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44-480: Woden Town Centre is the town centre of the district of Woden Valley in the Australian Capital Territory . It is located in the suburb of Phillip . The town centre has a variety of shops and amenities, including office blocks that house Australian departments, and shopping centres like Westfield Woden . Like Phillip, the town centre was established in 1966 and the suburb it is located in
88-547: A home on the property in 1927, and renamed the property Melrose . There is a sign marking the location of the former homestead on the pathway between present-day Theodore Street and James Place, Curtin . Maguire farmed Melrose until 1963 when the land was resumed by the government to establish suburbs in Woden Valley. Melrose Drive and Melrose High School were named after the Maguire's property. Illoura . Thomas Cargill
132-521: A local library which is located on Corinna Street. Woden Valley Woden Valley ( / ˈ w oʊ d ɪ n / ) is a district in the Australian Capital Territory in Australia . The district is subdivided into divisions ( suburbs ), sections and blocks. The name of Woden Valley is taken from the name of a nearby homestead owned by James Murray who named the homestead in October 1837 after
176-400: Is Westfield Woden , formerly called 'Woden Plaza' and 'Woden Shopping Square'. Westfield Woden includes major supermarkets ( Woolworths and Coles ), department stores such as David Jones and Big W , Hoyts cinemas and many other stores on several levels. Separate buildings house multi-storey car parks . Westfield Woden is intended to increase in size due to a redevelopment plan to improve
220-403: Is a volcanic rock intermediate in composition between dacite and rhyolite . It is the extrusive equivalent of those plutonic rocks that are intermediate in composition between monzogranite and granodiorite . Rhyodacites form from rapid cooling of lava relatively rich in silica and low in alkali metal oxides . Under IUGS guidelines, rhyodacites are not formally defined in either
264-699: Is currently occupied by the Department of Veterans' Affairs , the Department of the Environment and the Department of the Prime Minister & Cabinet . The Alexander and Albemarle Buildings once housed the Department of Health & Aged Care as its central office until its closure in 2010, where they are now scheduled for demolition. The Woden Town Park is located across Callam street, although infrequently used because of its location away from
308-486: Is located in Phillip which is in the district of the Woden Valley. The postcode is 2606. The Woden Town Centre neighbours the suburbs of Lyons from the north west, Chifley directly from the west and Pearce from south west, Curtin from north, Hughes from the north east, Garran directly from the east and O'Malley from south east, while Mawson borders from the south. The main shopping centre of Woden Town Centre
352-733: Is located in the town centre, but moved from an older station next to the bus interchange, which is scheduled for demolition in September 2014. The tallest commercial building in ACT, the 26 story 93 metre (305 ft) high Lovett Tower is located on Keltie Street. The tower was formerly known as the MLC Tower, but it was renamed in 2000 to honour the Lovett family . It has been the tallest building in Canberra since its completion in 1973. The Tower
396-489: Is next to the bus interchange. SkyPlaza is located in Woden, and is one of the tallest residential buildings in ACT, where it is 60 m (197 ft) in height, 20 floors, and was completed in 2005. The Woden Bus Interchange provides transport for people from one place to another, but the interchange has been scheduled for demolition, and the area also surrounding the interchange has been planned for new redevelopments to improve
440-546: Is similar to what happened with the redevelopment at the Belconnen Town Centre , which the redevelopment there resulted in significant urban design improvements. A redevelopment on the Woden Interchange had been considered since 2004, where plans introduced Westfield Woden's development team and its co-owners proposals to upgrade. In 2014, work has been confirmed to begin as early as September, where
484-613: Is to improve the flow and efficiency of transportation in the town centre. "Block 13" mentioned in this plan is a desirable site for a new bus layover in the Woden Town Centre. This brings opportunity for the Phillip Oval, for future use and its increase of importance for second tier ground for Cricket and AFL. An Estate Development Plan was approved for the Woden Town Centre in November 2013. The Woden Town Centre revamp
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#1732787355034528-471: Is very popular amongst juniors. Woden Valley also has a rugby league team Woden Rams and an Australian rules football team (Woden Blues). It also has a tenpin bowling centre and produced NSW champion and award-winning sports journalist Reagan Murphy, who lived in Garran and attended Woden Valley High School in the 1970s. While the majority of the destruction caused by the 2003 Canberra bushfires occurred in
572-441: The Department of Health & Aged Care offices, was closed down and left vacant in 2010. The conversion of the building resulted in the withdrawal of 8,500 square metres of space from the ACT property market. The Alexander and Albemarle buildings are set for demolition to make way for a new development plan. In 2013, a new bus layover was proposed at the locations of Phillip Oval and the corner of Launceston and Callam Street. This
616-523: The Old English god of wisdom, Woden . He named it this as he was to spend his life in the pursuit of wisdom. However, historian Harold Koch considers that the name may have its origins in the Aboriginal word for possum, either wadyan or wadhan , influenced in interpretation by the term known to English speakers of 'Woden'. In 1964 it was the first satellite city to be built, separate from
660-612: The QAPF classification , used to classify igneous rocks by their mineral content, or the TAS classification , used to classify volcanic rocks chemically. However, the IUGS allows the use of the term to describe rocks close to the boundary between the rhyolite and dacite fields in each classification scheme. Rhyodacite then describes a fine-grained igneous rock containing between 20% and 60% quartz and in which plagioclase makes up about two-thirds of
704-621: The Weston Creek district, in the Woden Valley suburbs of Curtin , three houses were destroyed; in Lyons , four houses; and in Torrens , two houses. Curtin, in particular, has been threatened by bushfires several times since its construction. On Australia Day in 1971 a flash flood at Yarra Glen killed seven people. The drains and roads in the area have since been redesigned to avoid future flood casualties. Rhyodacite Rhyodacite
748-471: The Woden Town Centre , which includes a major shopping centre, called Westfield Woden , or more commonly known as Woden Plaza . Woden is also home to the tallest building in Canberra, Lovett Tower , which stands at 22 stories. Lovett Tower and a number of other buildings host staff from Australian Government agencies; there is also some light industrial development in the town centre. Within
792-617: The gazettal of the Districts Ordinance 1966 (Cth) which, after the enactment of the Australian Capital Territory (Self-Government) Act 1988, became the Districts Act 1966. This Act was subsequently repealed by the ACT Government and the district is now administered subject to the Districts Act 2002. Woden Valley is represented by: The district is a set of contiguous residential suburbs that surround
836-479: The soldier settlement lease scheme. Four of the earliest homesteads established in the valley were Yamba, Yarra Glen, Melrose and Illoura. Yamba . In 1920, Walter Eddison was granted a soldier settlement lease on the 764 acres (309 ha) Woden Block 132, covering roughly the present-day suburbs of Phillip and Swinger Hill. In 1925, he applied for an additional block and was granted the 1,601 acres (648 ha) Woden Block 28A, which extended further south covering
880-450: The City, opened in November 1967. At the 2021 census , there were 34,760 people in the Woden Valley district, of these 48.7 per cent were male and 51.3 per cent were female. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.4 per cent of the population, which was lower than the national and territory averages. The median age of people in the Woden Valley district was 39 years, which
924-579: The Woden Town Centre are associated with the First , Second and Third Fleets. Construction began around 1968, when the Fishburn and Sirius buildings, along with the Alexander and Albemarle Buildings were among the first buildings to be built at the centre. On 26 January 1971, a flash flood occurred near the Woden Town Centre, where 95 mm of rain fell in one hour and killed seven people. Woden Plaza
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#1732787355034968-510: The Woden Valley district had a slightly higher than average proportion (27.5 per cent) where a language other than English was spoken at home (national average was 24.8 per cent); and a slightly lower proportion (71.0 per cent) where only English was spoken at home (national average was 72.0 per cent). Woden Valley is a vital area when it comes to sport in the Territory. Its association football club, Woden Valley FC (Woden Rival),
1012-539: The Woden Valley to house an estimated 55,000 residents. Work commenced on the first two suburbs, Hughes and Curtin , in late-1962. Some of the first homes built in Curtin were advertised for £6,870 to £8,055. Hughes was officially declared open on 9 May 1964. Chifley and Lyons were the next suburbs to be developed (1965), followed by Garran , Pearce and Torrens (1966), Mawson , Farrer and Phillip (1966), O'Malley (1973) and Isaacs (1986). By late-1965, in
1056-437: The adjacent 825 acres (334 ha) Block 39 in 1922, and named his property Yarra Glenn. In August 1925, the two blocks were merged to become the smaller 1,200 acres (490 ha) Block 27A, which extended from the vicinity of the present-day Royal Australian Mint south to include the present-day suburb of Hughes . In 1927, Gifford sold the lease to George Campbell, a descendant of Robert Campbell of Duntroon . George worked
1100-656: The district are a number of community facilities including the Phillip campus of the Canberra College , a secondary school catering to years 11 and 12 (16 – 18 years old); a library, the Woden Youth Centre, and the Canberra Hospital , which is located in the north of the district. In the mid-1920s following World War I , much of the Woden Valley was granted to returned soldiers under
1144-608: The district of Canberra Central . It has its own shopping centre, employment opportunities and accommodation with twelve suburbs arranged around the Woden Town Centre . At the 2021 census , the population of the district was 39,279. Following the transfer of land from the Government of New South Wales to the Commonwealth Government in 1911, the district was established in 1966 by the Commonwealth via
1188-550: The earlier stages of Woden Valley's development, there were complaints from local residents that the new suburbs lacked shopping and recreational facilities, and the first schools in the area, such as Curtin Primary, were overcrowded as surrounding suburbs were developed. The first section of Hindmarsh Drive, connecting Woden Valley with Fyshwick and South Canberra, opened in December 1966. Yarra Glen, connecting Woden Valley with
1232-749: The edge of the present-day suburb of Curtin, in what is currently known as the Illoura agistment paddocks. The homestead was located just to the southeast of the Tuggeranong Parkway / Cotter Road intersection. A clump of large eucalyptus trees still visible to the left of where the southbound onramp meets the Parkway marks the former location of the homestead. In the early 1960s the National Capital Development Commission developed plans to establish 10 suburbs in
1276-459: The former police station next to the interchange is expected to be demolished to make way for new redevelopment. The redevelopment also includes demolishing the existing interchange in replacement for a new building. However, department store chain, Myer has stated they will not have an outlet located in Woden, resulting in some doubts of revitalisation. Woden Interchange closed in January 2023 and
1320-460: The homestead's garden. The main parkway connecting Woden Valley with central Canberra, constructed in 1966, was named Yarra Glenn after the former property. Melrose . Jack Maguire was granted a 10-year soldier settler lease for the 994 acres (402 ha) Woden Block 25A in 1926. His block covered much of present-day suburbs of Curtin , Lyons and Chifley . He initially called his property Oakey Hill and used it solely for grazing sheep. He built
1364-697: The major shopping areas. The Civil Aviation Safety Authority has its headquarters at the Aviation House, which is adjacent to the Sirius Building. The Juliana House now serves as an apartment of hotel, after four years of being vacant. The Bonner House in Neptune street headquarters the Indigenous Business Australia. The town centre has a postal office and a health centre. A Medibank branch is headquartered in Woden, which
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1408-665: The present-day suburbs of Pearce and Torrens. Walter initially continued to live at his property The Oaks in Queanbeyan while farming his new property, but then established his homestead Yamba on the property in 1926 and worked the land with his three sons, Tom, Keith and Jack. In 1929, 43 acres (17 ha) were withdrawn from block 28A for the construction of the Woden Cemetery (Woden Block 30). Walter's three sons all fought overseas during World War II , and sadly all three were killed and buried overseas. The Yamba homestead
1452-534: The property with his two sons, Robert and Curtis. The Yarra Glen homestead was located near the intersection of present-day Carruthers Street and Yarra Glen, Curtin . The large conifer on the Yarra Glen median strip near the Carruthers Street overpass was once part of the homestead garden, and the row of large trees to the left (east) of the southbound Yarra Glen offramp were originally a windbreak for
1496-903: The total feldspar content. Such a rock will contain between 69% and 72% silica by weight. The U.S. Geological Survey defines rhyodacite as volcanic rock containing 20% to 60% quartz and with plagioclase making up 35% to 65% of the total feldspar content. This makes rhyodacite the extrusive equivalent of monzogranite. In addition to its quartz and feldspar content, rhyodacite commonly contains phenocrysts of andesine , biotite , hornblende , and pyroxene . Quartz and sanidine phenocrysts are less common than in rhyolite, and rhyolite has only scant mafic phenocrysts. Like other silica-rich compositions, rhyodacites are more abundant as pyroclastic rock than as lava flows . These include extensive ash flows and fallout sheets that are important stratigraphic markers . Rhyodacite lava flows occur in northwestern Ferry County (Washington) , and at An Sgùrr on
1540-611: The town centre. The Woden Town Centre is home to Headquarters for the Department of Veterans' Affairs , the Clean Energy Regulator and IP Australia , located at the Discovery House, and the Department of Health is located in the new Sirius Building and Scarborough House building (14 stories and the second tallest office building in Canberra), both are located on Furzer and Atlantic Street. A police station
1584-492: The town centre. A redevelopment master plan for this was first considered back in 2004, but actual development will be taking place in September 2014. The Phillip Ice Skating Centre was the home arena for the Canberra Knights , until 2014. Just outside the Woden Town Centre is the Phillip campus of the Canberra College , a secondary school catering to years 11 and 12 (16 – 18 years old). The town centre also has
1628-628: Was demolished with a new Canberra Institute of Technology campus being built on the site. A new bus interchange is being built with provision for an extension of the light rail . The rocks underneath Phillip are from the Silurian period and are from 417 to 414 million years old. Deakin Volcanics green-grey purple coloured rhyodacite can be found in the west half and south east corner of Phillip. Deakin Volcanics purple and green tuff has been observed around Hindmarsh Drive . The Woden Town Centre
1672-456: Was located in the vicinity of present-day 11 Irving Street, Phillip . Eddison Park in Woden is named in honour of the Eddison family. The main north–south arterial road passing to the east of central Woden was named Yamba Drive in honour of the former property. Yarra Glen . Frank Gifford was granted a soldier settler lease on the 779 acres (315 ha) Woden Block 32 in 1920, and a lease on
1716-590: Was named after Arthur Phillip , who was the first Governor of New South Wales . In 1971, a flash flood caused the deaths of seven people, which occurred right near the Woden Town Centre. The centre is the location of the third tallest building in Canberra, the Lovett Tower (formerly known as the MLC Tower). The Woden Town Centre was established in 1966, following when Phillip was gazetted on 12 May 1966. Like Phillip, except for Swinger Hill, street names in
1760-479: Was offered a ten-year soldier settlement lease for the 1,015 acres (411 ha) Woden Block 26A in 1926, which extended from present-day Curtin and Lyons across to present-day North Weston to the west. In 1928 he sold his lease to Guy Tanner, and the Tanner family continued to farm the area until the property was resumed in the early 1970s. Illoura homestead was located between present-day Tuggeranong Parkway and
1804-509: Was opened on 18 September 1972 by the Prime Minister of Australia , William McMahon . Refurbishments for Scarborough House were considered in the 1990s, which were eventually done several years later. The existing Fishburn and Sirius Buildings were demolished in 2007–08 to make way for a new $ 67 million development housing some of the offices of the Department of Health & Aged Care . The old Penrhyn House located at 2-6 Bowes Street
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1848-444: Was significantly higher than the national average, and similar to the territory average. At the 2021 census, the most common ancestries reported in the Woden Valley area were English (31.7 per cent), Australian (29.4 per cent), Irish (12.9 per cent), Scottish (10.7 per cent) and Indian (4.9 per cent). 40.3 per cent of residents described themselves as having "No Religion", higher than the national average at 38.4 per cent. Households in
1892-399: Was slightly higher than the national median of 38 years. Children aged 0 – 14 years made up 17.4 per cent of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 18.5 per cent of the population. Of people in the area aged 15 years and over, 50.4 per cent were married and 10.1 per cent were either divorced or separated. The median weekly income for residents within the Woden Valley district
1936-515: Was sold for $ 14 million in June 2012. The building, purchased by the boutique property fund manager went through a revamp, treated with a $ 10 million upgrade, which is expected to bring back 900 public servants to the Woden Town Centre, due to its sustainable space of 12,622 metres square. In 2014, the Juliana House was reopened by Abode Hotels as a hotel, where the office tower, which once housed
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