10-591: Crace may refer to: People [ edit ] Edward Kendall Crace (1844–1892), Australian pastoralist Sir John Gregory Crace , KBE, CB (1887–1968), officer in Royal Navy and Royal Australian Navy Jim Crace (born 1946), English writer John Crace (writer) (born 1956), British journalist and critic Lauren Crace (born 1986), English actress English interior designers [ edit ] Edward Crace (1725–1799), English interior designer and Keeper of
20-727: A flooded Ginninderra Creek in 1892. The suburb of Crace is named after him, as is Crace Street in Weetangera . Ginninderra Creek Ginninderra Creek , a partly perennial stream of the Murrumbidgee catchment within the Murray–Darling basin , is located in the Capital Country region spanning both the Australian Capital Territory and New South Wales , Australia . Ginninderra
30-552: Is considerable risk of runoff from urban areas harming aquatic ecosystems in the Murrumbidgee River system. Ginninderra Falls was a popular scenic tourist destination, opened initially as a private tourist park from the late 1990s. John Gale argued that the Ginninderra Falls were so pretty that Canberra should be chosen as the capital city of Australia, rather than the proposal to choose Dalgety as
40-705: Is derived from the Aboriginal word, meaning "sparkling" or "throwing little rays of light". The traditional custodians of the land surrounding Ginninderra Creek are the Aboriginal people of the Ngunnawal tribe . Ginninderra Creek rises on the northern border between the Australian Capital Territory (ACT) and New South Wales (NSW), sourced from the Spring Range , located north-east of Hall . The creek flows generally south-west across
50-637: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Edward Kendall Crace Edward Kendall Crace (c. 1844–1892) was an Australian pastoralist who owned extensive land holdings around Canberra . Crace was the son of the English interior designer John Gregory Crace (1809-1889) and his wife, Sarah Jane Hine Langley. Crace owned the properties of Ginninderra and Gungahlin and added Charnwood to his holdings in 1880. He arrived in Australia in 1865 on
60-608: The Duncan Dunbar after being shipwrecked. In 1871 he married Kate Marion who had also been on the Duncan Dunbar and they had six daughters and two sons. One son, Everard Crace founded a farmers union to promote more scientific farming methods, and his other son, also named John Gregory Crace became a commander in the Royal Australian Navy . Edward Crace and his coachman died when trying to cross
70-763: The Ginninderra Plain , through the Gungahlin and Belconnen regions in Canberra , and then heads west crossing the western border between the ACT and flowing into NSW, towards its confluence with the Murrumbidgee River . The creek descends 168 metres (551 ft) over its 23 kilometres (14 mi) course . Ginninderra Creek is impounded by Gungahlin Pond and Lake Ginninderra , a man-made lake that
80-659: The King's Pictures John Crace (designer) (1754–1819), eldest son of Edward Crace, English interior designer Frederick Crace (1779–1859), English interior decorator and collector of maps and prints, eldest son of John Crace John Gregory Crace (designer) (1809–1889), English interior designer and author, elder surviving son of Frederick Crace John Dibblee Crace (1838–1919), English interior designer and author, eldest son of John Gregory Crace Places [ edit ] Crace, Australian Capital Territory , an established suburb of Canberra, Australia Topics referred to by
90-461: The same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Crace . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Crace&oldid=1047131857 " Categories : Disambiguation pages Disambiguation pages with surname-holder lists Hidden categories: Short description
100-413: Was constructed in 1974 to act as a sedimentation pond . The creek flows over the Ginninderra Falls, descending 41 metres (135 ft), and through Ginninderra Gorge, to its confluence with the Murrumbidgee River. The catchment of Ginninderra Creek covers approximately 32,000 hectares (79,000 acres). The Ginninderra Creek catchment carries approximately a quarter of Canberra's urban runoff , and there
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