Location Profiles

Southern Area Health Service
Toowoomba and Darling Downs Health Service District

GATTON

Gatton is a thriving country town located in the Lockyer Valley, west of Brisbane in south east Queensland. It is the administrative and commercial centre for the Gatton Shire, a rich agricultural and pastoral region producing vegetables, dairy products, cattle, pigs and timber. Gatton was one of Queensland’s earliest rural settlements, established in the 1850s as a major changeover point for mail service horses travelling west to the Darling Downs from Brisbane. With the coming of the railway line in 1875, the town rapidly grew, becoming an important service centre for surrounding farms. In 1897, Australia’s first land development and animal husbandry training institution was opened in Gatton as the “Gatton Agricultural College”. This landmark college is now part of Queensland University and is a significant training centre in agribusiness, agriculture, animal studies, environmental management and horticulture. Gatton offers a quiet and relaxed country lifestyle with quick access to Brisbane.

Population: 5,350

Queensland Health facilities in District: 19

• Read more about Gatton’s key Queensland Health facility Gatton Hospital
  
• Read more about Toowoomba and Darling Downs Health Service District

Services

• 20 district education facilities including public and private schools (OP to Year 12), special education and university
  
• Childcare facilities
  
• Community clubs, including Rotary, Lions, QCWA, RSL, Scouts and Girl Guides
  
• Library
  
• Places of worship
  
• Gatton Training Centre
  
• Police station
  
• Australia Post
  
• Shopping facilities
  
• Banking facilities

Sporting & Recreation

• Sporting clubs and facilities including the Gatton Indoor Sports Centre (indoor cricket, futsal, basketball, volleyball, netball, gymnastics, aerobics and self-defence), golf, swimming, cricket, bowls and tennis
  
• Gatton Shire Art Gallery
  
• Gatton College
  
• Gatton Historical Village (Gatton and District Historical Society Museum)
  
• Clydesdale and Heavy Horse Field Days weekend
  
• Gatton Street Sprints
  
• Motorcycle Swap Meet
  
• Spring Bluff Railway Station (Heritage Listed)
  
• Bicentennial National Horse Trail
  
• Lake Apex Park and Blackduck Creek
  
• Glen Rock Regional Park
  
• Camping, bush walking
  
• Fishing
  

Location

90 km west of Brisbane
36 km east of Toowoomba

Access

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