Location of Tuggeranong, Canberra. Canberra ( is the capital city of Australia With a population of over 340000 it is Australia's largest inland City.

Tuggeranong Town Centre is located on Lake Tuggeranong

Tuggeranong is the southernmost town centre of Canberra, the capital city of Australia. Lake Tuggeranong is an Artificial lake in the Canberra district of Tuggeranong. Canberra ( is the capital city of Australia With a population of over 340000 it is Australia's largest inland City. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Australia topics. 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 (2006 Census). South San Jose (cropjpg||thumb|A suburban development in San Jose California. House generally refers to a Shelter or Building that is a Dwelling or place for Habitation by Human beings. } The Australian Capital Territory (ACT is the Capital territory of the Commonwealth of Australia and its smallest self-governing internal territory Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. A census is the procedure of acquiring information about every member of a given population The district occupies 117 square kilometres to the east of the Murrumbidgee River. The Murrumbidgee River is a major river in the state of New South Wales, Australia, and the Australian Capital Territory (ACT

Tuggeranong is in a valley of the Brindabella Ranges. In Geology, a valley (also called a vale, dale, glen or strath and near or in Appalachia, a draw) is Brindabella Ranges is a Mountain range in New South Wales, Australia. Cave paintings and Aboriginal artifacts discovered in the area indicate that the Tuggeranong region has been occupied for over 21,000 years. Cave paintings are Paintings on Cave walls and ceilings and the term is used especially for those dating to Prehistoric times Indigenous Australians are descendants of the first known human inhabitants of the Australian continent and its nearby islands. 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 led by Charles Throsby found the Murrumbidgee River and the valley now occupied by the Tuggeranong district. Charles Throsby (1771 - 1828 was an Australian explorer who opened up much new land beyond the Blue Mountains. The Murrumbidgee River is a major river in the state of New South Wales, Australia, and the Australian Capital Territory (ACT 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 infant daughter. Major-General Sir Thomas Makdougall Brisbane 1st Baronet, GCH, GCB ( July 23, 1773 – January 27, 1860) soldier Unable to cross the river near the current site of Tharwa, they continued on to the Monaro Plains. For other meanings including organizations named `Tharwa' see Tharwa (disambiguation. The last expedition in the region was undertaken by Allan Cunningham in 1824. Allan Cunningham ( 13 July 1791 – 27 June 1839) was an English botanist and explorer, primarily known Cunningham's reports verified that the region was suitable for grazing, and the settlement of the Limestone Plains followed immediately thereafter.

In 1828, the bushranger John Tennant, known as the 'Terror of Argyle', was captured by James Ainslie and two others near the Murrumbidgee River in Tuggeranong. Bushrangers, or bush rangers, were Outlaws in the early years of the European settlement of Australia who had the survival skills necessary to use the John Tennant was an Australian Bushranger who was active around the Canberra district in the 1820s James Ainslie was a Scottish Pastoralist, best known as the first overseer of the property known as Duntroon in the Australian Capital Territory Tennant had been a convict assigned to Joshua John Moore at Canberry, a property in the present day inner north Canberra. Joshua John Moore (1790-1864 a Grazier and large owner of land by occupation was born to John Moore yeoman Farmer, at Horningsea Cambridgeshire North Canberra, also known as the Inner North, is a district of Canberra, the capital city of Australia, composed of 15 suburbs with 15150 dwellings housing Mount Tennent, behind Tharwa, is named after the bushranger (note the difference in spelling). Mount Tennent is a mountain in the southern part of the Australian Capital Territory. ^[1]

Charles Bean and his wife, Effie, in the grounds of Tuggeranong Station between 1919 and 1925. Tuggeranong Homestead is located in the Australian Capital Territory in the area now covered by the suburb of Richardson.

Aerial view of Lanyon station in 1950

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 was established in 1835 and originally owned by James Wright and John Lanyon. Lanyon is an historic homestead and grazing property located on the southern outskirts of Canberra in the Australian Capital Territory. 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 then known as Waniassa property (sic). Tuggeranong Homestead is located in the Australian Capital Territory in the area now covered by the suburb of Richardson. 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. ^[2] They renamed Waniassa to Tuggranong (sic). The whole area was part of the Tuggeranong parish in the late nineteenth century. Tuggeranong Parish Murray County is a Parish of Murray County New South Wales, a cadastral unit for use on Land titles. 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, together with his staff, wrote the first two volumes of the twelve volume official history of Australia's involvement in World War I at the homestead from 1919 to 1925. Another Charles Bean is the Chief Economist of the Bank of England Charles Edwin Woodrow Bean ( 18 November 1879 Tuggeranong property was leased as a grazing property by the McCormack family from 1927 to 1976. ^[3]

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 in 1974. Kambah (postcode 2902 is the northernmost suburb in the district of Tuggeranong, Canberra.

The fifth Canberra fire station opened at Kambah in 1979 to service the new developing satellite city. ^[4]

The view from Tuggeranong Hill, looking down into Tuggeranong Valley in 2002

Urban development is consolidated around the artificial Lake Tuggeranong which was constructed in 1987. Tuggeranong Hill is located in Tuggeranong Canberra. While it is called a hill it is by definition a mountain Lake Tuggeranong is an Artificial lake in the Canberra district of Tuggeranong. Year 1987 ( MCMLXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link displays 1987 Gregorian calendar) The Tuggeranong Town Centre is to the west of the lake. Tuggeranong Town Centre services the southernmost Canberra district of Tuggeranong. It includes a major shopping mall, known as the Tuggeranong Hyperdome (referring to the architectural use of semi-opaque domes in the roof) or by the newer name Centro Tuggeranong. Centro Tuggeranong is managed and part owned by Centro Property Group 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, a school catering to years 11 and 12 (16 - 18 years old). Lake Tuggeranong College is an Australian Public school catering to Year 11 and 12 (approximately 16 to 18 year old students

Places of interest

Places of interest in the district are:

• Tuggeranong Hill - a large mountain overlooking the valley. Tuggeranong Hill is located in Tuggeranong Canberra. While it is called a hill it is by definition a mountain A mountain is a Landform that extends above the surrounding Terrain in a limited area with a peak
• Lanyon Homestead - a historic grazing property that also has the Nolan Gallery
• Tuggeranong Homestead - a historic homestead now operated as a café and function or event centre. Lanyon is an historic homestead and grazing property located on the southern outskirts of Canberra in the Australian Capital Territory. Tuggeranong Homestead is located in the Australian Capital Territory in the area now covered by the suburb of Richardson.
• Tuggeranong Town Centre - the town centre

Suburbs

References

1. ^ Our History, Our Territory
2. ^ Exploring the ACT and Southeast New South Wales, J. Kay McDonald, Kangaroo Press, Sydney, 1985, p 45 ISBN 0-86417-049-1
3. ^ http://www.tuggeranonghomestead.com.au/html/history.htm#popup
4. ^ http://www.firebrigade.act.gov.au/About_Us/History/

External links

• Tuggeranong suburbs map - links to ACT Government street-level maps.
• Canberra region map - all districts
• Australian Bureau of Statistics
  • 80525 Tuggeranong (Statistical Subdivision)
  • ACT - Basic Community Profile and Snapshot - 2001 Census
• Tuggeranong Homestead
• Lanyon Homestead
• Nolan Gallery
• Google Maps Satellite Image of Tuggeranong