Mount Gravatt, Queensland
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| Mount Gravatt Brisbane, Queensland |
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 Mount Gravatt Central. Logan road looking south. |
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| Population: | 3,090 (2006 census) | ||||||||||||
| Postcode: | 4122 | ||||||||||||
| Area: | 2.7 km² (1.0 sq mi) | ||||||||||||
| Property Value: | AUD $322,500 [1] | ||||||||||||
| Location: | 10 km (6 mi) from Brisbane | ||||||||||||
| LGA: | City of Brisbane | ||||||||||||
| State District: | Mount Gravatt, Greenslopes | ||||||||||||
| Federal Division: | Bonner | ||||||||||||
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Mount Gravatt is the name of both a major suburb of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia and a prominent hill in this suburb. The suburb is situated in the south-east of the city and was one of Brisbane's largest. This was before it was divided into Mount Gravatt East, Upper Mount Gravatt and Mount Gravatt South; the last being changed to Wishart in the early 1990s.
Mt Gravatt hill was named in 1840 after Lieutenant George Gravatt who was the commander of the Moreton Bay Settlement for two months in 1839. Gravatt was later transferred to India where he died in 1843.[2]
Between 1953 and 1969 electric trams ran from the suburb into Brisbane's Central Business District (CBD) along Logan Road. As Mount Gravatt was the end of the line, part of the area was known locally as "The Terminus". Since then public transport has been provided by buses operated by Brisbane Transport and a local bus company the Mt Gravatt Bus Service. The South East Busway is connected by a service from Mount Gravatt Central to the Busway terminal at Griffith University.
The people of greater Mount Gravatt are represented by the State parliamentary seats of Mansfield and Mount Gravatt and the federal seats of Bonner, Griffith and Moreton.
The Mt Gravatt Showgrounds are an important centre for cultural and community activities and the site of the annual Mt Gravatt Show, an agricultural fair. The grounds are positioned on Logan Road, opposite the mega-church, Garden City Christian Church.
Mt Gravatt Lookout is accessible via Shire Road which winds its way past water towers up to the lookout carpark and a communications tower. Furthermore, there is a large cave complex located on a walking trail on the southern slope of the mountain.
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[edit] Education
- Mount Gravatt State High School. school website
- Griffith University - Mount Gravatt Campus. school website
- Mount Gravatt State School. school website
- St Agnes Catholic Primary School. school website
[edit] Sport
- Mount Gravatt is represented by the Mt Gravatt Australian Rules Football Club in the Queensland State League. The club were premiers in 2007.
- The Mt Gravatt Hawks Soccer Club plays in the Brisbane Premier League.
[edit] References
- ^ Mount Gravatt, accessed 27 November 2006
- ^ Appleton, Richard and Barbara (1992). The Cambridge Dictionary of Australian Places. Melbourne: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0521395062.
[edit] External links
- Mount Gravatt, Queensland is at coordinates Coordinates:
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