Following the discovery of alluvial gold in 1854 at Cashens Point to the south, the first signs of settlement began appearing on what was then known as Jamieson Flat.

Jamieson is said to be named after George Jamieson, a shepherd in the area in the 1850s. It was not really a gold mining town, rather a supply town.

From  Jamieson, supplies would be packed by horse and mule along the narrow winding tracks to the diggers on the Upper Goulburn goldmines.

By 1866, according to Butler’s Woods Point & Gippsland General Directory, there were 12 carriers, 5 mine offices, 22 stores, 8 hotels, 2 breweries, 3 restaurants, the Theatre Royale, a police station and lockup, a courthouse, a Post and Telegraph Office, the Union Bank, 3 schools, 2 churches, a Masonic hall, 3 doctors, a chemist and a Registrar of Births, Deaths and Marriages.

The Jamieson Chronicle was being printed by Alfred Goulding with help from his young assistant, Tom still.

Local tradesmen at this time were 4 blacksmiths, 2 saddlers, 2 bricklayers, 4 carpenters/builders, a tinsmith, a bootmaker, a wood splitter, a tailor, a sawyer, a cabinet maker, a cooper, a confectioner and a stonemason.

By 1900, the mining boom was over after nearly 50 years. Then came WWI, the depression of the 1930s and WWII.  By the 1950s, Jamieson had settled into a slower agricultural life-style. Jamieson became part of the Mansfield Shire in 1919 and today, with a permanent population of about 100 people, it has become a popular tourist destination.