Greenvale, Queensland

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Greenvale
Queensland
Population: 255 [1]
Postcode: 4816
Location:
LGA: Charters Towers Regional Council
State District: Charters Towers
Federal Division: Kennedy

Greenvale is a nickel mining settlement in Queensland, Australia, approximately 220 kilometres (137 mi) northwest of Townsville. Other metal ores are also extracted there. It is located within the Charters Towers Regional Council.

It lies on the banks of the Burdekin River and on the Gregory Developmental Road. A good sealed road also crosses the hills over to Townsville. An ore-carrying railway line ran between Greenvale and QNI in Thuringowa city from 1974 to 1993. Some of the longest trains in Australia were pulled along this. The railway line was removed in mid 2000, but the easement remains, and occasionally people walk from Thuringowa to Greenvale along it, as a form of fundraising. Despite the fact the Mine itself has since concluded operations, more mining operations around the are have since commenced.

Greenvale's population is approximately 150 people, however, when the Nickel Mine was in operation, its population was roughly estimated to be at 3000 people. The 2006 Census Data states the 255 people were living in the Greenvale statistical division of the Dalrymple shire.[1]

There are no real sights at Greenvale, the nearest site of interest would be Undara Volcanic National Park approximately 130 kilometres (81 mi) to the north.

The Three Rivers Hotel, made famous by Slim Dusty in a song by the same name, is located at Greenvale. There is a 9 hole golf course, caravan park and general store/mini supermarket. The hotel serves meals and has a number of self contained units once used by the mine to house staff and contractors.

As of March 2006 the services station has reopened.

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ a b Australian Bureau of Statistics (25 October 2007). Greenvale (Dalrymple Shire) (State Suburb). 2006 Census QuickStats. Retrieved on 2007-08-07.

Coordinates: 18°58′35″S, 145°07′33″E

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