Granite Vale, Queensland
Suburb of City of Townsville, Queensland, Australia
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Granite Vale is a rural locality in the City of Townsville, Queensland, Australia.[2] In the 2021 census, Granite Vale had "no people or a very low population".[1]
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| Coordinates: 19.5805°S 146.6399°E | |||||||||||||
| Country | Australia | ||||||||||||
| State | Queensland | ||||||||||||
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• Total | 458.7 km2 (177.1 sq mi) | ||||||||||||
| Elevation | 60–610 m (200–2,000 ft) | ||||||||||||
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| • Total | 0 (2021 census)[1] | ||||||||||||
| • Density | 0.0000/km2 (0.0000/sq mi) | ||||||||||||
| Time zone | UTC+10:00 (AEST) | ||||||||||||
| Postcode | 4815 | ||||||||||||
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Geography
The locality is bounded by the ridge of the Hervey Range (19.6°S 146.55°E) to the west.[3] The land falls steeply from the western ridge from 610 metres (2,000 ft) above sea level towards the east down to 70 metres (230 ft) above sea level.[4] There are a number of named peaks in the locality (from north to south):
- Wild Horse Mountain (19.4327°S 146.6058°E) at 508 metres (1,667 ft) above sea level[5][4]
- Wallaroo Hill (19.5286°S 146.6530°E) at 251 metres (823 ft) above sea level[6][4]
- Springs Hill (19.5556°S 146.6863°E) at 290 metres (950 ft) above sea level[4]
- Pepper Pot Mountain (19.5601°S 146.6632°E) at 525 metres (1,722 ft) above sea level[4]
- Ross River Mountain (19.6108°S 146.6768°E) at 589 metres (1,932 ft) above sea level[4]
- Gibraltar (19.6166°S 146.6°E) at 465 metres (1,526 ft) above sea level[7][4]
- Peach Hollow Knobs (19.6613°S 146.5947°E) at 601 metres (1,972 ft) above sea level[8][4]
There is a small section of the Pinnacles National Park in the north-west of the locality but most of the national park is in the neighbouring locality of Hervey Range. There is a small section of the Mingela State Forest in the south-east of the locality but the forest is predominantly in neighbouring Calcium.[4]
Settlement Pocket is a neighbourhood in the centre of the locality (19.5833°S 146.65°E) near Settlement Creek.[9]
Peach Hollow is a neighbourhood in the south of the locality (19.65°S 146.6333°E) near the Reid River.[10]
The Springs is a natural spring (19.5333°S 146.7°E).[11]
The land use is predominantly grazing on native vegetation.[4][12]
History
The locality was named and bounded on 27 July 1991.[2]
Demographics
In the 2016 census, Granite Vale had "no people or a very low population".[13]
In the 2021 census, Granite Vale had "no people or a very low population".[1]
Education
There are no schools in Granite Vale. The nearest government primary school is The Willows State School in Kirwan to the north-east. The nearest government secondary school is Thuringowa State High School in Condon to the north-east.[4]
