Mount Thompson (Queensland)

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Mount Thompson
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Mount Thompson
Location in Queensland
Highest point
Listing List of mountains in Australia
Coordinates 27°31′45″S153°04′43″E / 27.52917°S 153.07861°E / -27.52917; 153.07861
Geography
Location Queensland, Australia

Mount Thompson is a mountain in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. It is within the suburbs of Mount Gravatt East and Holland Park. [1]

It is well-known within Brisbane because Queensland's first crematorium (and only crematorium until the 1970s), Mount Thompson crematorium, was built on its north-west slope in 1934. [2]

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References

  1. "Mount Thompson (entry 34286)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government . Retrieved 4 June 2014.
  2. "Mount Thompson Memorial Gardens & Crematorium". Brisbane Heritage Register. Brisbane City Council . Retrieved 14 March 2014.