Miva

Miva is a locality split between the Gympie Region and the Fraser Coast Region in Queensland, Australia.

Miva is a locality split between the Gympie Region and the Fraser Coast Region in Queensland, Australia. > In the 2016 census Miva had a population of 57 people.

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.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.Miva Post Office opened by May 1908 (a receiving office had been open from 1888) and closed in 1976.In the 2016 census Miva had a population of 57 people.