Minerva Provisional School opened on 8 November 1904 with Miss Elsie Hyde the first teacher. By June 1905, there were 31 students enrolled. On 1 January 1909, it became Minerva State School. It closed on 31 December 1928 due to low student numbers and no suitable accommodation for the teacher. In 1933, the school building was rented out and then in 1938 sold by auction for £39 and then relocated to Emerald. It was on a site that was formerly part of the Minerva Creek company reserve. The
Springsure branch railway line opened on 15 August 1887, with the locality being served by two railway stations: • Wurba Junction railway station () • Minerva railway station () On 17 April 2020, the
Queensland Government re-drew the boundaries of
localities within the Central Highlands Region by replacing the locality of
The Gemfields with three new localities of
Rubyvale,
Sapphire Central and
Anakie Siding (around the towns of Rubyvale,
Sapphire, and
Anakie respectively). This included adjusting the boundaries of other existing localities in the Region to accommodate these changes; Minerva gained a small area from the north-eastern edge of
Lochington, reducing the area of the locality from . As a consequence of these changes, the boundary between Lochington and Minerva/
Gindie more closely follows the course of the
Nogoa River. == Demographics ==