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Gatton is a town and the administrative centre of the Lockyer Valley local government area situated in the Lockyer Valley of South East Queensland, Australia. At the 2006 census, Gatton had a population of 6,869.〔 Over recent years, the rural tranquility of the Gatton area has started to be encroached on by the suburban sprawl of metropolitan Brisbane and Ipswich in the east and Toowoomba in the west. The Warrego Highway, which runs east-west through the Shire, has also experienced increasing strip development, with fuel outlets and commercial properties gradually spreading along the highway. ==History== The Gatton area was explored by Major Edmund Lockyer in 1825. A settlement known as Gatton was gazetted in 1855. The post office opened 1 January 1866, with Frederick Lloyd, a dairyman, as the first postmaster.〔Frew, Joan (1981). ''Queensland Post Offices 1842–1980 and Receiving Offices 1869–1927'', p. 277. Fortitude Valley, Queensland: published by the author, ISBN 0-9593973-0-2〕 The small village did not experience significant growth until the mid-1870s, after the railway to Grandchester attracted people to the area. The Queensland Agricultural College opened an agricultural college and experimental farm in 1897 at Gatton.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Gatton )〕 In December 1898 three local youths from nearby Blackfellow’s Creek were murdered. The crime, known as the Gatton murders, has never been solved.〔Whiticker, Alan J. (2005). ''Twelve Crimes That Shocked the Nation''. ISBN 1-74110-110-7〕 The Star is a free, local, community newspaper which began publishing in 1956.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=About Us )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Gatton, Queensland」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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