The locality's name is derived from the parish name, allegedly an Aboriginal corruption of the name Domville referring to pastoralist Domville Taylor who was in the area in the 1840s.[2]
Tummaville State School opened on 19 January 1880. It closed in 1962.[3]
Uebergang, Grant (1990). A history of St Paul's Anglican Church, Tummaville [Grasstree] and St Peter's Anglican church, Millmerran [Back Creek], 1891-1991. G.D. Uebergang. ISBN978-0-646-04306-7.