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Googong, New South Wales
Googong is a town located within the Queanbeyan–Palerang Regional Council government area, south of the Queanbeyan Central Business District (CBD). The Googong area incorporates the township of Googong, and the developed areas of Fernleigh Park, Little Burra and Mount Campbell Estate. It borders Jerrabomberra and Karabar to the north and Environa to the west. It is about 10 kilometres south of the Queanbeyan central business district. Its citizens tend to use the infrastructure of the neighboring city of Canberra, about 15 kilometres to the north-west. History Googong is situated on the country of the traditional owners, the Ngunnawal Aboriginal people, and five Aboriginal groups have identified custodial connections to the area. European farmers and settlers began occupying the environs of Googong in the mid-19th century, which was named after one of the largest properties in the area. However, the meaning and origin of the word "Googong" is obscure. The first part of th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Murray County, New South Wales
Murray County was one of the original Nineteen Counties in New South Wales and is now one of the 141 Lands administrative divisions of New South Wales. It included the area which is now part of Canberra and as far north as Lake George (New South Wales), Lake George and Yass, New South Wales, Yass. It was originally bounded on the west by the Murrumbidgee River, on the east by the Shoalhaven River and on the north by the Yass River. A large area of the county was transferred to the Commonwealth government in 1909 in the Seat of Government Acceptance Act 1909, Seat of Government Acceptance Act to make part of the Australian Capital Territory, along with land in Cowley County, New South Wales, Cowley County. Since then, the ACT border is now part of the western boundary. Part of the ACT border is determined by property boundaries in the Parish of Keewong, in the County of Murray; specifically the southern end of portions 177, 218, 211, 36, and 38. This is mentioned in the Seat o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ngunnawal
The Ngunnawal people, also spelt Ngunawal, are an Aboriginal Australians, Aboriginal people of southern New South Wales and the Australian Capital Territory in Australia. Language Ngunnawal–Gundungurra language, Ngunnawal and Gundungurra are Australian Aboriginal languages from the Pama–Nyungan languages, Pama-Nyungan language family, family, the traditional languages of the Ngunnawal and Gandangara peoples respectively. The two varieties are very closely related, being considered dialects of the one (unnamed) language, in the technical, linguistic sense of those terms. One classification of these varieties groups them with Ngarigo language, Ngarigo, as one of several Southern Tablelands, Southern Tableland languages of New South Wales. Country When first encountered by European colonisers in the 1820s, the Ngunawal-speaking Indigenous people lived around this area. Their tribal country according to the early ethnographer, Robert Hamilton Mathews, R. H. Mathews, sta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Reclaimed Water
Water reclamation is the process of converting Sewage, municipal wastewater or sewage and Industrial wastewater treatment, industrial wastewater into water that can be reused for a variety of purposes. It is also called wastewater reuse, water reuse or water recycling. There are many types of reuse. It is possible to reuse water in this way in cities or for irrigation in agriculture. Other types of reuse are environmental reuse, industrial reuse, and reuse for drinking water, whether planned or not. Reuse may include irrigation of gardens and agricultural fields or replenishing surface water and groundwater. This latter is also known as groundwater recharge. Reused water also serve various needs in residences such as Flush toilet, toilet flushing, businesses, and industry. It is possible to treat wastewater to reach drinking water standards. Injecting reclaimed water into the water supply distribution system is known as direct potable reuse. Drinking reclaimed water is not typical. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Googong
Googong is a town located within the Queanbeyan–Palerang Regional Council government area, south of the Queanbeyan Central Business District (CBD). The Googong area incorporates the township of Googong, and the developed areas of Fernleigh Park, Little Burra and Mount Campbell Estate. It borders Jerrabomberra, New South Wales, Jerrabomberra and Karabar to the north and Environa, New South Wales, Environa to the west. It is about 10 kilometres south of the Queanbeyan central business district. Its citizens tend to use the infrastructure of the neighboring city of Canberra, about 15 kilometres to the north-west. History Googong is situated on the country of the traditional owners, the Ngunnawal Aboriginal Australians, Aboriginal people, and five Aboriginal groups have identified custodial connections to the area. European farmers and settlers began occupying the environs of Googong in the mid-19th century, which was named after one of the largest properties in the area. Howeve ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Landcare Australia
Landcare Australia is a community not-for-profit organisation that involves local groups of volunteers repairing the natural environment. Initially, projects focused on agricultural farmland. The idea was that farmers, conservationists, and scientists could work together to improve both farm quality and natural ecosystems. The Landcare Australia organisation has grown and diversified since its small-scale origins in the 1980s. The Landcare concept has grown to include groups working on town and city green areas, waterways, beaches and larger park areas. For example, Landcare Australia now has Coastcare and "Junior Landcare" groups. These are unrelated to Caring for Country projects in which Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people are involved. History The concept of "landcare" brings people together who share a common problem and usually live in the same drainage basin or "catchment", an area that collects and directs water to a common point. By working together in a cat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New South Wales
New South Wales (commonly abbreviated as NSW) is a States and territories of Australia, state on the Eastern states of Australia, east coast of :Australia. It borders Queensland to the north, Victoria (state), Victoria to the south, and South Australia to the west. Its coast borders the Coral Sea, Coral and Tasman Seas to the east. The Australian Capital Territory and Jervis Bay Territory are Enclave and exclave, enclaves within the state. New South Wales' state capital is Sydney, which is also Australia's most populous city. , the population of New South Wales was over 8.3 million, making it Australia's most populous state. Almost two-thirds of the state's population, 5.3 million, live in the Greater Sydney area. The Colony of New South Wales was founded as a British penal colony in 1788. It originally comprised more than half of the Australian mainland with its Western Australia border, western boundary set at 129th meridian east in 1825. The colony then also includ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Googong Foreshores
Googong Foreshores is a heritage-listed historic precinct at London Bridge Road, Burra, New South Wales, Australia. It consists of the historic surroundings of the Googong Dam that predated the dam itself. It is also known as the Googong Foreshores Cultural and Geodiversity Heritage Areas. It was added to the Australian Commonwealth Heritage List on 3 November 2017. History Aboriginal people have lived in area around the Queanbeyan River for thousands of years. Googong Foreshores contains physical evidence of that, including sites containing stone artefact scatters, a scarred tree, cairns (potentially associated with burials) and campsites. An excavation of a shelter immediately outside Burra Cave revealed some quartz flaking debris and two hearths "dating from 700 to 900 BP with some charred bone material".Spate 1993, citing Boot and Cooke 1990 In 1823, the "London Bridge" arch was first described by Captain Mark Currie during an exploration in which he named the Monaro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mirvac
Mirvac is an Australian property group with operations across property investment, development, and retail services. History Mirvac was founded in 1972 by Bob Hamilton and Henry Pollack. It first project was a block of 12 apartments in Rose Bay. In October 2004 Mirvac purchased the James Fielding Group. Notable projects * CSR Refinery, New Farm redevelopment * Harold Park Paceway and Rozelle Tram Depot redevelopment *Waverley Park redevelopment Mirvac Office buildings Notable office buildings owned by Mirvac include:Property Compendium 2023Mirvac * [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peet Limited
Peet Limited () is an Australian real estate development company focused on creating masterplanned residential communities and medium density and apartment developments for homebuyers across Australia. Headquartered in Perth, it has operations in all Mainland Australia states and territories. History Peet was founded in 1895 as Peet & Bastow by James Peet. James Peet was a surveyor and draughtsman who left England for Australia in 1888. After a short time in Queensland, he moved to Victoria where he established a real estate partnership with architect Austin Bastow in Melbourne Melbourne ( , ; Boonwurrung language, Boonwurrung/ or ) is the List of Australian capital cities, capital and List of cities in Australia by population, most populous city of the States and territories of Australia, Australian state of Victori .... In the early 1890s Peet and Bastow turned their attention west, and in 1895 James Peet moved to Western Australia and established Peet & Company Ltd. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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. ''Jerrabomberra'' is derived from the Aboriginal word, meaning "afraid of lightning". The traditional custodians of the land surrounding Jerrabomberra Creek are the Ngunnawal Aboriginal people; it lies close to the lands of the neighbouring Ngarigo people. Location and features The creek rises in New South Wales (NSW), below Lobb Hill, between Williamsdale and Royalla, and flows generally north and north–west, before reaching its confluence with the Molonglo River into Lake Burley Griffin, to the north of Narrabundah, in South Canberra, within the Australian Capital Territory (ACT). The creek descends over its course, and has a catchment area of . Jerrabomberra Wetlands Prior to reaching Lake Burley Griffin, the creek flows through a ser ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Australian Capital Territory
The Australian Capital Territory (ACT), known as the Federal Capital Territory until 1938, is an internal States and territories of Australia, territory of Australia. Canberra, the capital city of Australia, is situated within the territory, and is the territory's primate city. It is located in southeastern Australian mainland as an enclave and exclave, enclave surrounded by the state of New South Wales (NSW). Exclaved from NSW after Federation of Australia, federation as the seat of government for the new nation, the territory hosts Parliament House, Canberra, parliament house, High Court of Australia and the head offices of many Australian Government agencies. On 1 January 1901, Federation of Australia, federation of the colonies of Australia was achieved. Section 125 of the new Constitution of Australia, Australian Constitution provided that land, situated in New South Wales and at least from Sydney, would be ceded to the new Government of Australia, federal government. Foll ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
