Graceville, Queensland

Graceville, Queensland

Infobox Australian Place | type = suburb
name = Graceville
city = Brisbane
state = Qld


caption =
lga = City of Brisbane
postcode = 4075
pop = 4,093 (2006 census)
est =
fedgov = Moreton
stategov = Electoral district of Indooroopilly
dist1 = 8
location1= Brisbane GPO
near-nw = Fig Tree Pocket
near-n = Chelmer
near-ne = Indooroopilly
near-w = Fig Tree Pocket
near-e = Tennyson
near-sw = Fig Tree Pocket
near-s = Sherwood
near-se = Rocklea

Graceville is a suburb in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. It is located 8 km south-west of the Brisbane CBD. Graceville is bordered by the Brisbane River to the North-East and West, Oxley Creek to the East, Chelmer to the North and Sherwood to the South.

The suburb is centred around its own railway station on the Ipswich railway line. The suburb is predominantly residential, with houses generally being in the Queenslander style.The main roads in Graceville are Oxley Road, Graceville Avenue and Honour Avenue. Graceville has two primary schools, Graceville State School which is public and Christ the King which is a private Catholic school. The suburb also has a number of parks (Simpson's Playground, Graceville Memorial Park, Faulkner Park).

Graceville also houses a number of sporting clubs, such as South West United Hockey Club, West Taylor Bridge Rugby Club, Raiders Netball Club, Western Suburbs Cricket Club and Graceville Amateur Swimming Club, which is based at Graceville State School.

One of Graceville's landmarks is the Graceville Uniting Church, on the intersection of Oxley Rd and Verney Rd East. It was built by historic local Walter Taylor in the 1920's. Another landmark is the Graceville Memorial Oval, which has the Memorial for the soldiers who died in wars that lived in the area.


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