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Wanniassa
Wanniassa () (postcode 2903) is a suburb in Australia's capital, Canberra: more specifically, in the city's southern district of Tuggeranong. The suburb takes its name from a pastoral property granted to Thomas McQuoid in 1835, which he named after Wanayasa in West Java, Indonesia, where McQuoid had previously owned property. Streets are named after Victorian state politicians and the suburb was gazetted on 21 May 1974. It is next to the suburbs of Kambah, Greenway, Oxley, Monash, Gowrie and Fadden. It is bounded by Athllon Drive, Sulwood Drive, Erindale Drive and Taverner Street. Demographics At the , Wanniassa had a population of 7,885. The median age of people in Wanniassa was 39 years, compared to a median age of 35 for Canberra. The median individual income for Wanniassa in 2021 was $1,127, below the Canberra average of $1,203, while the median household income was $2,295. In 2021, the median monthly housing loan repayment in Wanniassa was $2,100. The residents of Wann ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wanniassa ACT
Wanniassa () (postcode 2903) is a suburb in Australia's capital, Canberra: more specifically, in the city's southern district of Tuggeranong. The suburb takes its name from a pastoral property granted to Thomas McQuoid in 1835, which he named after Wanayasa in West Java, Indonesia, where McQuoid had previously owned property. Streets are named after Victorian state politicians and the suburb was gazetted on 21 May 1974. It is next to the suburbs of Kambah, Greenway, Oxley, Monash, Gowrie and Fadden. It is bounded by Athllon Drive, Sulwood Drive, Erindale Drive and Taverner Street. Demographics At the , Wanniassa had a population of 7,885. The median age of people in Wanniassa was 39 years, compared to a median age of 35 for Canberra. The median individual income for Wanniassa in 2021 was $1,127, below the Canberra average of $1,203, while the median household income was $2,295. In 2021, the median monthly housing loan repayment in Wanniassa was $2,100. The residents of Wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kambah, Australian Capital Territory
Kambah () (postcode 2902) is the northernmost suburb in the district of Tuggeranong, Canberra. It is located just south of Mount Taylor in the Canberra Nature Park. It is located north of the suburbs of Greenway and Wanniassa. It is bounded by Sulwood Drive to the north and Athllon Drive to the south-east. Kambah was not designed according to the 'neighbourhood' philosophy guiding the design of other Canberra suburbs and is the largest suburb in Canberra with an area of 1130 ha. The suburb name was gazetted on 22 March 1973, and it was first settled in 1974 and consists predominantly of detached single-storey suburban houses. It was the first suburb in the satellite city of Tuggeranong. Kambah was named after the Kambah Homestead which was originally located in the Tuggeranong district. The name Kambah derives from Ngambri, the name of the clan that originally lived in the area before European occupation. The same word is the origin for the name Canberra. Streets in Kamba ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oxley, Australian Capital Territory
Oxley (postcode 2903) is the smallest Suburbs of Canberra, suburb in Canberra. It is located in the district of Tuggeranong (district), Tuggeranong. The suburb is named after the explorer John Oxley, John Joseph William Molesworth Oxley (1783 to 1828), who explored parts of New South Wales. It was gazetted on 22 March 1982 and first settled in 1985. Streets are named after social reformers and the suburb has an area of 1.08 km2. It is next to the suburbs of Greenway, Australian Capital Territory, Greenway, Wanniassa, Australian Capital Territory, Wanniassa and Monash, Australian Capital Territory, Monash and is bounded by Drakeford Drive, Taverner Street and Erindale Drive. Geology Deakin Volcanics green grey, purple and cream rhyolite occurs over most of the suburb and Deakin Volcanics green grey and purple rhyodacite is found in the far south east corner. These rocks are from 414 Mya (unit), mya in the Silurian period.Henderson G A M and Matveev G, Geology of Canberra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fadden, Australian Capital Territory
Fadden is a suburb in the Canberra, Australia district of Tuggeranong. The postcode is 2904. The suburb is named after Sir Arthur Fadden, Prime Minister of Australia briefly in 1941. It was gazetted on 5 August 1975. Its streets are named after Queensland politicians. It is surrounded by Macarthur, Gowrie and Wanniassa. It is bounded by Erindale Drive, the Wanniassa Hills Nature Reserve, Fadden Pine Plantation and Sternberg Crescent. Demographics At the , Fadden had a population of 3,006 people. The median age of people in Fadden was 43 years, an increase from 35 in 2001, compared to a median age of 35 for the ACT. The median weekly individual income for Fadden in 2021 was $1,415, up from 1,197 in 2016, $1,054 in 2011, $819 in 2006 and $600–$699 in 2001, compared to $1,203 for the ACT. The median weekly household income was $3,302 up from $1,509 in 2006. In 2021, the median monthly housing loan repayment in Fadden was $2,383, up from $1,517 in 2006. The residents of Fadd ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tuggeranong (district)
The District of Tuggeranong () is one of the original eighteen districts of the Australian Capital Territory used in land administration. The district is subdivided into divisions (suburbs), sections and blocks and is the southernmost town centre of Canberra, the capital city of Australia. The district comprises nineteen suburbs and occupies to the east of the Murrumbidgee River. The name ''Tuggeranong'' is derived from a Ngunnawal expression meaning "cold place". From the earliest colonial times, the plain extending south into the centre of the present-day territory was referred to as Tuggeranong. At the , the population of the district was . Establishment and governance Following the transfer of land from the Government of New South Wales to the Commonwealth Government in 1911, the district was established in 1966 by the Commonwealth via the gazettal of the ''Districts Ordinance 1966'' (Cth) which, after the enactment of the ''Australian Capital Territory (Self-Government) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
St Mary MacKillop College, Canberra
St Mary MacKillop College, formerly known as MacKillop Catholic College, is a Catholic high school in the Australian capital of Canberra, with two campuses in the Tuggeranong Valley. The school is the result of an amalgamation of Padua High School and St. Peter's College in 1997. Mackillop College accepts students from year 7 to 12. There are two campuses of St Mary MacKillop Catholic College, the junior campus (years 7 to 9) in Wanniassa and the senior campus (years 10 to 12) in Isabella Plains. Administration The College is divided into four houses for administration, pastoral care and extra curricular purposes. These houses - Mindygari, Meup Meup, Gurabang and Ngadyung - represent the four classical elements, with names derived from the language the Ngunnawal people, the local Aboriginal people.MacKillop Catholic College Student Diary 2006 The uniform of St Mary MacKillop College is primarily in the school colours navy, teal and white. Students wear a summer uniform in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Farrer, Australian Capital Territory
Farrer is a suburb in the Canberra, Australia district of Woden. The postcode is 2607. Name origin Named for William James Farrer (1845–1906), who was a wheat-breeding pioneer, many of whose experiments were conducted at Lambrigg near Tharwa. The suburb's streets are named after agriculturalists, except for Lambrigg Street, which was the name of Farrer's property in Tharwa. Location It is next to the suburbs of Torrens, Mawson, Isaacs and the Tuggeranong suburb of Wanniassa. It is bordered by Beasley Street, Athllon Drive, and Yamba Drive. Located in this suburb iFarrer Primary Schooland neighborhood oval, a Croatian Catholic parish centre, the Serbian Orthodox Church of St Sava, a small shopping centre, the Long Gully scout hall and the Goodwin Village for elderly citizens. General information Farrer is a relatively large suburb for Canberra, with over 3,300 residents. It was named on 12 May 1966, after William James Farrer, who had lived in the area late in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Monash, Australian Capital Territory
Monash (postcode 2904) is a suburb in the district of Tuggeranong, Canberra, Australia. The suburb is named after General Sir John Monash, (1865 to 1931), who commanded the Australian Army in France in the First World War. It was gazetted on 1 August 1975 and first settled in 1978. The suburb has an area of 3.41 km2. Streets are named after engineers and the suburb consists primarily of detached houses on suburban blocks. The suburb is bounded by Erindale Drive, Drakeford Drive, Isabella Drive and Ashley Drive. Located in the suburb is Isabella Pond and part of the Tuggeranong Creek. Facilities include the Goodwin Retirement Village, a primary school and a recreation oval. Monash is serviced by a small local shopping centre, the larger Erindale Shopping Centre at Wanniassa and the nearby Tuggeranong Hyperdome. Demographics At the , Monash had a population of 5,644 people. The median age of people in Monash was 43 years, above the ACT average of 35. The median individual inco ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Erindale Centre
Erindale Shopping Centre () is a large Suburbs of Canberra#Group centres, shopping centre located in the Tuggeranong suburb of Wanniassa, Australian Capital Territory, Wanniassa in the Canberra region of Australia. It stands on the former site of the Erindale Homestead for which it is named,Canberra and District Historical Society (2006CDHS Search retrieved 21 July 2006 and comprises 121,815.17 m² of both indoor and outdoor land with 76 stores, restaurants, cafes, and entertainment venues. History Erindale Shopping Centre was first developed in 1985, two years before the South.Point Tuggeranong, Tuggeranong Hyperdome. It was intended as a “district retail centre”, to serve the Tuggeranong area. The land mass of Erindale was initially gazetted by the ACT Government with many independent retailers purchasing properties, but was later purchased by Charter Hall and operated as a neighbourhood shopping centre under their name. In the early 2010s, the centre was revitalised to in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gowrie, Australian Capital Territory
Gowrie is a suburb of Canberra, Australia, located in the northern end of the Tuggeranong Valley. Tuggeranong suburbs are the southernmost of Australia's capital city. Gowrie is named after Brigadier-General Alexander Gore Arkwright Hore-Ruthven, 1st Earl of Gowrie (1872–1955), Governor-General of Australia from 1936 to 1944. Gowrie's streets are all named after members of the Australian Defence Force who won decorations, including the Victoria Cross. Gowrie is the former site of the Athllon Homestead. Demographics At the , Gowrie had a population of 3,140 people. The median age of people in Gowrie was 38 years, compared to a median age of 35 for Canberra. The median individual income for Gowrie in 2021 was $1,207, almost equal with the ACT median of $1,203, while the median household income was $2,228. In 2021, the median monthly housing loan repayment in Gowrie was $2,674. The residents of Gowrie are predominantly Australian born, with 77.4% being born in Australia. The m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Erindale Library January 2018 , a 'group centre' in Canberra, Australia
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Erindale may refer to: *Erindale, Mississauga, an historical village located within the city of Mississauga, Ontario, Canada *Erindale Secondary School, the high school named after the community in Mississauga. *Erindale GO Station, a station in the GO Transit network located in the community *Erindale College, the original and still current name of the University of Toronto Mississauga *Erindale, Saskatoon, a neighbourhood *Erindale, South Australia, a suburb in the city of Adelaide, Australia *Erindale College, in Wanniassa, Australian Capital Territory, Australia *Erindale Centre Erindale Shopping Centre () is a large Suburbs of Canberra#Group centres, shopping centre located in the Tuggeranong suburb of Wanniassa, Australian Capital Territory, Wanniassa in the Canberra region of Australia. It stands on the former site ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Greenway, Australian Capital Territory
Greenway is a suburb in the Canberra, Australia district of Tuggeranong. The postcode is 2900. The suburb is named after the architect, Francis Greenway (1777–1837). It was gazetted on 17 October 1986. The streets are named after architects. It includes the Tuggeranong Town Centre, Lake Tuggeranong and small residential areas on the northwestern and northeastern shores of the lake. It is next to the suburbs of Kambah, Wanniassa, Oxley, Monash and Bonython. It is bounded by Athllon Drive and Drakeford Drive. Behind the suburb is the Urambi Hills Nature Reserve and the Murrumbidgee River. Population At the , there were 4,129 people in Greenway, more than double the 1,894 at the . 64.5% of people were born in Australia. The next most common country of birth was India at 6.8%. 71.0% of people spoke only English at home. The most common responses for religion were No Religion 40.0%, Catholic 17.9%, Hinduism 9.4% and Anglican 8.1%. In 2021, 63.2% of dwellings were flats or a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
