Grafton

Grafton is a suburb of , . The suburb is named for the Duke of Grafton, a patron of the first Governor of New Zealand, William Hobson, and the grandfather of a subsequent Governor, Robert FitzRoy.
Wikipedia
Photo: Oskari.miettinen, CC BY-SA 4.0.
  • Type: Suburb with 1,720 residents
  • Description: suburb of Auckland, New Zealand
  • Also known as: “Grafton, New Zealand”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Auckland City Hospital and Liberal Catholic Church of St Francis.

Hospital
Photo: Ingolfson, Public domain.
is a tertiary level public hospital located in Park Rd, Grafton, , New Zealand. It is the largest hospital in New Zealand, with a total of 1,187 beds.

Church
Photo: Prosperosity, CC BY 4.0.

Museum
Photo: Auckland War Memorial Museum, CC BY 2.0.
The , also known as Auckland Museum, is one of 's most important museums and . Its neoclassical building constructed in the 1920s and 1950s, stands on Observatory Hill, the remains of a dormant volcano, in the , near .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Newton and Eden Terrace.

Quarter
Photo: Helenalex, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a small suburb of , , under the local governance of the . Since the construction of the Central Motorway Junction in 1965–75, has been divided into two parts, and as a result, lost much of its size and coherence.

Suburb
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is an inner city suburb of , located 2 km south of the , in the of New Zealand. is one of Auckland's oldest suburbs, and also one of the smallest.

Suburb
Photo: Ingolfson, Public domain.
is a central suburb. was originally an independent borough from 1885 to 1989, when it was abolished. was established as a livestock market since the 1850s and grew to become a retail and commercial centre for Auckland, with the main road Broadway being the focal point of this activity.

Grafton

Latitude
-36.86228° or 36° 51′ 44″ south
Longitude
174.76775° or 174° 46′ 4″ east
Population
1,720
Elevation
65 metres (213 feet)
Named after
Augustus FitzRoy, 3rd Duke of Grafton
Open location code
4VMP4QQ9+34
Open­Street­Map ID
node 62207830
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­suburb
Geo­Names ID
6232401
Wiki­data ID
Q3113225
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Turkish—“Grafton” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: “Grafton”
  • French: “Grafton”
  • Italian: “Grafton”
  • Japanese: “グラフトン”
  • Macedonian: “Графтон”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Grafton”
  • Slovenian: “Grafton”
  • Turkish: “Grafton”

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