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Tuggeranong

Tuggeranong is the southernmost town centre of Canberra

Canberra

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, the capital city

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of Australia

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Tuggeranong is the southernmost town centre of Canberra

Canberra

Capital City

Australia

Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the southern hemisphere comprising the Australia of the world's smallest continent, the major island of Tasmania, and numerous list of islands of Australia in the Indian Ocean and Pacific Oceans....
. It comprises 19 suburbs with a total of 31,819 dwellings, housing 87,119 people of the 324,034 people in the Australian Capital Territory

Australian Capital Territory

The Australian Capital Territory is the Capital districts and territories of the Australia and its smallest States and territories of Australia....
(2006 Census

Census

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). The district occupies 117 square kilometres to the east of the Murrumbidgee River

Murrumbidgee River

The Murrumbidgee River is a major river in the state of New South Wales, Australia, and the Australian Capital Territory . A major tributary of the Murray River, the Murrumbidgee travels from the foot of Peppercorn Hill in the Fiery Range of the Snowy Mountains, through the ACT, and to a confluence with the Murray....
.

Tuggeranong is in a valley

Valley

In geology, a valley is a Depression with predominant extent in one direction. A very deep river valley may be called a canyon or gorge....
of the Brindabella Ranges

Brindabella Ranges

Brindabella Ranges is a mountain range in New South Wales, Australia. The Brindabellas are visible to the west of Canberra and form an important part of the city's landscape....
. Cave painting

Cave painting

Cave paintings are paintings on cave walls and ceilings, and the term is used especially for those dating to prehistoric times. The earliest known European cave paintings date to 32,000 years ago....
s and Aboriginal

Indigenous Australians

Indigenous Australians are the first human inhabitants of the Australian continent and its nearby islands and their descendants. Indigenous Australians are distinguished as either Australian Aborigines or Torres Strait Islanders, who currently together make up about 2.6% of Australia's population....
artifacts discovered in the area indicate that the Tuggeranong region has been occupied for over 21,000 years. The name is derived from an Aboriginal expression meaning "cold plains".

History

In 1821, a third expedition to the area known as the Limestone Plains
Limestone Plains

The Limestone Plains were broad, frost-hollow floodplains through which the Molonglo River flowed. Early settlers named this floodplain after the occasional small outcrops of limestone found on it....
led by Charles Throsby

Charles Throsby

Charles Throsby was an Australian explorer who opened up much new land beyond the Blue Mountains .Throsby was born at Leicester, England. He arrived in Australia as surgeon of the transport Coromandel on 13 June 1802, soon afterwards joined the medical staff, and in October was appointed a magistrate and acting-surgeon at Castle Hill....
found the Murrumbidgee River

Murrumbidgee River

Pine Island (Canberra)

Pine Island is an island on the Murrumbidgee River where the river flows through the Canberra suburb of Tuggeranong, Australia.Pine Island is not a permanent island, but exists when the area floods....
and the valley now occupied by the Tuggeranong district. In 1823 Joseph Wild was employed by Brigade Major John Ovens and Captain Mark Currie to guide them to the Murrumbidgee. They travelled south along the river and named the area now known as Tuggeranong Isabella's Plain in honour of Governor Brisbane's

Thomas Brisbane

Major-General Sir Thomas Makdougall Brisbane, 1st Baronet, Royal Guelphic Order, Order of the Bath was a British soldier, colonial Governor and astronomer....
infant daughter. Unable to cross the river near the current site of Tharwa

Tharwa, Australian Capital Territory

Tharwa is a small village within the Australian Capital Territory, 35 kilometres south of Canberra, the capital city of Australia.The village is located on the banks of the Murrumbidgee River and at the junction of Tidbinbilla and Naas Roads, and Tharwa Drive....
, they continued on to the Monaro Plains. The last expedition in the region was undertaken by Allan Cunningham

Allan Cunningham (botanist)

Allan Cunningham was an England botany and List of explorers, primarily known for his travels in New South Wales to collect plants....
in 1824. Cunningham's reports verified that the region was suitable for grazing, and the settlement of the Limestone Plains

Limestone Plains

The Limestone Plains were broad, frost-hollow floodplains through which the Molonglo River flowed. Early settlers named this floodplain after the occasional small outcrops of limestone found on it....
followed immediately thereafter.

In 1828, the bushranger

Bushranger

Bushrangers, or bush rangers, were outlaws in the early years of the History of Australia who had the survival skills necessary to use the Australian The Bush as a refuge to hide from the authorities....
John Tennant

John Tennant

John Tennant was an Australian bushranger who was active around the Canberra district in the 1820s. Mount Tennent is named after him as it was on the slopes of this steep mountain behind the village of Tharwa, Australian Capital Territory where he would hide....
, known as the 'Terror of Argyle', was captured by James Ainslie

James Ainslie (pastoralist)

James Ainslie was a Scotland pastoralist, best known as the first overseer of the property known as Duntroon in the Australian Capital Territory, he increased the size of the property's sheep flock from 700 to 20,000 in 12 years....
and two others near the Murrumbidgee River in Tuggeranong. Tennant had been a convict assigned to Joshua John Moore

Joshua John Moore

Joshua John Moore , a grazier and large owner of land by occupation, was born to John Moore, yeoman farmer, at Horningsea, Cambridgeshire, England....
at Canberry, a property in the present day inner north Canberra

North Canberra

North Canberra, also known as the Inner North, is a district of Canberra, the capital city of Australia, comprising 14 suburbs with 19,115 dwellings housing 42,113 people of the 324,034 people in the Australian Capital Territory ....
. Mount Tennent

Mount Tennent

Mount Tennent is a mountain in the southern part of the Australian Capital Territory. At the base of the mountain flows the Gudgenby River and this is a site for the proposed Mount Tennent Dam....
, behind Tharwa, is named after the bushranger (note the difference in spelling).

The first authorised settler was James Murdoch. In 1824 he was offered a land grant on a small plain known by the natives as 'Togranong' meaning 'cold plains'. He took up the grant in 1827. Lanyon station

Lanyon Homestead

Lanyon is an historic homestead and grazing property located on the southern outskirts of Canberra in the Australian Capital Territory....
was established in 1835 and originally owned by James Wright and John Lanyon. Wright bought the property from Lanyon, who had only remained in Australia for three years. Wright sold to the Cunningham family in 1848. In 1835 Colonel Thomas Hiah Macquoid, then Sheriff of the New South Wales Supreme Court bought Tuggeranong station

Tuggeranong Homestead

Tuggeranong Homestead is located in the Australian Capital Territory in the area now covered by the suburb of Richardson, Australian Capital Territory....
then known as Waniassa property (sic). The rural depression of 1840 hit hard and Macquoid committed suicide in order to avoid bankruptcy. His son took over the estate and creditors allowed him to continue to operate it until it was sold by the Macquoid family in 1858 to the Cunningham family, owners of the neighbouring Lanyon property. They renamed Waniassa to Tuggranong (sic). The whole area was part of the Tuggeranong parish

Tuggeranong Parish, Murray

Tuggeranong Parish, Murray County is a parish of Murray County, New South Wales, a Cadastral divisions of New South Wales for use on land titles....
in the late nineteenth century. Tuggranong homestead was rebuilt by the Cunningham family in 1908. In 1917 it was resumed by the Commonwealth Government for military purposes. The Cunningham family remained at Lanyon until 1926. Charles Bean

Charles Bean

Charles Edwin Woodrow Bean , usually known during his career as C.E.W. Bean, was an Australian journalist, war correspondent and historian who is renowned as the editor of the 12-volume Official History of Australia in the War of 1914-1918....
, together with his staff, wrote the first two volumes of the twelve volume official history of Australia's involvement in World War I

Official History of Australia in the War of 1914-1918

The Official History of Australia in the War of 1914-1918 is a 12-volume series covering Australian involvement in the World War I. The series was edited by Charles Bean, who also wrote six of the volumes, and was published between 1920 and 1942....
at the homestead from 1919 to 1925. Tuggeranong property was leased as a grazing property by the McCormack family from 1927 to 1976.

In 1973, the third of the new towns planned for Canberra was inaugurated at Tuggeranong on 21 February. It was originally planned to house between 180 000 to 220 000 people. Planning for the new town had begun in 1969. The first families moved in to the suburb of Kambah

Kambah, Australian Capital Territory

Kambah is the northernmost suburb in the district of Tuggeranong , Canberra. It is located just south of the Mount Taylor, Australian Capital Territory in the Canberra Nature Park....
in 1974.

The fifth Canberra fire station opened at Kambah in 1979 to service the new developing satellite city.

Urban development is consolidated around the artificial Lake Tuggeranong

Lake Tuggeranong

Lake Tuggeranong is an artificial lake in the Canberra district of Tuggeranong . The lake was built in 1987 coinciding with urban development in the district....
which was constructed in 1987. The Tuggeranong Town Centre

Tuggeranong Town Centre

File:Tuggeranong Hyperdome.jpgTuggeranong Town Centre services the southernmost Canberra district of Tuggeranong. It is located on the south-western side of Lake Tuggeranong and composed of a large three-storey mall, the Tuggeranong Hyperdome, as well as a smaller shopping complex, the Homeworld, and many other buildings and shops....
is to the west of the lake. It includes a major shopping mall, known as the Tuggeranong Hyperdome

Tuggeranong Hyperdome

File:Tuggeranong Hyperdome.jpgThe Tuggeranong Hyperdome is a two-storey regional shopping centre located in Greenway, Australian Capital Territory, servicing the district of Tuggeranong....
(referring to the architectural use of semi-opaque domes in the roof) or by the newer name Centro Tuggeranong Hyperdome. Centro Tuggeranong Hyperdome is managed, developed and part owned by Centro Properties Group

Centro Properties Group

Centro Properties Group, commonly known as 'Centro', is an Australian company which provides retail property ownership and management services. It is a listed company with securities traded on the Australian Securities Exchange....
and is surrounded by government offices and a light industrial area. On the edge of the business district, overlooking the lake is Lake Tuggeranong College

Lake Tuggeranong College

Lake Tuggeranong College is an Australian public school catering to Year 11 and 12 . It is located in Tuggeranong , close to Tuggeranong Town Centre in Greenway, Australian Capital Territory....
, a school catering to years 11 and 12 (16 - 18 years old).

Places of interest

Places of interest in the district are:

Centro Tuggeranong Hyperdome - large super regional shopping centre
Tuggeranong Hill
Tuggeranong Hill

File:Tuggeranong Hill and ACTION Bus 368 CC 'CB60' bodied Scania L94UB .jpgTuggeranong Hill is located in Tuggeranong . While it is called a hill, it is by definition a mountain....
- a large mountain
Mountain

A mountain is a landform that stretches above the surrounding land in a limited area usually in the form of a peak. A mountain is generally steeper than a hill....
overlooking the valley.
Lanyon Homestead
Lanyon Homestead

Lanyon is an historic homestead and grazing property located on the southern outskirts of Canberra in the Australian Capital Territory....
- a historic grazing property that also has the Nolan Gallery
Tuggeranong Homestead
Tuggeranong Homestead

Tuggeranong Homestead is located in the Australian Capital Territory in the area now covered by the suburb of Richardson, Australian Capital Territory....
- a historic homestead now operated as a café
Café

A caf? or coffee shop is an informal restaurant offering a range of hot meals and made-to-order sandwiches. This differs from a coffee house, which is a limited-menu establishment which focuses on coffee sales....
and function or event centre.
Tuggeranong Town Centre
Tuggeranong Town Centre

File:Tuggeranong Hyperdome.jpgTuggeranong Town Centre services the southernmost Canberra district of Tuggeranong. It is located on the south-western side of Lake Tuggeranong and composed of a large three-storey mall, the Tuggeranong Hyperdome, as well as a smaller shopping complex, the Homeworld, and many other buildings and shops....
- the town centre

Suburbs

Suburb	Population (in 2006)	Median age (in 2001)	Mean household size (in 2001)	Area (km²)	Density (/km²)	Date first settled as a suburb	Gazetted as a Division Name	Median property prices 2005
Banks Banks, Australian Capital Territory Banks is a suburb in the Canberra, Australia district of Tuggeranong. It is the most southerly suburb of Canberra. The suburb is named after Sir Joseph Banks , the botanist who accompanied Captain James Cook to the Pacific Ocean on which he entered Botany Bay in 1770....	4,907	28 years	2.8 persons	2.24	1,619	1992	12 March 1987	$308,000
Bonython Bonython, Australian Capital Territory Bonython is a suburb of Tuggeranong , a township in southern Canberra, capital city of Australia....	3,363	30 years	2.9 persons	2.90	1,200	1989	17 October 1986	$346,000
Calwell Calwell, Australian Capital Territory Calwell is a medium sized suburb of Canberra, Australia in the district of Tuggeranong. Tuggeranong Hill is on its southern border and the Tuggeranong Homestead is to the north....	5,929	30 years	3 persons	3.87	1,560	1986	5 August 1975	$310,000
Chisholm Chisholm, Australian Capital Territory Chisholm is a suburb in the Canberra, Australia district of Tuggeranong , named after Caroline Chisholm.It was gazetted on 5 August 1975, and streets are named after notable women....	5,378	29 years	3.1 persons	3.11	1,823	1982	5 August 1975	$305,000
Conder Conder, Australian Capital Territory Conder is one of three suburbs in the Lanyon Valley in Canberra, Australia. It lies in the district of Tuggeranong. The three suburbs are presently the southern most suburbs of the city, although the small settlement of Tharwa exists only a short distance further south.... - Lanyon Market Place Lanyon Market Place Lanyon Marketplace is a Suburbs of Canberra in district of Tuggeranong in the city of Canberra. The centre primarily services the Lanyon Valley at the southern end of Tuggeranong, consisting of the suburbs of Conder, Australian Capital Territory, Gordon, Australian Capital Territory and Banks, Australian Capital Territory; the centre also ser...	5,051	28 years	3.2 persons	4.51	966	1991	12 March 1987	$300,000
Fadden 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....	3,215	35 years	3.3 persons	3.11	1,064	1981	5 August 1975	$480,000
Gilmore Gilmore, Australian Capital Territory Gilmore is a suburb in the Canberra, Australia district of Tuggeranong . The postcode is 2905. The suburb is named after the poet and journalist, Mary Gilmore....	2,905	28 years	3.3 persons	2.10	1,415	1985	5 August 1975	$325,000
Gordon Gordon, Australian Capital Territory Gordon is a suburb in the Canberra, Australia district of Tuggeranong. The postcode is 2906. The suburb is named after the poet Adam Lindsay Gordon ....	7,869	29 years	3 persons	4.47	1,667	1990	12 March 1987	$300,000
Gowrie 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....	3,226	31 years	3.1 persons	1.93	1,702	1981	5 August 1975	$352,000
Greenway 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 .... - Tuggeranong Town Centre Tuggeranong Town Centre File:Tuggeranong Hyperdome.jpgTuggeranong Town Centre services the southernmost Canberra district of Tuggeranong. It is located on the south-western side of Lake Tuggeranong and composed of a large three-storey mall, the Tuggeranong Hyperdome, as well as a smaller shopping complex, the Homeworld, and many other buildings and shops....	1,129	34 years	2.2 persons	5.35	181	1988	17 October 1986	$408,000
Hume Hume, Australian Capital Territory Hume is a suburb of Canberra in the district of Tuggeranong . The suburb is named after the explorer Hamilton Hume and streets are named after Australian industrialists and businessmen....	6	~	~	8.80		~	22 March 1982	$292,000
Isabella Plains Isabella Plains, Australian Capital Territory Isabella Plains is a suburb in the Canberra, Australia district of Tuggeranong. The postcode is 2905. The suburb is indirectly named after Isabella Maria Brisbane , who was the daughter of Thomas Brisbane the colonial Governors of New South Wales when the area was first explored by white settlers in 1823....	4,317	29 years	2.9 persons	2.49	1,761	1985	5 August 1975	$295,000
Kambah Kambah, Australian Capital Territory Kambah is the northernmost suburb in the district of Tuggeranong , Canberra. It is located just south of the Mount Taylor, Australian Capital Territory in the Canberra Nature Park.... - Kambah Village Centre	15,579	33 years	2.8 persons	11.30	1,428	1974	22 March 1973	$310,000
Macarthur Macarthur, Australian Capital Territory Macarthur is a suburb in the Canberra district of Tuggeranong . The suburb is named after John Macarthur, one of the founders of Australia's Merino wool industry....	1,582	32 years	3.3 persons	1.27	1,251	1983	22 March 1982	$375,000
Monash Monash, Australian Capital Territory Monash is a suburb in the district of Tuggeranong , Canberra, Australia. The suburb is named after General Sir John Monash, , who commanded the Australian Army in France in the First World War....	5,550	32 years	3 persons	3.41	1,688	1978	5 August 1975	$332,000
Oxley Oxley, Australian Capital Territory Oxley is the smallest Suburbs of Canberra in Canberra. It is located in the district of Tuggeranong . The suburb is named after the explorer John Oxley , who explored parts of New South Wales....	1,788	31 years	3 persons	1.08	1,700	1985	22 March 1982	$366,000
Richardson Richardson, Australian Capital Territory Richardson is a suburb in the Canberra, Australia, district of Tuggeranong. The postcode is 2905. The suburb is named after author Ethel Richardson ....	3,233	29 years	3 persons	2.24	1,493	1981	5 May 1975	$278,000
Theodore Theodore, Australian Capital Territory Theodore is a suburb in the Canberra, Australia district of Tuggeranong. The postcode is 2905. The suburb is named after Ted Theodore , a Queensland premier and deputy Prime Minister....	4,109	28 years	3.1 persons	3.13	1,330	1986	5 August 1975	$303,000
Wanniassa Wanniassa, Australian Capital Territory Wanniassa is a suburb in the Canberra, Australia district of Tuggeranong . It is located towards the north of the district. The suburb is named after an early local name for the Tuggeranong district.... - Erindale Centre Erindale Centre The Erindale Centre is a designated Suburbs of Canberra#group centres located in the Canberra suburb of Wanniassa, Australian Capital Territory....	7,933	33 years	2.9 persons	5.43	1,513	1975	21 May 1974	$330,000

External links

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