Mount Gravatt
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A suburb of Brisbane. Postcode - 4122. Originally named by Queensland Place Names Board 1 August 1967. Name and boundaries confirmed by Minister for Survey and Valuation, Urban and Regional Affairs 11 August 1975. Name derived from hill feature, which was named by Robert Dixon (1800-58) surveyor, in 1840, after Lieutenant George Gravatt (1815-1843) soldier, 28th Foot Regiment, British Army, who was Commandant, Moreton Bay Penal Settlement May-July 1839. He was born at Woolwich, England, and was commissioned Ensign in the 28th Foot Regiment in September 1837. Reportedly, the aborigines called it kaggur-mabul or caggara-mahbill, which means 'place of echidna' or 'echidna rests here'.
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Gravatt,_Queensland
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Coordinates: 27°32'19"S 153°4'17"E
- Greenbank 22 km
- Jimboomba 31 km
- Enoggera Reservoir 31 km
- Kholo 34 km
- Lake Manchester 38 km
- Burpengary 50 km
- Morayfield 53 km
- Caboolture 60 km
- Bribie Island 80 km
- Noosa Heads 130 km
- Griffith University, Mt Gravatt Campus 0.9 km
- Mt Gravatt Showgrounds 1.4 km
- Toohey Forest Conservation Park 1.7 km
- Mount Gravatt Cemetery 1.9 km
- Queensland Sports and Athletics Centre 2.3 km
- Moreton Institute Of TAFE 2.4 km
- Brisbane Adventist College 2.7 km
- Garden City Shopping Centre 2.9 km
- D M Henderson Park 3.5 km
- Mansfield State High School 3.6 km