Nive, Queensland
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 Homestead and outbuildings at Nive Downs pastoral station, 1892 | |||||||||||||
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| Coordinates: 25°27′55″S 146°31′12″E / 25.4652°S 146.52°E | |||||||||||||
| Country | Australia | ||||||||||||
| State | Queensland | ||||||||||||
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• Total | 1,760.4 km2 (679.7 sq mi) | ||||||||||||
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| • Total | 44 (2021 census)[1] | ||||||||||||
| • Density | 0.02499/km2 (0.0647/sq mi) | ||||||||||||
| Time zone | UTC+10:00 (AEST) | ||||||||||||
| County | Nickavilla | ||||||||||||
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Nive is a rural locality in the Shire of Murweh, Queensland, Australia.[2] It is on the boundary between the Shire of Murweh and the Blackall-Tambo Region.[3] In the 2021 census, Nive had a population of 44 people.[1]
The Landsborough Highway runs through from south (Augathella) to north (Yandarlo).[4]
History
The locality takes its name from the Nive River. The river in turn was named by Sir Thomas Mitchell, the New South Wales Surveyor-General, on 13 September 1846, after the Nive River in south-western France, where Lord Wellington engaged in the Battle of the Nive in the Peninsula War in 1813.[2]
Nive Downs was a huge sheep station that was broken up into home blocks and allocated to returned servicemen in a ballot after the 2nd world war.[citation needed]
The Duttons sold Nive Downs in 1866 and awarded a breastplate to Paddy, King of Nive Downs for the service of his tribe. Paddy was likely a Wadjalang man.[citation needed] The breastplate is now in the National Museum of Australia.[5]
