Miva is a rural

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split between the

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and the

Fraser Coast Region The Fraser Coast Region is a local government area in the Wide Bay–Burnett region of Queensland, Australia, about north of Brisbane, the state capital. It is centred on the twin cities of Hervey Bay and Maryborough and also contains K'gari. ...

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, Australia. In the , the locality of Miva had a population of 55 people.

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. 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 (.

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 ''

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''. In 1870, a punt began to operate a river crossing service at Miva. The

Nanango railway line The Nanango railway line was a narrow-gauge branch railway located in Queensland, Australia. On 31 October 1882, parliament approved the construction of a branch line from Theebine (then called Kilkivan Junction) west to Kilkivan after gol ...

opened in December 1886 as far as Kilkivan. Munna Creek Cemetery (also known as Miva Cemetery) opened circa 1905-6 on a site. Miva Provisional School opened about 1888, becoming Miva State School on 1 January 1909. In March 1922, it became a half-time provisional school, sharing its teacher with the Sexton State School, who taught at each school in alternating weeks. The two schools were closed in September 1924. It reopened in 1926 as a provisional school, but closed finally about 1934. It was on Munna Miva Road beside the Mary River (). Dickabram Cemetery opened in 1909 on a site. Miva Post Office opened by May 1908 (a

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had been open from 1888) and closed in 1976.

Demographics

In the , the locality of Miva had a population of 57 people. In the , the locality of Miva had a population of 55 people.

Heritage listings

Miva has a number of

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sites, including: *

Dickabram Bridge Dickabram Bridge is a heritage-listed road-and-rail bridge over the Mary River between Miva and Theebine, both in the Gympie Region, Queensland, Australia. It was the major bridge on the Kingaroy railway line. It was designed by Henry C ...

, across the Mary River ()

Education

There are no schools in Miva. The nearest government primary schools are Theebine State School in neighbouring

Theebine Theebine is a rural town and locality split between the Gympie Region and the Fraser Coast Region, both in Queensland, Australia. In the , the locality of Theebine had a population of 145 people. Geography The town is located north of the ...

to the east, Gundiah State School in Gundiah to the north-east, and Woolooga State School in neighbouring Woolooga to the south-west. The nearest government secondary schools are Kilkivan State School (to Year 10) in Kilkivan to the south-west and

James Nash State High School James Nash State High School is a coeducational public secondary school in Gympie, Queensland, established in 1977 and named after gold discoverer James Nash. The school serves over 1,200 students and maintains a focus on academic and extracurri ...

(to Year 12) in

Gympie Gympie ( ) is a city and a Suburbs and localities (Australia), locality in the Gympie Region, Queensland, Australia. Located in the Greater Sunshine Coast, Gympie is about north of the state capital, Brisbane. The city lies on the Mary River ( ...

to the south-east. There are also non-government schools in Gympie and its suburbs.

Amenities

The Miva branch of the

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meets at the QCWA Miva Rooms at 1186 Miva Road.

Facilities

Dickabram Cemetery is at 1242 Miva Road (). It is operated by the Dickabram Cemetery Trust and provides options including monumental and lawn graves, the interment of ashes and a columbarium wall. Despite its name, Munna Creek Cemetery is 1437 Bauple Woolooga Road in Miva (). It is operated by the

Fraser Coast Regional Council The Fraser Coast Region is a local government area in the Wide Bay–Burnett region of Queensland, Australia, about north of Brisbane, the state capital. It is centred on the twin cities of Hervey Bay and Maryborough and also contains K'gari. ...

and provides options for monumental graves and a columbarium wall in a quiet bushland setting.