Grafton, New Zealand
| Grafton | |
|---|---|
| Basic information | |
| Local authority | Auckland Council |
| Population | 2,052 (2001) |
| Facilities | |
| Train station(s) | Grafton Train Station |
| Hospitals(s) | Auckland City Hospital, Starship Hospital |
| Surrounds | |
| North | Parnell |
| Northeast | (Auckland Domain) |
| East | Newmarket |
| Southeast | Epsom |
| South | Eden Terrace, Mount Eden |
| Southwest | Newton |
| West | Auckland CBD |
| Northwest | Auckland CBD |
Grafton is a suburb of Auckland City, New Zealand. 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. Once known as 'Grafton Heights', denoting its history as a well-off suburb in Auckland's earliest decades. According to the 2001 census, Grafton has a population of 2,052.
The suburb is characterised by its many historic buildings, many of them essentially unchanged from the early decades of the 20th century. While the extents of the suburb have shrunk with the motorway and arterial road construction of the middle 20th century, the remaining smaller suburb thus has a highly cohesive structure, which is recognised, for example, in the residential zoning which discourages demolition of existing buildings.
Grafton has a local resident's association, abbreviated as the GRA.
During the late 1840s Chief Pōtatau Te Wherowhero resided in the Auckland Domain in a house provided for him by the Government, this house was located north of the Domain Ponds, between the Hospital and the southern entrance of what is now called Centennial Walk. Here he was visited by the then Governor, George Grey.
Gustavus von Tempsky (1828–1868) lived on Grafton Road in the early 1860s.
The early settler Outhwaite family resided in their Grafton house for nearly eighty five years.
Noted aviator Jean Batten stayed with her brother when he lived in Seafield View road during the 1930s (house demolished around 2006).
The painter Max Gimblett's family lived in Grafton in the 1940s and ran the shop on the corner of Carlton Gore and Seafield View Roads. In the 1990s the painter Don Binney rented the same shop as a studio space.
Pauline Kumeroa Kingi CNZM is a notable current resident.
Coordinates: 36°51′49″S 174°45′52″E / 36.8636°S 174.7644°E
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