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19-563: The Royal Canberra Show can trace its origins back to the first events organised by the Ginninderra Farmers' Union, which was formed in 1905. At first, it ran sporting events at Ginninderra , including ploughing matches, but in 1909 it held its first annual agricultural show. These shows were discontinued because of the First World War, despite the 1915 event being attended by 1,200 people and raising much-needed funds for

38-798: A history of the Ginninderra district , ACT Heritage Unit, ISBN   0-9590255-1-0 Giralang, Australian Capital Territory Giralang ( / ɡ ɪ r ə l æ ŋ / ) is a suburb of the Belconnen district of Canberra , located within the Australian Capital Territory , Australia . The suburb is named after the word in the language of the Wiradhuri Aboriginal tribe of the Central West of New South Wales , meaning star . The suburb name

57-519: A homestead located on the banks of Ginninderra Creek adjacent to the presentday suburb of Giralang . The estate encompassed much of what is now Belconnen and southern Gungahlin . It adjoined the Charnwood Estate to the west and Yarralumla Estate to the east. The combined area of the Ginninderra and Charnwood Estates was nearly 20,150 acres (8155 ha). Between the years 1830 and 1836, the colonial surveyor Robert Hoddle made several visits to

76-586: A reputation for high quality merino wool. Henry ‘Babe’ Curran of Deasland near Ginninderra Village achieved a world record price at auction. That year’s record auction prices helped perpetuate the myth that the country’s woolgrowers were all millionaires. The centre of the local wool industry was the Ginninderra Woolshed, the district’s largest, (the site of which was located close to the present-day intersection of Gundaroo Drive and Baldwin Drive in

95-803: Is bound by the Spring Range and the NSW-ACT border to the north, by Black Mountain and the O'Connor Ridge to the east, by a line of hills leading west from Mount Payntor towards the Murrumbidgee River to the south and by the hills at Brookland (in NSW) and the Brindabella Ranges to the west. The plain contains the entire water catchment area of Ginninderra Creek , which empties into the Murrumbidgee River and forms part of

114-505: Is one of several - Molonglo, Gold Creek and Monaro are others - that hold longstanding connections to Canberra's local history. The Ginninderra Cricket Club, Ginninderra District High School and Ginninderra Labor Club are examples. One of the local ACT electorates is called Ginninderra . The name is celebrated through the place name Ginninderra Drive, an arterial road that traverses the Canberra district of Belconnen . The Ginninderra Plain

133-862: The Murray-Darling Basin . The urban environs of the city of Canberra straddle the Ginninderra Plain, Molonglo Plains , the Limestone Plain, and the Tuggeranong Plain (Isabellas Plain). Indigenous Australian peoples have long inhabited what is now the ACT.[1] Anthropologist Norman Tindale has suggested the principal group occupying the region were the Ngunnawal people, while the Ngarigo and Walgalu lived immediately to

152-620: The "inaugural" Canberra Show. The show continued to grow: the first two-day show was held in 1931, and the 1932 show was opened by Prime Minister J.A. Lyons . After a hiatus in the Second World War, the show resumed with the support of leading sheep breeder Sir Walter Merriman . In 1964, the show moved to its permanent home at the Canberra Showground. The Show was given "Royal" status in 1979. The number of people who enter their livestock and other agricultural goods into

171-555: The district, to survey property boundaries. He captured Ginninderra's wild beauty in watercolour and ink. The property was sold to William Davis, also from a prominent local family, and it continued to prosper. The second wave of Ginninderra settlement began in the early 1850s with free settlers such as the Rolfe, Shumack, Southwell, Gillespie and Gribble families. These settlers established wheat and sheep properties such as 'Weetangara', 'Gold Creek' ,'The Valley' and 'Tea Gardens'. During

190-548: The eastern border of the suburb. Next in the centre, south and north west of Giralang there are late Silurian sedimentary rocks. From the east to west there are, mudstone , State Circle Shale, and then micaceous Black Mountain Sandstone that contains lenses of shale. In the south west of Giralang is calcareous shale from the Canberra Formation. A long fault heading north west roughly parallel to Ginninderra Creek

209-428: The first cancellation since World War 2. Ginninderra Ginninderra is the name of the former agricultural lands surrendered to urban development on the western and north-western fringes of Canberra , the capital of Australia . Ginninderra corresponds with the watershed of Ginninderra Creek , which is now in part occupied by the Canberra districts of Belconnen and Gungahlin . The word 'Ginninderra'

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228-481: The mid 19th century Ginninderra was predominantly a wheat growing district especially for the smaller landholders. Much of the local produce supplied the large workforce at the region's goldfields located at Braidwood and Major's Creek. Harry Holland , the second leader of the New Zealand Labour Party , was born here in 1868. During the first half of the twentieth century Ginninderra developed

247-595: The nearby Hall public School. The few remaining buildings in the former village are a timber hall (the former St Francis Church) and the Ginninderra Schoolhouse which are both located today within the tourist precinct of the Gold Creek Village in the suburb of Nicholls . 35°11′35″S 149°5′7″E  /  35.19306°S 149.08528°E  / -35.19306; 149.08528 Gillespie L, (1992), Ginninderra, Forerunner to Canberra:

266-487: The school closure process it was decided that Giralang Primary School will remain open. In 2011, a Jewish mikvah opened in Giralang. An early childhood education and care facility for Jewish children opened in 2013 in the refurbished former Giralang Preschool building. Ordovician age Pittman Formation greywacke and turbidites are found in the far east and northwest including a band of Acton Shale occurring right on

285-834: The south, the Wandandian to the east, the Gandangara to the north, and the Wiradjuri to the north-west.[2]Earliest written reference to the area use the spelling 'Ginninginderry' though by mid 19th century the 'Ginninderra' variation was in general use. The name Ginninderra is derived from the Aboriginal word for the creek which flows through the district of Ginin-ginin-derry which is said to mean sparkling or throwing out little rays of light . George Palmer established his Palmerville Estate in 1826 in Ginninginderry with

304-676: The suburb of Giralang . The structure was demolished in the early 1970s to make way for the urban development of Belconnen. Key events in Gininnderra: This collection of buildings became known as Ginninderra Village. In 1962, with the retirement of local schoolteacher and postmaster, Richard O’Sullivan, the last of the Ginninderra Village original buildings, the post office and the Ginninderra Public School permanently closed. Students moved to

323-825: The various competitions has increased, reflecting the significant role the Show plays in the development of the skills and excellence of those who live in the surrounding region, according to the Royal Canberra Show website. In 2012, the show marked the International Year of the Farmer. The 2021 Show, scheduled for late February, was cancelled in November 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Australia ,

342-517: The war effort. One of the driving forces, from the days of the Ginninderra Farmers' Union until 1944, was the Ginninderra blacksmith, Harry Curran, father of Babe Curran of Deasland , the district's preeminent wool grower. The Advance Hall and District Association organised a small district show in 1924 and 1925. The show of 1927 is officially recognised by the Royal National Capital Agricultural Society as

361-562: Was gazetted on 15 January 1974. Streets in Giralang are named after Aboriginal words for stars, astronomers and constellations seen from the southern hemisphere. In the suburb is the Giralang District Playing fields and adjacent Giralang Primary School. The suburb is bordered by Baldwin Drive, Gundaroo Drive and the Barton Highway . Giralang Primary School was under threat to close in 2006. After completion of

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