Upper Mount Gravatt is a southern

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in the

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, Australia. In the , Upper Mount Gravatt had a population of 9,241 people.

Geography

Upper Mount Gravatt is south of

Mount Gravatt Mount Gravatt is a southern suburb of the City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia and a prominent hill and lookout within this suburb (). In the , Mount Gravatt had a population of 3,366 people. Geography The suburb is situated in the south- ...

. It has increasingly become an important centre in the last 15 years.

Logan Road Logan Road, allocated state routes 95 and 30, is a major road in Brisbane, Queensland. It runs from Springwood in Logan City to Woolloongabba in Brisbane, with most of the route signed as state route 95. The route was formerly the main route ...

and the Pacific Motorway run through the area, in addition to the South-East Busway. When Nature Speaks

Together with

Indooroopilly Indooroopilly is a riverside suburb 7km west of the Brisbane CBD, Queensland, Australia. In the , Indooroopilly had a population of 12,242 people. Geography Indooroopilly is bounded to the south and south-east by the median of the Brisbane Ri ...

in the west, Chermside, on the north-side, and

Carindale Carindale is a suburb of the City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. It is located by road south-east of the Brisbane GPO, and borders Belmont, Carina, Carina Heights, Mackenzie, Mansfield, Mount Gravatt East, and Tingalpa. In the , Car ...

in the southeast the suburb has been described as a mini-

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(CBD). It contains the State Netball Centre, a major

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district station and a regional

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. Upper Mount Gravatt has long been one of the major centres outside the CBD, especially for those who reside on the south of the city.

Westfield Garden City Westfield Mt Gravatt (formerly Westfield Garden City, prior to that simply Garden City, and always commonly known as Garden City) is one of Brisbane's major shopping centres, located in the suburb of Upper Mount Gravatt in Queensland, Austral ...

, a major shopping centre, is a regional "hub", containing services and popular restaurants, with a bus interchange and the

Upper Mount Gravatt Busway Station Upper Mount Gravatt busway station is located in Brisbane, Australia serving the suburb of Upper Mount Gravatt. It opened on 30 April 2001 when the South East Busway was extended from Woolloongabba to Eight Mile Plains. It was built beneath th ...

immediately below it. It is on the southern corner of Logan Road and Kessels Road ().

History

Upper Mount Gravatt State School opened on 1 October 1929. It has also been called Mount Gravatt Upper State School. St Bernard's School was established on 24 January 1953 by the

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under principal Sister Juliana. Mrs Doreen Bazzo was the first

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principal. The first building on the site was a combined church and school, but later moved into separate school buildings. St Joseph's High School for Girls was established in 1964 in

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by the Sisters of St Joseph of the Sacred Heart. In 1970, the school was relocated to Klumpp Road (onto the site also occupied by St Bernard's School and Clairvaux College) and renamed MacKillop College. Clairvaux College was established by the Christian Brothers on 1 February 1966 on part of the site already partially occupied by St Bernard's School. Westfield Garden City was opened as one of Brisbane's largest shopping centre on 1 October 1970 by

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. It cost $10 million and occupied a . The Garden City Library was established by the

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as one of the initial tenants and the library had a major refurbishment in 1996. St Catherine's Catholic Primary School was established on 4 March 1973 by the

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. It was officially opened by

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. In 1979, the closure of a nearby school led to a large increase in enrolments. In 1986, the first lay principal was appointed. In 1985, MacKillop College (a girls' school) and Clairvaux College (a boys' school) were combined to form Clairvaux Mackillop College. In the , the population of Upper Mount Gravatt was 8,851, 51.1% female and 48.9% male.The median age of the Upper Mount Gravatt population was 34 years, 3 years below the Australian median. 59.4% of people living in Upper Mount Gravatt were born in Australia, compared to the national average of 69.8%; the next most common countries of birth were New Zealand 3.3%, China 3.1%, India 2.9%, England 2.7%, Korea, Republic of 1.4%. 67% of people spoke only English at home; the next most common languages were 4.1% Mandarin, 2% Cantonese, 1.4% Korean, 1.4% Arabic, 1.1% Greek. In the , Upper Mount Gravatt had a population of 9,241 people.

Education

Upper Mount Gravatt State School is a government primary (Prep-6) school for boys and girls at 1899 Logan Road (). In 2018, the school had an enrolment of 507 students with 35 teachers (33 full-time equivalent) and 22 non-teaching staff (15 full-time equivalent). It includes a

special education Special education (known as special-needs education, aided education, exceptional education, alternative provision, exceptional student education, special ed., SDC, or SPED) is the practice of educating students in a way that accommodates th ...

program. St Bernard's School is a Catholic primary (Prep-6) school for boys and girls at 1823 Logan Road (). In 2018, the school had an enrolment of 366 students with 28 teachers (23 full-time equivalent) and 19 non-teaching staff (9 full-time equivalent). St Catherine's Catholic Primary School is a Catholic primary (Prep-6) school for boys and girls at 388 Newnham Road (). In 2018, the school had an enrolment of 512 students with 35 teachers (30 full-time equivalent) and 20 non-teaching staff (13 full-time equivalent). Clairvaux Mackillop College is a Catholic secondary (7-12) school for boys and girls at Klumpp Road (). In 2018, the school had an enrolment of 1,265 students with 110 teachers (106 full-time equivalent) and 52 non-teaching staff (43 full-time equivalent). There is no government secondary school in Upper Mount Gravatt. The nearest government secondary schools are

Mount Gravatt State High School Mount Gravatt State High School is a co-educational government secondary school of about 1200 students in Mount Gravatt, a suburb in the south of Brisbane, Australia. The school was opened in 1960. Mount Gravatt State High School is a Registe ...

in neighbouring

to the north-west,

Mansfield State High School Mansfield State High School is an independent public, co-educational secondary school of approximately 3300 students located in Mansfield, a suburb in Brisbane, Australia. The school was established and opened in 1974. In recent years, the schoo ...

in neighbouring

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to the north-east, and

MacGregor State High School MacGregor State High School (MSHS) is an independent public, co-educational, state secondary school, located in MacGregor, a southeastern suburb of Brisbane, Queensland Australia. The current principal is Brendan Barlow and there are currentl ...

in neighbouring

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to the south-west.

Amenities

Upper Mt Gravatt Progress Hall entrance (6284669908)

The

operates a public library at

(). Upper Mount Gravatt is also home to the Mount Gravatt Vultures, a

Queensland Australian Football League The Queensland Australian Football League (QAFL) is an Australian rules football competition organised by the AFL Queensland, contested by clubs from South East Queensland. Previously known as the Queensland Football League (QFL), Queensland ...

Club on Klumpp Road. The club were premiers in 2007. There is also the Hibiscus Sporting Complex and the Mount Gravatt

PCYC Police & Community Youth Clubs (PCYC) or Police and Community Youth Clubs are a network of Australian non-profit, community organisations, founded in New South Wales. In some states such as NSW, they are constituted as an Incorporated Association ...

on the same road.

References

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