Mount Gravatt, Queensland Explained

Type:suburb
Mount Gravatt
City:Brisbane
State:qld
Coordinates:-27.5402°N 153.0722°W
Pop:3733
Postcode:4122
Area:3.0
Timezone:AEST
Utc:+10:00
Lga:City of Brisbane
(Holland Park Ward)[1]
Stategov:Greenslopes
Stategov2:Mansfield
Fedgov:Bonner
Dist1:10.4
Dir1:SSE
Location1:Brisbane
Near-N:Holland Park
Near-Ne:Mount Gravatt East
Near-E:Mount Gravatt East
Near-Se:Upper Mount Gravatt
Near-S:Upper Mount Gravatt
Near-Sw:Nathan
Near-W:Tarragindi
Near-Nw:Holland Park West

Mount Gravatt is a southern suburb of the City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia and a prominent hill and lookout within this suburb (-27.5428°N 153.0728°W).[2] [3] In the, Mount Gravatt had a population of 3,733 people.

Geography

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 renamed Wishart in the early 1990s.

History

Prior to European settlement in the 19th century, Mount Gravatt was inhabited by the Indigenous Yuggera and Turrbal peoples for thousands of years, and is known as kagarr-mabul, kaggur-mabul, caggara-mahbill, or kaggur-madul, which means "place of echidnas" in the local Indigenous dialect.[4] [5]

The hill was named Mount Gravatt in 1840 by surveyor Robert Dixon after Lieutenant George Gravatt who was the commander of the Moreton Bay penal colony from May to July 1839.[3] [6] Gravatt was later transferred to India where he died in 1843.[7]

Mount Gravatt State School was opened on 29 June 1874.[8]

In 1888, 3 sections of 107 allotments, 6 and 7 acres were advertised to be auctioned on 24 November as 'The Abdington Estate Mount Gravatt'.[9] [10] 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".

Mount Gravatt East State School (in neighbouring Mount Gravatt East) was opened on 29 August 1955.

Mount Gravatt State High School opened in 1960.

St Agnes Catholic Primary School opened on 1 January 1962.

The Mount Gravatt Library opened in 1967.[11]

St Catherine's School (in neighbouring Wishart) opened on 4 March 1971.

Mount Gravatt Special School opened on 17 May 1971. On 21 September 2012, it was relocated Mackenzie State Primary School (which was formerly Mount Petrie State School in Mackenzie) where it was renamed Mackenzie Special School.[12] [13]

Griffith University (in neighbouring Nathan) opened its main campus in 1975.[14]

Yarranlea State School opened in Yarranlea (in the Toowoomba Region) on 22 January 1883 and closed on 9 December 1977. In 1979 it was relocated to Mount Gravatt College of Advanced Education (a teacher training institution) as a museum school. It was then relocated to the Griffith University campus and reopened on 27 January 1987, known as Old Yarranlea State School) to provide teacher training in a one-teacher school environment (typical of schools in many regional communities of Queensland).To that end, enrolments in the school were limited to 18 students. However, the school was closed at the end 2013 due to having fewer than 150 students and being within five kilometres of three state schools.[15] Due to the support of parents and the public, it reopened as Yarranlea Primary School (an independent school) in July 2014.[16]

Circa 1975, the suburb was populated by middle class, young families seeking stability.[17]

Demographics

In the, Mount Gravatt had a population of 3,238 people. Birthplaces outside of Australia included New Zealand 3.2%, England 3.1%, India 2.1%, China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 1.0% and South Africa 1.0%. Languages other than English spoken at home included Arabic 1.1%, Mandarin 1.0%, Punjabi 1.0%, Greek 0.7% and Italian 0.7%.

In the, Mount Gravatt had a population of 3,366 people.

In the, Mount Gravatt had a population of 3,733 people.

Education

Mount Gravatt State School is a government primary (Prep–6) school for boys and girls at 1263 Logan Road (-27.5326°N 153.074°W).[18] [19] In 2017, the school had an enrolment of 231 students with 24 teachers (17 full-time equivalent) and 18 non-teaching staff (11 full-time equivalent).[20] It includes a special education program.

St Agnes School is a Catholic primary (Prep–6) school for boys and girls at 29 Tudor Street (-27.5322°N 153.0722°W).[21] In 2017, the school had an enrolment of 312 students with 29 teachers (20 full-time equivalent) and 21 non-teaching staff (11 full-time equivalent).

Yarranlea Primary School is a private primary (Prep–6) school for boys and girls at 176 Messines Ridge Road (-27.5399°N 153.0628°W).[22] In 2017, the school had an enrolment of 25 students with 4 teachers (2 full-time equivalent) and 4 non-teaching staff (2 full-time equivalent).

Mount Gravatt State High School is a government secondary (7–12) school for boys and girls at Loreburn Street (-27.535°N 153.0735°W).[23] In 2017, the school had an enrolment of 1196 students with 98 teachers (91 full-time equivalent) and 43 non-teaching staff (31 full-time equivalent). It includes a special education program.[24]

Facilities

The Mount Gravatt Showgrounds are an important centre for cultural and community activities and the site of the annual Mount Gravatt Show, an agricultural fair.[25] The grounds are positioned on Logan Road, opposite the mega-church, Hillsong Brisbane Campus (formerly known as Garden City Christian Church).

The Mount Gravatt Library which is operated by the Brisbane City Council operates is located at 8 Creek Road.[26]

Sport

Mount Gravatt sport includes:

Mount Gravatt Lookout

Mount Gravatt Lookout is accessible via Shire Road which winds its way past water towers up to the lookout carpark and a communications tower.

There is a large cave complex located on a walking trail on the southern slope of the mountain .

Transport

Since the closure of the tram network in 1969, the public transport has been provided by buses operated by Transport for Brisbane and a local bus company the Mount Gravatt Bus Service. The South East Busway is connected by a service from Mount Gravatt Central to the Busway terminal at Griffith University.

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Holland Park Ward. Brisbane City Council. 12 March 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170312052424/https://www.brisbane.qld.gov.au/about-council/governance-strategy/councillors-wards/holland-park-ward. 12 March 2017. live.
  2. 26 January 2020.
  3. 26 January 2020.
  4. Web site: Magic ends for Brisbane's best-kept indigenous secret . 29 October 2014 .
  5. Web site: Indigenous History . 22 June 2021 .
  6. Web site: Queensland Places. https://web.archive.org/web/20110107032326/http://queenslandplaces.com.au/mount-gravatt-and-mount-gravatt-east. 7 January 2011. live.
  7. Book: Appleton, Richard and Barbara . The Cambridge Dictionary of Australian Places . Cambridge University Press . 1992 . Melbourne . 0-521-39506-2 .
  8. 18 April 2019.
  9. The Abingdon Estate Mount Gravatt. 24 November 1888. 10462/deriv/398708.
  10. News: Classified Advertising. 22 November 1888. The Brisbane Courier. 9,6228. Queensland, Australia. XLV. 8. National Library of Australia. 29 April 2019. 11 March 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20220311062303/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/3488991. live.
  11. Web site: Public Libraries Statistical Bulletin 2016-17. November 2017. Public Libraries Connect. State Library of Queensland. 11. https://web.archive.org/web/20180130022546/http://www.plconnect.slq.qld.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0012/388497/SLQ_StatsBulletin1617_20171109.pdf. 30 January 2018. live.
  12. 11 March 2022.
  13. Web site: Mackenzie Special School . 2022-03-11 . Thelander Architecture & Interiors . en-US . 26 March 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200326224441/https://www.thelander.com.au/kenmore-state-school . live .
  14. Web site: Ceremony to Commence Teaching. Griffith University. https://web.archive.org/web/20190312033615/https://griffitharchive.griffith.edu.au/items/first-day-teaching-nathan-campus-foundation-campus/. 12 March 2019. live. 16 May 2019.
  15. News: Education Queensland urged to save Old Yarranlea School. Moore. Tony. 23 July 2013. Brisbane Times. 16 May 2019. 10 July 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200710073512/https://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/national/queensland/education-queensland-urged-to-save-old-yarranlea-school-20130722-2qewa.html. live.
  16. News: Yarranlea History. Yarranlea Primary School. https://web.archive.org/web/20190304064553/https://yarranlea.qld.edu.au/yarranlea-history/. 4 March 2019. live. 16 May 2019.
  17. Book: Timms, Duncan . The Urban Mosaic: Towards a Theory of Residential Differentiation . CUP Archive . 1975 . 0521099889 . 112 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170224052336/https://books.google.com/books?id=XS45AAAAIAAJ . 24 February 2017 . live.
  18. Web site: 9 July 2018 . State and non-state school details . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20181121065959/https://data.qld.gov.au/dataset/state-and-non-state-school-details/resource/5b39065c-df32-415c-994c-5ff12f8de997 . 21 November 2018 . 21 November 2018 . Queensland Government.
  19. Web site: Mount Gravatt State School . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20110706114350/http://www.mtgravatss.eq.edu.au/ . 6 July 2011 . 21 November 2018.
  20. Web site: ACARA School Profile 2017 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20181122010027/http://www.acara.edu.au/docs/default-source/default-document-library/school-profile-20172c7b12404c94637ead88ff00003e0139.xlsx?sfvrsn=0 . 22 November 2018 . 22 November 2018.
  21. Web site: St Agnes School . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20130728163947/http://www.stagnes.qld.edu.au/ . 28 July 2013 . 21 November 2018.
  22. Web site: Yarranlea Primary School . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20190227213751/https://yarranlea.qld.edu.au/ . 27 February 2019 . 21 November 2018.
  23. Web site: Mount Gravatt State High School . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20121213223622/http://www.mtgravattshs.eq.edu.au/ . 13 December 2012 . 21 November 2018.
  24. Web site: Mount Gravatt SHS - Special Education Program . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20121213223622/http://www.mtgravattshs.eq.edu.au/ . 13 December 2012 . 21 November 2018.
  25. Web site: Mt Gravatt Showgrounds . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20170222110752/http://www.mtgravattshowgrounds.org.au/ . 22 February 2017.
  26. Web site: 3 January 2018 . Library opening hours and locations . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20180130022116/https://www.brisbane.qld.gov.au/facilities-recreation/libraries/library-opening-hours-locations . 30 January 2018 . 30 January 2018 . Brisbane City Council.
  27. Web site: Mt Gravatt Vultures . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20161106091531/http://www.mtgafc.com/ . 6 November 2016.
  28. Web site: AFL Queensland Premiers . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20170222112230/http://www.aflq.com.au/premiers/ . 22 February 2017.