Download coordinates as: Gatton is a rural town and locality in the Lockyer Valley Region, Queensland, Australia.

[1] Prior to European settlement, the area was occupied by members of the Yuggera Aboriginal language group.

[9] The small village did not experience significant growth until the mid-1870s, after the railway to Grandchester attracted people to the area.

[14] On 14 October 1901 the laying of the foundation blocks of present church was performed by William Drayton Armstrong, the Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly for Lockyer, together with Alexander Brown Wilson, the architect from Brisbane representing the Queensland Congregational Union.

On 29 September 1889, the church was officially opened and dedicated by the Archbishop of Brisbane Robert Dunne.

[22] The current church building was officially opened and blessed by Archbishop James Duhig on Sunday 25 August 1963.

[25] On 20 December 1902, auctioneer Elias Harding offered 36 town lots ranging in size between 0.25 to 0.5 acres (0.10 to 0.20 ha) in the Gaul Estate, being based around Gaul Street (27°33′16″S 152°16′49″E / 27.5544°S 152.2803°E / -27.5544; 152.2803 (Gaul Estate)) and bounded by Old College Road to the north, Allan Street to the east, Hickey Street to the south and Park Lane to the west.

[12][31] Our Lady of Good Counsel School was opened on 14 January 1917 by the Sisters of Mercy, following a fund raising campaign by Roman Catholic Archbishop of Brisbane James Duhig.

The congregation met in the Fallen Soldiers Memorial Hall, until Saturday 13 November 1937 when their first church was dedicated by Reverend John Henry Latimer, President of the Queensland Baptist Union.

The building was the top of the hill on Railway Terrace (now 75-77 Cochrane Street, 27°33′40″S 152°16′34″E / 27.5611°S 152.2762°E / -27.5611; 152.2762 (Gatton Baptist Church (former))).

[38] St Mark's Lutheran Evangelican Church was dedicated by Pastor Carl Adolf Gerhard Dohler on Sunday 29 October 1950 with over 500 people in attendance.

[42] The final print edition of The Gatton Star was published on 24 June 2020, when it transitioned to a subscription-based online only model.

[43] Edna Linning and her husband started Gatton Bus Services in 1957 when they heard a high school was being built in town.

The buses traveled to Flagstone Creek, Buaraba, Esk, and Forest Hill to pick-up students.

The company also organised tours of Gatton for schoolchildren who lived in the city, so they could understand farm life and see how produce is grown and harvested.

[1] Gatton has a number of heritage-listed sites, including: As part of the ‘Salad Bowl’ of the Lockyer Valley, the area is primarily agricultural, with vegetables making up the majority of crops.

Fruit was grown extensively in the area until the 1990s, when economic conditions changed and many of the orchards were removed.

There is also significant beef and dairy cattle farming, (Stanbroke Beef operates its abattoir at nearby Grantham) along with a growing equine industry, and the town is also a noted producer of fodder crops, particularly prime lucerne hay.

Temperatures in Gatton are among the warmest in south-east Queensland in summer due to its position away from the coast but at low elevation in the Brisbane Valley.