Gatton

Gatton

      town and shire, southern Queensland, Australia. It lies along Lockyer Creek, about 58 miles (93 km) west of Brisbane. Probably named after Gattonside near Roxburgh in the Borders region, Scotland, it was gazetted as the site for a village in 1855 and by 1858 was a place of call for travelers between Brisbane and the Darling Downs. Gatton is now the service centre for a mixed-farming district that produces most of Queensland's potato crop. Nearby is the Queensland Agricultural College. Pop. (2006) local government area, 15,639.

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