Dalveen Tunnel
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Dalveen Tunnel on the Southern railway line, 2015
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| Location | Warwick to Wallangarra railway line, Dalveen, Southern Downs Region, Queensland, Australia |
| Coordinates | 28°29′20″S 151°58′49″E / 28.4889°S 151.9803°ECoordinates: 28°29′20″S 151°58′49″E / 28.4889°S 151.9803°E |
| Design period | 1870s - 1890s (late 19th century) |
| Built | 1878 - 1880 |
| Official name: Dalveen Tunnel | |
| Type | state heritage (built) |
| Designated | 28 July 2000 |
| Reference no. | 601519 |
| Significant period | 1870s, 1880s (fabric) |
| Significant components | tunnel - railway, cutting - railway |
| Builders | J Garget |
 Location of Dalveen Tunnel in Queensland
Location of Dalveen Tunnel in Queensland
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Dalveen Tunnel is a heritage-listed tunnel on the Warwick to Wallangarra railway line, Dalveen, Southern Downs Region, Queensland, Australia. It was built from 1878 to 1880 by J Garget. It was added to the Queensland Heritage Register on 28 July 2000.
The exploitation of the mineral resources of Queensland was recognised by political interests in Queensland as being closely linked with the development of a railway system from the period of the late 1860s and early 1870s. This connection between political decisions and economic development was further linked and with the decision taken in 1877 to construct mineral railways running from Townsville to Charters Towers (Great Northern Railway), Bundaberg to Mount Perry (Mount Perry railway line) and Maryborough to Gympie (North Coast railway line). The extension of the Southern & Western Railway from Warwick to Stanthorpe was approved along with extensions to Roma and Emerald on the same day in Parliament, 30 August 1877. The decision to construct separate railway systems with no connection to other parts of the Queensland Railway system was to result in a proliferation of separate railways throughout Queensland, (up to eleven by 1891). The system would not be unified until 1924 with the opening of the North Coast Line between Brisbane and Cairns.
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