Dalveen, Queensland

Dalveen Queensland
Mob of black sheep, Braeside Homestead, 1894
Dalveen
Coordinates	28°29′9.6″S 151°58′15.6″E / 28.486000°S 151.971000°E / -28.486000; 151.971000Coordinates: 28°29′9.6″S 151°58′15.6″E / 28.486000°S 151.971000°E / -28.486000; 151.971000
Population	346 (2011 census)
• Density	0.7502/km2 (1.9431/sq mi)
Postcode(s)	4374
Area	461.2 km2 (178.1 sq mi)
Time zone	AEST (UTC+10)
Location	198 km (123 mi) SSW of Brisbane 42 km (26 mi) S of Warwick
LGA(s)	Southern Downs Region
Federal Division(s)	Maranoa
Localities around Dalveen: Palgrave The Glen Silverwood Palgrave Dalveen Cherry Gully Passchendaele Pozieres Fleurbaix Cottonvale New South Wales

Dalveen is a small rural town in the Southern Downs Region, Queensland, Australia. At the 2011 census the town recorded a population of 346.

The name Dalveen derives from locality name given by settler John Flint, who named it after a pass in Lanark, Scotland.

Stanthorpe Road Provisional School opened on 12 August 1878. In 1879 it was renamed North Maryland Provisional School. In 1892 it was renamed Dalveen State School on 18 January 1892.

Cherry Gully Post Office opened on 1 January 1880 and was replaced by Dalveen Post Office in 1881.

St Barnabas Anglican Church was built in 1903.

Dalveen has a number of heritage-listed sites, including:

St Barnabas Anglican Church holds a service on the 4th Sunday of each month.

The Dalveen public hall and Dalveen State School are both in Pine Crescent.

The New England Highway passes north-south through Dalveen.

The Southern railway line passes through Dalveen; the hilly terrain necessitated two tunnels known as the Dalveen Tunnel and the Cherry Gully Tunnel and a rail bridge over Old Stanthorpe Road. The line is no longer in active service.