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Charnwood, Australian Capital Territory
Charnwood () is a suburb in the Belconnen district of Canberra located within the Australian Capital Territory, Australia. Design Charnwood's estate design was based on the Radburn principle. Under this design, houses were to face common parkland, with the suburb's streets servicing garages situated at the rear of the houses. The design failed in its application, however, as home owners built fences around the "park side" of their blocks, effectively screening the houses away from the common parkland. This created long, narrow, fenced walkways, with poor lighting and no neighbourhood surveillance. The original design for the network of pathways was to make it possible to walk from any point in the suburb to any other without directly crossing a road; pedestrian bridges can be used to cross the few major streets within the suburb. Charnwood is the location of the Charnwood centre shopping area which serves surrounding suburbs. The shopping centre includes several fast food outl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Belconnen
Belconnen () is a Lands administrative divisions of Australia#Australian Capital Territory, district in the Australian Capital Territory in Australia. The district is subdivided into 27 divisions (suburbs), sections and blocks. As at the , the district had a population of people; and was the most populous district within the Australian Capital Territory (ACT). Belconnen is situated approximately to the north-west of the City, Australian Capital Territory, central business district of Canberra, and surrounds an artificially created, ornamental lake, Lake Ginninderra. Lake Ginninderra was made possible by building a dam at an elbow of Ginninderra Creek. Exiting the lake, via a simple overflow, Ginninderra Creek continues, and runs north-west to its confluence with the Murrumbidgee River just beyond the north-western ACT border. Establishment and governance Following the transfer of land from the Government of New South Wales to the Government of Australia, Commonwealth Governme ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pedestrian Bridges
A pedestrian is a person traveling on foot, by wheelchair or with other mobility aids. Streets and roads often have a designated footpath for pedestrian traffic, called the ''sidewalk'' in North American English, the ''pavement'' in British English, and the ''footpath'' in Australian and New Zealand English. There are also footpaths not associated with thoroughfares; these include rural paths and urban short cuts. Historically, walking has been the main way people get around. In the early use of the word, ''pedestrian'' meant a "professional walker", or somebody who held a record for speed or endurance. With the advent of cars, it started to be used as an opposite: somebody who is not riding or driving. As walking is a healthy and sustainable mode of transport, there are efforts to make cities more walkable. For instance, by creating wider sidewalks, a pedestrian network, or restricting motor vehicles in city centres. Pedestrians are vulnerable and can be injured, for exampl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Australian Electoral Commission
The Australian Electoral Commission (AEC) is the independent statutory agency of the Australian Government responsible for the management and oversight of Australian federal elections, plebiscites, referendums and some trade union A trade union (British English) or labor union (American English), often simply referred to as a union, is an organization of workers whose purpose is to maintain or improve the conditions of their employment, such as attaining better wages ... elections. History The ''Commonwealth Electoral Act 1902'' set up the framework for the Commonwealth electoral system, which was administered until 1916 as a branch of the Department of Home Affairs (1901–16), Department of Home Affairs, by the Department of Home and Territories until 1928, back to Department of Home Affairs (1928–32), Department of Home Affairs to 1932, and then Department of the Interior (1932–39), Department of the Interior until 1972. The Australian Electoral Office was cre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Australian House Of Representatives
The House of Representatives is the lower house of the bicameralism, bicameral Parliament of Australia, the upper house being the Australian Senate, Senate. Its composition and powers are set out in Chapter I of the Constitution of Australia. The term of members of the House of Representatives is a maximum of three years from the date of the first sitting of the House, but on only 1910 Australian federal election, one occasion since Federation has the maximum term been reached. The House is almost always dissolved earlier, usually alone but sometimes in a double dissolution alongside the whole Senate. Elections for members of the House of Representatives have always been held in conjunction with those for the Senate since the 1970s. A member of the House may be referred to as a "Member of Parliament" ("MP" or "Member"), while a member of the Senate is usually referred to as a "senator". Under the conventions of the Westminster system, the Australian Government, government of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elections In Australia
Elections in Australia take place periodically to elect the legislature of the Commonwealth of Australia, as well as for each Australian states and territories, Australian state and territory and for local government councils. Elections in all jurisdictions follow similar principles, although there are minor variations between them. The elections for the Parliament of Australia, Australian Parliament are held under the Electoral system of Australia, federal electoral system, which is uniform throughout the country, and the elections for state and territory Parliaments are held under the electoral systems of the Australian states and territories, electoral system of each state and territory. An election day is always a Saturday, but early voting is allowed in the lead-up to it. Part IV of Chapter 1 of the Australian Constitution briefly deals with eligibility for voting and election to the federal Australian Parliament. It does not prescribe how elections should be conducted. E ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carnival
Carnival (known as Shrovetide in certain localities) is a festive season that occurs at the close of the Christian pre-Lenten period, consisting of Quinquagesima or Shrove Sunday, Shrove Monday, and Shrove Tuesday or Mardi Gras. Carnival typically involves public party, celebrations, including events such as parades, public street party, street parties and other entertainments, combining some elements of a circus. Elaborate costumes and masks allow people to set aside their everyday individuality and experience a heightened sense of social unity.Bakhtin, Mikhail. 1984. ''Rabelais and his world''. Translated by H. Iswolsky. Bloomington: Indiana University Press. Original edition, ''Tvorchestvo Fransua Rable i narodnaia kul'tura srednevekov'ia i Renessansa'', 1965. Participants often indulge in excessive consumption of alcohol, meat, and other foods that will be forgone during upcoming Lent. Traditionally, butter, milk, and other animal products were not consumed "excessively", r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scout Group
A Scout group is a local organization used in some Scout organizations that groups a Scout troop or unit with other age programs, separate gender-based Scout troops and/or multiple Scout troops. A Scout group that groups Scouts with programs for other ages, is referred to as "family scouting". Some Scout organizations, particularly traditional Scout organizations, reject connection of Scouts with other age programs and family scouting. History The term "Scout Group" was used for an organizational structure as early as 1914 by a competing Scout organization to The Boy Scouts Association in the United Kingdom. The Boy Scouts Association adopted the term Scout Group in 1928 for Boy Scout Troops, Wolf Cub Packs and/or Rover Crews that were linked together under a Group Scoutmaster. Previously, The Boy Scouts Association had registered Boy Scout Troops, Wolf Cub Packs and Rover Crews separately even where they were operated by the same committee, school, church or other organiza ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Aquinas
Thomas Aquinas ( ; ; – 7 March 1274) was an Italian Dominican Order, Dominican friar and Catholic priest, priest, the foremost Scholasticism, Scholastic thinker, as well as one of the most influential philosophers and theologians in the Western tradition. A Doctor of the Church, he was from the county of Aquino, Italy, Aquino in the Kingdom of Sicily. Thomas was a proponent of natural theology and the father of a school of thought (encompassing both theology and philosophy) known as Thomism. Central to his thought was the doctrine of natural law, which he argued was accessible to Reason, human reason and grounded in the very nature of human beings, providing a basis for understanding individual rights and Moral duty, moral duties. He argued that God is the source of the light of natural reason and the light of faith. He embraced several ideas put forward by Aristotle and attempted to synthesize Aristotelianism, Aristotelian philosophy with the principles of Christianity. A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charnwood Flynn (1864–1945), British politician and biographer of Abraham Lincoln and Theodore Roosevelt; kno ...
Charnwood may refer to: Leicestershire, England * Borough of Charnwood, a local government district * Charnwood (UK Parliament constituency), in the House of Commons * Charnwood (ward), an electoral ward and administrative division in Leicester * Charnwood College, Loughborough * Charnwood Forest, within the borough Other uses * Operation Charnwood, a Second World War Anglo-Canadian operation during the Battle of Normandy that captured northern Caen * Charnwood, Australian Capital Territory, a suburb of Canberra, Australia * The Barons Charnwood, barons in the Peerage of the United Kingdom ** Godfrey Benson, 1st Baron Charnwood Godfrey Rathbone Benson, 1st Baron Charnwood (6 November 1864 – 3 February 1945), was an English author, academic, Liberal politician and philanthropist. Benson was born in Alresford, Hampshire, the fourth son of William Benson, a barrister, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charnwood Forest
Charnwood Forest is a hilly tract in north-western Leicestershire, England, bounded by Leicester, Loughborough and Coalville. The area is undulating, rocky and picturesque, with barren areas. It also has some extensive tracts of woodland, and significant Precambrian geology. Its elevation is generally and upwards, the area exceeding this height being about . The highest point, Bardon Hill, is . On its western flank lies an abandoned coalfield, with Coalville and other former mining villages, now being regenerated and replanted as part of the National Forest. The M1 motorway, between junctions 22 and 23, cuts through Charnwood Forest. The hard stone of Charnwood Forest has been quarried for centuries, and was a source of whetstones and quern-stones. The granite quarries at Bardon Hill, Buddon Hill and Whitwick supply crushed aggregate to a wide area of southern Britain. The forest is an important recreational area with woodland walks, noted for their displays of bl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brindabella Christian College
Brindabella Christian College (BCC) is a private non-denominational Christian co-educational early learning, primary and secondary day school, located in the Canberra suburbs of Charnwood and Lyneham, in the Australian Capital Territory, Australia. History The school was established in 1980 as O’Connor Christian School, as an educational outreach of the O’Conner Uniting Church. Originally focused on Kindergarten to Year 6, the school grew to cover Years 7 and 8, which required the relocation to the current premises at Lyneham in 1982. In 1998, the school split from the O’Conner Uniting Church, and established itself as the current name, Brindabella Christian College. In the years following, the growth of the school continued, allowing it to cater for the years through to Year 12. Differentiating Factors The school differentiates itself from others, through continually achieving ATAR results in the top percentile of ACT schools, which is heavily promoted on public transp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christian Life Centre
Christian Life Centre (commonly abbreviated to CLC) is or was a name given to a number of Pentecostalism in Australia, Pentecostal churches in Australia, many of them affiliated with the Australian Christian Churches (formerly Assemblies of God, or AOG) network. ''Hills Christian Life Centre'', which has since changed its name to Hillsong Church, was one of these, and spawned other churches in Australia and around the globe. Australia Queensland Christian Life Centre Brisbane was founded in Brisbane in 1972 by Trevor Chandler and Clark Taylor. The latter left at the end of the year, but this CLC grew into one of the first mega churches in Brisbane under Chandler, and later into a national and international organisation. Chandler later rejected the teachings of the earlier Pentacostalist movements, and in 2000 Brian Andrew took over as leader. However he fell out with the CLC International denomination, and the Brisbane CLC flagship mother church left that movement and joined the A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
