Jerrabomberra is a suburb of
Queanbeyan in south eastern
New South Wales
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Australia. Jerrabomberra consists of three sections, The Park, The Heights, and Lakeview. The Park and the Heights are divided by Edwin Land Parkway. At the , it had 9,601 people, up from 9,508 in 2016,
9,420 in 2011,
and 8,747 in 2006.
Jerrabomberra is derived from the local
Aboriginal place name meaning "boy frightened by storm".
"Jerrabomberra", an area of what was then called the Limestone Plains, was purchased by John Palmer in 1827, and settled the following year. John Palmer had been a purser on the "
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" in the
First Fleet. The area was brought to his attention because he was a brother-in-law of Robert Campbell at "
Duntroon", a property about nine miles (14 km) to the north east. His property served as a centre for the Anglican Church until nearby Queanbeyan (then known by its original Aboriginal, non-Anglicised name Quinbean) was developed. The Palmer family held the property until at least the 1890s, but the property was later sub-divided into smaller farms.
In 1987, Jerrabomberra Estates Ltd, with the CEO Director Alex Brinkmeyer, whose sole vision was to create a master planned community for the region, invited Canberra-based accountant Col Alexander and Perth Millionaire
Kerry Stokes
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, who subsequently became shareholders, to partake in this venture to develop Palmer's original land for housing. The first serviced blocks in stage one of the residential release at Jerrabomberra were released in February 1988, ranging in price from $28,000 to $39,000. The new suburb of Jerrabomberra has grown from a resident population of 8 in 1828 to over 8740 at the 2006 census. Jerrabomberra was established with the construction of the first homes in 1988, followed shortly after by the construction of the community centre hall. Jerrabomberra now boasts many community amenities such as four tennis courts, a post office, primary school, bed and breakfast, gym, a Scout group, a lake and various other facilities. Many people in Jerrabomberra work in nearby Queanbeyan but most work in the national capital,
Canberra.
Jerrabomberra has a shopping centre which contains a
Woolworths,
Bakers Delight, hairdresser, an Asian restaurant called "The Jerra," and other boutique stores. On the same block of land as this shopping centre, there is a pub and a Woolworths service station that opened in late 2005. On 25 February 2006 Jerrabomberra's General Store was burnt down; no other shops were affected despite the extensive damage. On 6 June, extensive rebuilding of the roof of said store was carried out and the store had its iron sheet roof reinstalled on 20 June of that year. In late 2019, a
KFC,
McDonalds and
7-Eleven service station opened on the western side of Jerrabomberra.
The suburb falls within the Federal
division of Eden-Monaro
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The previous member, Mike Kelly resigned due to ill health on 30 April 2020. The seat was filled at a by-election on 4 July 2020.
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, a seat traditionally viewed as a "bellwether seat" due to its propensity for being won by the party that also won the majority of seats. However, the seat was won by
Mike Kelly (
Labor
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) in 2016 in an election narrowly won by the
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. Following Kelly's resignation,
Eden-Monaro was held by
Kristy McBain
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(
Labor
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) at a
2020 by-election and again at the 2022 general election. Jerrabomberra is also part of the state seat of
Monaro which is held by the National Party's
Nichole Overall. Jerrabomberra is also represented by an active residents association (JRA) established in October 1990. The Jerrabomberra Residents Association Inc.
Jerrabomberra Residents Association Inc.
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Geographical Aspects
The Heights is mainly situated on the base of Jerrabomberra Mountain. This mountain divides most of Jerrabomberra from Queanbeyan on the north-east and North Terrace on the north-west. The Park is situated on the plain to the south. This urban area runs down to Jerrabomberra Lake, an artificial lake that drains into Jerrabomberra Creek
Jerrabomberra Creek, a partly perennial stream of the Murrumbidgee catchment within the Murray–Darling basin, is located in the Capital Country region spanning both New South Wales and the Australian Capital Territory, Australia.
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and is dominated by Cove Island, est. 1992 (an artificial island which consists of eight homes and a central common facility entailing a tennis court, swimming pool and sauna), then sprawls across Cassina Rise on the South.
Population
At the ] of Population, there are 9,601 people in Jerrabomberra.
* Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.8% of the population.
* 80.5% of people were born in Australia. The next most common countries of birth were England 3.0% and India and New Zealand 1.3% each.
* 85.0% of people spoke only English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Macedonian 1.5%, Italian 1.1%.
* The most common responses for religion were No Religion 36.8%, Catholic 27.8% and Anglican 13.0%.[
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Education and Childcare
Jerrabomberra Public School opened in 2002 and now caters for over 800 students K-6. Achieving results above the State average across the curriculum with particular strengths in literacy and numeracy the school is highly regarded and continues to undergo a building expansion program. Some parents choose to send their children to Catholic
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schools in Queanbeyan and the ACT. While there is no high school within Jerrabomberra the default government school is Karabar High, in Karabar, Queanbeyan. However, the majority of children of high school age go to public or private schools across the border, particularly Campbell High School, St Edmund's College (boys), and Merici College (girls). Jerrabomberra has one day care centre/pre-school named Goodstart Learning Centre.
References
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Towns in New South Wales
Queanbeyan