- Greenvale, Queensland
Infobox Australian Place | type = town
name = Greenvale
state = qld
caption =
lga =Charters Towers Regional Council
postcode = 4816
est =
pop = 255
pop_footnotes=
elevation=
maxtemp =
mintemp =
rainfall =
stategov = Charters Towers
fedgov = Kennedy
dist1 = 1519
dir1 = NW
location1=Brisbane
dist2 = 252
dir2 = WNW
location2= Townsville
dist3 = 161
dir3 = WSW
location3= InghamGreenvale is a
nickel mining settlement inQueensland ,Australia , approximately convert|220|km|mi|0|lk=on northwest of Townsville. Other metal ores are also extracted there. It is located within theCharters Towers Regional Council .It lies on the banks of the
Burdekin River and on the Gregory Developmental Road. A good sealed road crosses the hills over toTownsville . An ore-carryingrailway line ran between Greenvale and Queensland Nickel Industries (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 theeasement remains, and occasionally people walk from Thuringowa to Greenvale along it, as a form of fundraising.Despite the fact that the mine itself has since concluded operations, more mining operations around the area have since commenced.Greenvale's population is approximately 150; however, when the nickel mine was in operation, its population was roughly estimated to be 3,000. The 2006 Census Data states that 255 people were living in the Greenvale statistical division of the Dalrymple shire.Census 2006 AUS | id = SSC36169
name=Greenvale (Dalrymple Shire) (State Suburb)
quick = on
accessdate=2007-08-07]There are no real sights at Greenvale; the nearest site of interest would be
Undara Volcanic National Park approximately convert|130|km|mi|0 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.
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