑ "NOMENCLATURE OF QUEENSLAND.—194". The Courier-Mail . Brisbane: National Library of Australia. 14 May 1936. p. 14. Retrieved 8 July 2013.
↑ "LOCAL AND GENERAL NEWS". Gympie Times And Mary River Mining Gazette . Vol. III, no. 272. Queensland, Australia. 6 July 1870. p. 3. Retrieved 5 November 2022– via National Library of Australia.
↑ Queensland Family History Society (2010), Queensland schools past and present (Version 1.01 ed.), Queensland Family History Society, ISBN 978-1-921171-26-0
↑ Phoenix Auctions History. "Post Office List". Phoenix Auctions. Retrieved 5 March 2021.
↑ "Dickabram Bridge (entry 600836)". Queensland Heritage Register . Queensland Heritage Council. Retrieved 8 July 2013.
↑ "Branch Locations". Queensland Country Women's Association. Archived from the original on 26 December 2018. Retrieved 26 December 2018.