Jackson

Jackson is a rural town and locality in the Maranoa Region, Queensland, Australia.

Jackson is a rural town and locality in the Maranoa Region, Queensland, Australia. In the 2016 census, Jackson had a population of 57 people.The town's economy was based on the rail industry.

The town is named after John Woodward Wyndham Jackson, who was a sawmiller at Channing (an area now within Jackson South) around 1887 and who later became the police magistrate at Mackay.Jackson Post Office opened by July 1908 (a receiving office had been open from 1887) and closed in 1988.In 2002, local resident Ella Robinson petitioned Bendemere Shire Council to have Jackson State School's play shed, built in 1908, relocated from the former school site (which had laid dormant since the School's closure in 1983) to the centre of town at the old Railway Station site to serve as a bus shelter for passengers travelling on Greyhound Australia and Bus Queensland's long-distance coach services. In 2012, numerous information panels were installed in the old play shed illustrating the town's history and paying tribute to the pioneers who helped establish the rural community.A crowd of 120 attended a ceremony on 10 November 2012 to see then - Federal Member for Maranoa Bruce Scott officially unveil the new panels in what is now known as Jackson's "Tribute to Pioneers". Tourism bodies now mention The Old Play Shed in promotional material as one of the interesting sights to see in Jackson.

At the 2006 census, Jackson had a population of 171.