George Gravatt

Lieutenant George Gravatt (1815–1843)[1] was an officer in the British Army. In May 1839, he succeeded Sir Sydney Cotton[2][3] as commander of the Moreton Bay penal settlement in what is now Brisbane, Australia.[4] He held the position for three months.[5]

Gravatt was born in Woolwich in London in 1815.[6]

His service in the Moreton Bay penal settlement is remembered in the naming of Mount Gravatt, a mountain and suburb in Brisbane.[7][8]

Gravatt was transferred with his regiment, the 28th Foot Regiment, to Karachi India,[9] where he died in 1843.[6]

References

1. http://queenslandplaces.com.au/mount-gravatt-and-mount-gravatt-east
2. "Pioneers Dinner. Back to Mt Gravatt Wednesday 26 July 1933". The Brisbane Courier. p. 12. Retrieved 30 December 2011.
3. Cranfield, Louis (24 October 1963). "Early Commandants Of Moreton Bay" (PDF). UQ Library. Retrieved 7 August 2016.
4. Appleton, Richard and Barbara (1992). The Cambridge Dictionary of Australian Places. Melbourne: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-39506-2.
5. Cranfield, Louis R. (Louis Radnor), 1927- (1 January 1964), Early commandants of Moreton Bay, Royal Historical Society of Queensland, retrieved 10 October 2020CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
6. http://wikimapia.org/5584211/Mount-Gravatt-Brisbane-Queensland-Australia
7. "Mount Gravatt – hill in the City of Brisbane (entry 14672)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 10 October 2020.
8. "Mount Gravatt – suburb in the City of Brisbane (entry 47600)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 10 October 2020.
9. Some Information about Morton Bay Penal Settlement