Everything about Mount Gravatt Queensland totally explained
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.
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's a large cave complex located on a walking trail on the southern slope of the mountain.
Education
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.Further Information
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