Nive, Queensland

Nive is a rural locality in the Shire of Murweh, Queensland, Australia. It is on the boundary between the Shire of Murweh and the Blackall-Tambo Region. In the, Nive had a population of 44 people.

Geography
The Landsborough Highway runs through from south (Augathella) to north (Yandarlo).

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.

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.

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. The breastplate is now in the National Museum of Australia.

Demographics
In the, Nive had a population of 34 people.

In the, Nive had a population of 44 people.

Education
There are no schools in Nive. The nearest primary school is Augathella State School in neighbouring Augathella, although some parts of the north and west of Nive might be too distant for a daily commute. There are no secondary schools nearby. Other schooling options are distance education and boarding school.