Domville's name is from Thomas John Domville Taylor (c.1817-1889), whose sketch of Mount Domville is held by the National Library of Australia.[7] He was also the artist of a rare sketch showing an historic event, the 1843 Battle of One Tree Hill.[8][9]
Millmerran was known as Domville for five years between 1 June 1889 and 16 November 1894.[10]
Domville Provisional School opened on 25 January 1897. It closed and then reopened in 1903 and again in 1905 and closed finally in June 1907.[11]
A second Domville Provisional School opened on 14 May 1923 at a different location to the first school. It became Domville State School in 1930. It closed in 1954.[11]
Demographics
In the 2016 census, Domville had "no people or a very low population".[12]
In the 2021 census, Domville had "no people or a very low population".[1]
Education
There are no schools in Domville. The nearest government primary and secondary school (to Year 10) is Millmerran State School in neighbouring Millmerran to the north. The nearest government secondary school to Year 12 is Pittsworth State High School in Pittsworth to the north-west.[4]
^"Mount Domville". Google Maps. Archived from the original on 2 September 2023. Retrieved 5 August 2020.
^Frew, Joan (1981). Queensland Post Offices 1842-1980 and Receiving Offices 1869-1927. Fortitude Valley, Queensland: Joan Frew. p. 346. ISBN0-9593973-0-2.
