Nathan, Queensland

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Nathan
Brisbane, Queensland

Population:

1,382 (2006 census) ^[1]

Postcode:

4111

Property Value:

AUD $351,500 ^[2]^[3]

Location:

12 km (7 mi) from Brisbane GPO

LGA:

City of Brisbane

State District:

Yeerongpilly

Federal Division:

Moreton

Suburbs around Nathan:
Salisbury	Tarragindi	Holland Park West
Salisbury	Nathan	Mount Gravatt
Coopers Plains	Robertson	Macgregor

Nathan is a southern suburb of Brisbane, Australia. It was named in 1967 after Sir Matthew Nathan, Governor of Queensland from 1920 to 1926.^[4]

Nathan is home to Toohey Forest Park, Griffith University's Nathan campus and the Queensland Sport and Athletics Centre which hosted the opening ceremony of the 1982 Commonwealth Games. The Queensland Academy of Sport currently uses the facilities located at the stadium. The Mount Gravatt Cemetery is part of Nathan.

It is a culturally diverse suburb, with nearly 30% more overseas-born residents (27.57%) than the Brisbane average (21.03%).^[5] Although populated by local Aborigines until the 1940s^[6], less than 1% of residents are indigenous Australians today.^[5]

With just 1,549 residents^[7], Nathan remains sparsely populated, with much of the park and university campus being filled with eucalypt forest, grass trees, banksia and leptospermum. Local fauna include tawny frogmouths, powerful owl, hoary bats, sugar gliders, greater gliders, squirrel gliders, flying foxes and possums.^[8]