Grapetree is a rural

locality Locality may refer to: * Locality (association), an association of community regeneration organizations in England * Locality (linguistics) * Locality (settlement) * Suburbs and localities (Australia), in which a locality is a geographic subdivis ...

in the

Toowoomba Region The Toowoomba Region is a local government area located in the Darling Downs part of Queensland, Australia. Established in 2008, it was preceded by several previous local government areas with histories extending back to the early 1900s and beyo ...

Queensland ) , nickname = Sunshine State , image_map = Queensland in Australia.svg , map_caption = Location of Queensland in Australia , subdivision_type = Country , subdivision_name = Australia , established_title = Before federation , established_ ...

, Australia. In the Grapetree had a population of 32 people.

Geography

The southern extent of

Crows Nest National Park Crows Nest National Park is a National Park, national park on the edge of the Darling Downs of southern Queensland, Australia. It is divided into a number of sections which are located in both Crows Nest, Queensland, Crows Nest and Grapetree, Que ...

occupies the eastern half of Grapetree. Upper Cressbrook Creek forms part of the eastern boundary of Grapetree. A small section of Pechey State Forest lies adjacent to the

New England Highway New England Highway is an long highway in Australia running from Yarraman, north of Toowoomba, Queensland at its northern end to Hexham at Newcastle, New South Wales at its southern end. It is part of Australia's National Highway system, an ...

which forms part of the western boundary.

History

The locality was originally called Grape Tree, presumably after Grape Tree Creek () which flows through the locality. The locality was officially named Grapetree in 2005. It was part of the

Shire of Crows Nest The Shire of Crows Nest was a local government area in the Darling Downs region of Queensland, Australia, immediately northeast of the regional city of Toowoomba. The shire, administered from the town of Crows Nest, covered an area of , and ex ...

until 2008 when the local government area was amalgamated into the Toowoomba Region. In the Grapetree had a population of 32 people.

References

{{Toowoomba Region Toowoomba Region Localities in Queensland