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Gatton is a rural town and locality in the Lockyer Valley Region, Queensland, Australia. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] It is the administrative centre of the Lockyer Valley Region , situated in the Lockyer Valley of South East Queensland .
The Shire of Gatton was a local government area located in the Lockyer Valley region between the cities of Toowoomba and Ipswich, and about 90 kilometres (56 mi) west of Brisbane, the state capital of Queensland, Australia.
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Gatton National Park is a national park in South East Queensland, Australia. The park occupies the north east corner of Woodlands near Gatton in the Lockyer Valley Region . Gatton National Park lies within the Lockyer Creek water catchment and experiences a sub-tropical climate.
Gatton railway station is located on the Main line in Queensland, Australia. It serves the town of Gatton in the Lockyer Valley Region . The station has two side platforms, opening in 1866.
The town of Gatton was gazetted in 1855, making it one of Queensland's earliest European settlements. [12] The valley was populated by German immigrants under a scheme organised by Lutheran Pastor Heussler. [13] The first rail line in the valley was opened in 1865 when the Ipswich to Grandchester services began operation.
The Boer War Memorial at Gatton is an immensely important Queensland monument. [2] The place demonstrates rare, uncommon or endangered aspects of Queensland's cultural heritage. It is one of only two known digger statues built to commemorate the involvement and death of Queensland soldiers in the Boer War of 1899–1902.
The locality gives its name to the Vinegar Hill orthonairovirus, which is a tick-bourne. In 1981, the virus was isolated on the Australian mainland from a pool of five female Argasidae robertsi ticks collected from a rookery of the cattle egret (Bulbulcus ibis) in the Gatton area in December 1981.