80-697: Weston Creek is a district in the Australian Capital Territory in Australia . The district is subdivided into divisions ( suburbs ), sections and blocks. The district comprises eight residential suburbs, situated to the west of the Woden Valley district and approximately 13 kilometres (8.1 mi) southwest of the Canberra City centre. Situated adjacent to the district was the large Stromlo Forest pine plantation until
160-409: A dwelling and barn, was grazing cattle and sheep, and had sown 12 acres (4.9 ha) with wheat. Martin's claim, however, was not successful. Along with the adjacent Woden Valley , the area later became part of the 40,000 acres (16,000 ha) Yarralumla Station. It was owned successively by Sir Terence Aubrey Murray , Augustus Gibbes and Frederick Campbell, until it was resumed in 1913 as part of
240-451: A general store, a preschool and primary school (now closed), Saint Edmund's Anglican Church, a cemetery, a community hall and tennis courts. The annual Tharwa Fair was hosted by the school, and was held in May until 2006. The Tharwa Fair is now organised by Tharwa Preschool. Tharwa is the oldest official settlement in the Australian Capital Territory , proclaimed a settlement in 1862. Tharwa
320-428: A higher proportion (85.0 per cent) where English only was spoken at home (national average was 76.8 per cent). Weston Creek is represented by: Weston Creek was the site of Canberra's main sewage treatment plant from the early days of Canberra's settlement up until the late-1970s. Located by the river down the hill from the present day RSPCA site, the plant was proposed as early as 1915. Following several studies, it
400-591: A land acquisition scheme after the Federal Capital Territory , was declared in 1911. The earliest homesteads in the valley were Weston (in the present suburb of Holder), Cooleman (on the southern edge of Chapman), The Rivers (corner of Uriarra Rd and Coppins Crossing Rd), Blundell's Homestead (off of Coppins Crossing Rd, near the large bend in the Molonglo River), Illoura (present suburb of North Weston) and Avondale (present-day Holder). In
480-598: A land administration county. However, there have been some land administration counties which did have county councils: Cumberland (1945–63), Northumberland (1948–63) and Rous (1940-pres., with trading name of Rous Water There were only five counties in the Northern Territory, which were divided into hundreds. Darwin is located in the Hundred of Bagot in the Palmerston County : usually only
560-581: A larger population than all the other counties in South Australia combined. Another reason is that many of the counties' borders follow rivers, having been proclaimed before settlements developed, which means that towns which typically grow up on rivers often find themselves in more than one county. Wangaratta , for instance, is located at the junction of the Ovens and King rivers, and is thus in three counties; Moira , Delatite and Bogong . Some of
640-523: A men's and women's Lawn Bowls team and Weston Creek Molonglo Cricket Club (formerly Weston Creek Cricket Club). Established in September 1972, notable players in the cricket club include Greg Irvine (from 1979), Michael Bevan (1985), Huntley Armstrong (1985) and even star rugby player George Gregan (1990). There is also a Weston Creek netball competition, called Arawang, comprising several teams. Junior sporting groups are also well represented with
720-408: A pine plantation (designated Block 45). Aubrey continued to farm The Rivers until his death in May 1961. His wife, Mary, continued to work the property until her death in September 1975. Illoura . Thomas Cargill was offered a ten-year soldier settlement lease for the 1,015 acres (411 ha) Block 26A, which extended from present-day Curtin and Lyons across to present-day North Weston and McCubbin to
800-562: A raised circular stone wall to reduce the risk of river flooding, and the site was repaired after 2012. The 19 recorded burials between 1876 and 1903 are marked by four headstones and the De Salis granite obelisk, which is placed inside another stone circular wall. Tharwa is in a different geological structural unit than the rest of Canberra, being on the Cotter Horst. The village itself is built on Tharwa Adamellite . This adamellite
880-728: A town and then divided into sections and these subdivided into crown allotments. However, many parishes do not follow county borders, some being located in more than one county. The county with the largest population is the County of Bourke , which contains Melbourne . Legal documents can describe the county, parish, township (if there is one), section, crown allotment number, and certified plan number. For example: " County of Dalhousie , Parish of Lauriston, being 2 hectares, being Crown Allotment 2, Section 40" or "Parish of Ballarat, County of Grant .. Crown Allotment 29, Section 101, Township of Ballarat East.. as shown on Certified Plan No. 105127" At
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#1732775524756960-603: A year later in March 1978. The new shopping centre in Brierly Street included a Woolworths supermarket, Fosseys store and 52 smaller shops. The name 'Cooleman Court' and its logo were selected from a competition involving the local community. The name was inspired by the Cooleman Homestead settled in the district by Mr Phillip Champion in 1937. The logo, a circle divided into eight parts, was intended to symbolise
1040-592: Is a village in the district of Paddys River , in the Australian Capital Territory in Australia . It is situated on the southern side of the Australian Capital Territory, 35 kilometres (22 mi) south of Canberra . At the 2021 census , Tharwa had a population of 82. The village is located on the banks of the Murrumbidgee River and at the junction of Tidbinbilla and Naas Roads, and Tharwa Drive. The main public buildings are
1120-482: Is coarsely foliated and contains biotite mica . It has been dated at 423 ±6 million years old. This places it in the upper Silurian age. The outcrop area is extended to the north north west to Freshford, and includes Castle Hill. It goes as far to the west as Sawyer's Gully. To the south it goes close to Angle Crossing, and on the east side is bounded by the Murrumbidgee Fault. The Tharwa Adamellite
1200-458: Is described with the Section number, hundred and county, for example "Section 53, Hundred of Borda , County of Carnarvon ", or the allotment number within government towns. Sometimes a combination is used, such as "allotment 1 (DP 25326), Hundred of Munno Para ". Often only the hundred name is used, not the county, as each hundred has a unique name making the county name redundant. Tasmania
1280-409: Is divided into 20 land districts, subdivided into 480 parishes. These include the former 18 counties, which were renamed land districts and retained the same borders. In addition Flinders Island and King Island are now also districts. In the nineteenth and early twentieth century Tasmania had 18 counties. The original counties were divided into hundreds (containing four parishes) but this distinction
1360-532: Is part of the Murrumbidgee Batholith. The latitude and longitude of Tharwa is 35°31'00S 149°04'00E. The geoid is 19.356 metres above the theoretical ellipsoid shape of the earth at Tharwa. The astronomical measurement of the position on the Earth's surface is only very slightly distorted by a non-vertical gravitational field 0.3" to north and 0.6" to the west. Magnetic declination at Tharwa
1440-697: The ACT Government and the district is now administered subject to the Districts Act 2002. The 'four-square-mile' (2560 acre) grant to George Weston at the 'Yarrow-Lumla plains' was completed on 31 October 1831. The land was originally settled by James Martin, a former soldier in the New South Wales Corps , who in August 1827 applied to the government for permission to rent 2,000 acres (810 ha) of land on which he had already built
1520-706: The County of Yancowinna . Similar award examples exist in the other states and territories that have been subdivided into counties. The County of Yancowinna is also the only part of New South Wales which is in a different time zone to the rest of the state, as mentioned in the Australian Standard Time Act of 1987. Counties are also used on paperwork for mortgage securities in banks. Parishes and counties are also mentioned in definitions of electoral districts. Counties have since gone out of use in Australia, and are rarely used or even known by most of
1600-707: The County of Yungnulgra in New South Wales, and County of Croajingolong in Victoria. The use of counties, hundreds and parishes was popular in Australia in the 19th century, with many maps of Australian colonies showing these divisions, and towns and cities often listed in their county. Legal cases referenced counties, and many genealogical records for Australia in the 19th century list the county and parish for location of birth, deaths and marriages. The 1911 Britannica also describes Australian towns and cities as being in their respective county, including most of
1680-465: The Murrumbidgee River . Tharwa Primary School was opened soon after, in 1899. Tharwa narrowly avoided being burnt in the 2003 Canberra bushfires . More recently, the Tharwa community had two further challenges: closures and repairs to Tharwa Bridge due to extensive rot in its supporting timbers discovered in 2005, and the 2006–07 Australian Capital Territory budget announcement of its plans to close
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#17327755247561760-478: The National Library of Australia is located in Section 27, Blocks 4, 5 and 8, Division of Parkes, District of Canberra Central. There are 141 counties and 7,459 parishes within New South Wales. The County of Cumberland , in which Sydney is located, has the largest population. The original Nineteen Counties were the limits of settlement in the early part of the 19th century. Legal documents describe
1840-475: The cadastral divisions of Australia for the purposes of identification of land to ensure security of land ownership. Most states term these divisions as counties , parishes , hundreds , and other terms. The eastern states of Queensland , New South Wales , Victoria , and Tasmania were divided into counties and parishes in the 19th century, although the Tasmanian counties were renamed land districts in
1920-505: The 19th century there were 109 counties, which were later divided into 319 in 1901. The counties which contain the largest population are those on the east coast with the County of Stanley containing Brisbane ; the County of Ward containing the Gold Coast and the County of Canning containing Caboolture . Several of these were counties in New South Wales before Queensland became a separate colony in 1859. Legal documents used to list
2000-463: The 2001 census and the 2006 census , the population in the Weston Creek district decreased by 0.94 per cent; and in the subsequent five years to the 2011 census, the population grew by 2.8 per cent. When compared with total population growth of Australia for the same periods, being 5.78 per cent and 8.32 per cent respectively, population growth in Weston Creek district was significantly lower than
2080-701: The 20th century. Parts of South Australia (south-east) and Western Australia (south-west) were similarly divided into counties, and there were also five counties in a small part of the Northern Territory . However South Australia has subdivisions of hundreds instead of parishes, along with the Northern Territory, which was part of South Australia when the hundreds were proclaimed. There were also formerly hundreds in Tasmania. There have been at least 600 counties, 544 hundreds and at least 15,692 parishes in Australia, but there are none of these units for most of
2160-700: The ACT. Murray lies east of the Murrumbidgee River , with Cowley to the west of the river. Parishes and counties are not currently used in ACT titles. Instead, the Districts Act 1966 divided the ACT into 18 districts: Canberra Central , Woden Valley , Belconnen , Jerrabomberra , Majura , Tuggeranong , Weston Creek , Gungahlin , Stromlo , Kowen , Hall , Coree , Paddys River , Cotter River , Tennent , Rendezvous Creek , Booth and Mount Clear . The parts of these located in Canberra itself are divided into divisions (i.e. suburbs ), sections and blocks. For example,
2240-523: The Aboriginal names suggested at the time were rejected. At various times 3 other Hundred names were proposed but never adopted. All 561 (535+5+10+8+3) current, obsolete or proposed Hundred names are listed in South Australia's official online gazetteer Placenames Online . The city of Adelaide is located in the Hundred of Adelaide in the County of Adelaide . The County of Adelaide held at least 60% of South Australia's population between 1855 and 1921;
2320-673: The De Salis family continued to live at Weston up until the late-1960s. Avondale . Avondale homestead was located off of Kambah Lane just to the northeast of the Weston homestead, in the vicinity of what is now a small reserve in De Graaff Street, Holder. The 1,349 acres (546 ha) property (Block 17) extended from Kambah Lane to the west of Narrabundah Hill. Margaret Fox took over the Avondale lease in July 1933. In July 1955 she sold
2400-763: The Lot number, Deposited Plan number, Parish and County. For example, the Sydney Opera House is described as being in Lot 5 in Deposited Plan 775888 at Bennelong Point , Parish of St. James , County of Cumberland , city of Sydney Note that the land administration counties are not the same as the county councils that have been used to administer water and electricity, such as the Goldenfields Water County Council. or Central Tablelands County Council which do not correspond with
2480-541: The Lot number, Registered Plan number, County and Parish. For instance, government land near the Brisbane Cricket Ground was described as "Lot 2 on Registered Plan B31553, County of Stanley , Parish of South Brisbane". However, since the digitisation and renumbering of the cadastre of Queensland, parishes are no longer used on title documents. While they have never officially been abolished, they are no longer used except in historical contexts. In 2006,
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2560-657: The Queensland Department of Natural Resources, Mines and Water was considering abolishing Counties and Parishes and using only Lot and Plan numbers to identify parcels of land. There are 49 counties in South Australia, mostly in the south-east part of the state. All except 3 of the counties are subdivided into a total of 535 Hundreds . 5 further Hundreds proclaimed between 1853 and 1860 were annulled in 1870. Additionally, 10 Hundreds with names of German origin were renamed after Allied commanders or battles in 1918, 8 of these 10 had been slated for renaming in 1916, but
2640-550: The Soldier Settlement scheme. Hubert (Fred) Dulhunty was then granted a five-year soldier settlement lease of 804 acres (325 ha) (Block 30), which was then expanded to 1,319 acres (534 ha) in 1926 to incorporate most of the Weston property (Block 24A). Dulhunty did not reside at the property, and the Foxs continued to live and work there. Following David Fox's death at age 49 in 1926, Margaret continued to reside at
2720-534: The Tharwa preschool and primary school. The primary school was closed in December 2006, but the preschool remains. The bridge was closed in September 2006 because of safety concerns, traffic then had to detour via Point Hut Crossing. The bridge reopened for light traffic (less than 5 tonnes) in August 2008. Following the completion of restoration works, the bridge was fully reopened for public use on Friday 24 June 2011. The works took two years and involved removal of
2800-612: The Weston Creek Little Athletics centre being established in 1976. The centre currently trains and competes at Chapman oval every Saturday during the summer months. The district has only one public high school. Named Mount Stromlo, the school is located in the suburb of Waramanga . Until the 1990s there were two public high schools – Mount Stromlo High School, originally called Weston Creek High School, and Holder High School, located in Holder . Holder High School
2880-431: The Weston Creek district between 1969 and 1972: Weston and Rivett in 1969, Duffy and Holder in 1970, and Chapman and Stirling in 1972. Each suburb is named after a notable Australian, and the street names in each suburb follow a specific theme such as Australian rivers, native flowers, or names of surveyors. Work on the district shopping centre, Cooleman Court, commenced in March 1977. The centre opened on schedule
2960-414: The Weston Creek district nominated a religious affiliation with Christianity at the 2011 census, which was approximately equal to the national average of 50.2 per cent. Meanwhile, as at the census date, compared to the national average, households in the Weston Creek district had a lower than average proportion (15.1 per cent) where two or more languages are spoken (national average was 20.4 per cent); and
3040-640: The Weston campus. The CCCares (Canberra College Cares) programme is the only remaining element of the Canberra College in Weston Creek, running in the old Stirling complex, catering for the needs of pregnant and parenting students from the ACT and nearby regional areas. The Australian Defence College 's Centre for Defence and Strategic Studies (CDSS) and Australian Command and Staff College (ACSC) are both located at Weston Creek. Lands administrative divisions of Australia#Australian Capital Territory Lands administrative divisions of Australia are
3120-475: The capital cities: Melbourne , County of Bourke ; Sydney , County of Cumberland ; Brisbane , County of Stanley ; Adelaide , County of Adelaide ; and Hobart , County of Buckingham . However it is not mentioned that Perth was located in the County of Perth , as even by this time county names were infrequently used in Western Australia, where they did not cover all of the settled areas, unlike
3200-407: The corner of Streeton Dr and Darwinia Tce. Long Gully Road then intersected with the north-south running Kambah Road. Kambah Lane ran south from Uriarra Road (the intersection was in the present day suburb of Coombes), through the suburb of Holder to the corner of Dixon Drive and Hindmarsh Drive, and then through the present day suburb of Rivett . The intersection of Kambah Lane and Long Gully Road
3280-470: The corner of Uriarra Road and Coppins Crossing Road north to the Molonglo River, an area now incorporated into the new suburb of Denman Prospect. Blewitt had previously been granted 645 acres (261 ha) in present-day North Weston and northern Holder in 1920 (Block 41), but it was resumed in 1925 and incorporated into Block 24 (Weston). In 1946, 412 acres (167 ha) was excised from his block for
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3360-691: The county name, such as Argyle County, while the County of Cadell (roughly in the Murray Shire area) is still the name for a vineyard and motor lodge in the same area. The land which became the Australian Capital Territory was made from land in the New South Wales counties of Murray and Cowley . This includes four former parishes of Canberra , Yarrolumla , Narrabundah and Gigerline in Murray and 15 former parishes in Cowley, while land in parts of other parishes of these counties also became part of
3440-445: The county names live on by being the same name of present-day local government areas, general region names, towns or establishments in the area. For instance, the current Shire of Plantagenet and Shire of Victoria Plains in Western Australia are in the similar area to the County of Plantagenet and County of Victoria , respectively. The modern city of Devonport in Tasmania is located in the County of Devon . Some regions do promote
3520-782: The earliest British settlement in Australia, with the County of Cumberland proclaimed by Captain Phillip on 4 June 1788. In 1804 Governor King divided Van Diemen's Land into two counties; Buckingham in the south and Cornwall in the north. The parishes date to the surveys conducted after 1825, with the instructions given to Governor Brisbane on 23 Jun 1825 to divide the colony into counties, hundreds and parishes. At this time there were five counties already proclaimed in New South Wales: Cumberland , Westmoreland , Camden , Argyle and Northumberland . The Nineteen Counties in south-eastern New South Wales were
3600-407: The early 1920s, approximately 9,000 acres (3,600 ha) were subdivided for soldier settlement leases. Weston . John and Ellen Fox were amongst the first settlers in the Weston valley, living at the Weston homestead from the 1860s. The homestead was located near what is now a small reserve on the corner of Calder Crescent and Woolrych Street, Holder. The large pine trees in the reserve were part of
3680-615: The eight suburbs of Weston Creek served by the new shopping complex. Situated on Canberra's western edge adjacent to open farmland and formerly large pine plantations, the Weston Creek district has been affected by several serious bushfires. The more notable fires have been: Local sports teams include the Weston Molonglo Football Club (formally known as Weston Creek Soccer Club), Royals ( Rugby Union ), Weston Creek Wildcats ( Australian rules football ) (formerly Western Creek Lions), Weston Creek Indians ( Baseball ),
3760-454: The figure rose to 70.6% in 1966. All of the existing counties had been proclaimed by 1900, except for Le Hunte (proclaimed 1908), Bosanquet (proclaimed 1913), and Hore-Ruthven (proclaimed 1933). Parcels of land in most residential areas are identified with the Deposited Plan or Filed Plan number with an allotment number, for example: "Allotment 20 in Deposited Plan (DP) 11270". In many rural areas and historically in residential areas, land
3840-585: The first residents moving in around September 1969. The first 56 residential blocks offered in Waramanga under restricted conditions went at auction for an average of $ 1,326 each in October 1969. Hindmarsh Drive was extended from Woden Valley into Weston Creek in late-1968 to serve as the main arterial road into the new district. Streeton Drive connecting Cotter Road with Hindmarsh Drive was then constructed in early 1970. Six further suburbs were constructed in
3920-679: The forest was destroyed by bushfires in 2001 and 2003 . Weston Creek was named in honour of Captain George Edward Weston , a former officer of the East India Company who arrived in Australia in 1829, and was Superintendent of the Hyde Park Convict Barracks in Sydney . In 1841, Weston was granted land in the district now known as Weston Creek. At the 2021 census , the population of the district
4000-647: The hundred name, not the county, is mentioned. This is divided into sections. An example of the way locations are described for Darwin is Darwin International Airport listed as being in "Section 3381, Hundred of Bagot from plan LT089/067A" In Alice Springs , where there are no hundreds or counties, legal documents give the lot number, town and plan number, for example "Lot 8721 Town of Alice Springs, plan(s) LTO96/016" There are currently 322 counties in Queensland, subdivided into 5,319 parishes. In
4080-511: The limits of location of the colony in a period after 1829, with the area outside them originally divided into districts, and later also into counties and parishes. Counties were established soon after the foundation of other Australian colonies. Many of the counties have English names, often the names of counties in England, such as Devon , Dorset , Cornwall and Kent Counties in Tasmania. Less frequently, some have Aboriginal names such as
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#17327755247564160-457: The national average. The median weekly income for residents within the Weston Creek district was significantly higher than the national average, and marginally lower than the territory average. At the 2011 census, the proportion of residents in the Weston Creek district who stated their ancestry as Australian or Anglo-Saxon exceeded 72 per cent of all residents (national average was 65.2 per cent). In excess of 49 per cent of all residents in
4240-422: The nineteenth century, land districts sometimes served as the region name for parts of the state where counties had not been proclaimed yet. Below these are groups of land parcels known as deposited plans, registered plans or title plans (depending on the state). Queensland has registered plans; New South Wales and Western Australia have deposited plans; while Victoria has certified plans. Land can be identified using
4320-514: The northeast, Long Gully Road from the southeast (through present-day Waramanga ), and Kambah Lane from the south. Uriarra Road followed the current day Cotter Road from Weston Creek past the Yarralumla Woolshed and then across through present-day Kingston to Queanbeyan , passing just south of where Parliament House now sits. Cotter River Road branched off of Uriarra Road near the present-day RSPCA site. Long Gully Road came into
4400-527: The number of this plan of subdivision held with the lands department, rather than with a named unit such as a parish (or both can be used); it has become more common to use only the plan number. Within these are individual land parcels such as lots; in total there are estimated to be about 10.2 million of these in Australia. The various cadastral units appear on certificates of title, which are given volume and folio numbers; these numbers by themselves are sometimes used to identify land parcels, or in combination with
4480-581: The old bridge deck and barrier railings as well as installation of new cross girders and sway braces to the permanent trusses. Lambrigg is an historical property near Tharwa where William Farrer conducted his work on genetic selection for his wheat varieties. The De Salis Cemetery is a 19th century pastoral station cemetery on the banks of the Murrumbidgee River. It was established by Count Leopold Fabius Dietegen Fane De Salis when his family moved to nearby Cuppacumbalong. The cemetery has
4560-491: The other states. Instead the system of land divisions and land districts was used, with most of Perth located in the land districts of Swan , Canning and Cockburn Sound , all in the South West Land Division of Western Australia. Counties and parishes are also still referenced in property law , and in industrial relations instruments , for example in a New South Wales award, which excludes people from
4640-537: The other units. Detailed maps of these divisions have been required since the introduction of the Torrens title system of a central register of land holdings in South Australia in 1858, which spread to the other colonies. While cadastral data since the 1980s has been digitalised, there remain many old maps showing these divisions held in collections of Australian libraries such as the National Library of Australia , as well as in state libraries. Counties were used since
4720-549: The plant, and the sludge drying beds were abandoned. The plant was closed in August 1978 and replaced by the new Lower Molonglo Water Quality Control Centre. In December 2010, during excavation work to construct the North Weston Pond as part of the new Molonglo Valley development, 90,000 tonnes of asbestos-contaminated waste were discovered buried near the former sewerage treatment plant site. The contaminated soil contained asbestos sheets and pipes that were dumped at
4800-449: The population today. Part of the reason is that counties are based on the size of land, rather than population, so in a large country where most of the population live in cities on the coast while the countryside has a very low population density , they have little relevance. The counties which contain the capital cities have millions of people, while those in remote areas have a very small population. The County of Adelaide, for instance, has
4880-476: The population, which was lower than the national and territory averages. The median age of people in the Weston Creek district was 40 years, which was higher than the national median of 37 years. Children aged 0 – 14 years made up 19.2 per cent of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 17.0 per cent of the population. Of people in the area aged 15 years and over, 53.2 per cent were married and 11.3 per cent were either divorced or separated. Between
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#17327755247564960-471: The present day stormwater drain just to the east of Weston Creek Centre , then along present day Streeton Drive and into the Molonglo River (where present day Weston Creek still terminates). At the 2011 census , there were 22,746 people in the Weston Creek district, of these 48.8 per cent were male and 51.2 per cent were female. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.2 per cent of
5040-440: The property to Mr J. Maguire, owner of nearby Melrose, for £29,000. His son and daughter-in-law, Patrick and Mary Maguire, lived at the property following their marriage in May 1958. The property was resumed in 1968 to allow suburban development in Weston Creek. The Rivers . In 1926, Aubrey Blewitt was allocated a ten-year soldier settlement lease for Block 13 which he called The Rivers. The 1,120 acres (450 ha) block went from
5120-555: The property, but then moved to nearby Avondale homestead in about 1933. The Weston and Taylor's Hill leases were purchased by John Dent in October 1932, and used for mixed farming and grazing. The Weston lease was then purchased in 1937 by Rudolph and Eileen De Salis. Rudolph was born at Cuppacumalong homestead near Tharwa , and had lived at 'Bondo' near Cooma and 'Yarrawa' near Adaminaby before moving to Weston. Rudolph remained at Weston until he died in February 1957, aged 70. Members of
5200-521: The site by builders from around Canberra during the late 1970s and early 1980s. The plan to develop Weston Creek as a residential district was announced by the National Capital Development Commission in September 1966. It was expected to house 10,000 residents, and was to be regarded as an extension of the Woden Valley . The names of its first two suburbs, Waramanga and Fisher , were announced on 4 June 1968, with
5280-566: The sparsely inhabited central and western parts of the country. Counties in Australia have little administrative and no political function, unlike those in England or the United States . Australia instead uses local government areas , including shires , districts , city councils , and municipalities according to the state, as the second-level subdivision. Some other states were also divided into land divisions and land districts; in
5360-696: The start of the 20th century, Western Australia had six land divisions which cover the whole state, divided into 80 land districts. The land districts were further subdivided into locations and lots. Western Australia also had 26 counties, all located in the south-west corner of the state, around Perth . The counties were designated in 1829, the year of the foundation of the Swan River Colony , with Governor Stirling instructing that counties were to be approximately 40 miles square (1,600 square miles). The counties appear on some nineteenth century maps of Australia along with counties in other states, however it
5440-477: The valley through present-day Waramanga and ran to the west to what is now the corner of Streeton Dr and Darwinia Tce, between Stirling and Rivett. The route of the original road is still easily discernible on present day maps, as it followed what is now green space between Nagara St and Nemarang Cres in Waramanga , then across the playing fields to Namatjira Dr, and then along the green space over Fremantle Dr to
5520-624: 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. 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. Allawah . In 1926, Kenneth Anderson
5600-570: The windbreak for the homestead's garden. The driveway to the homestead ran off of Cotter Road, and is still visible as a dirt track between Cotter Road and Dixon Drive opposite the YMCA Early Learning Centre. Several of John and Ellen's nine children were born at Weston, and their son David Fox and his wife Margaret later took over the property. In 1920, the Commonwealth Government acquired the land for use in
5680-671: Was 24,630. 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 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
5760-749: Was approved for construction by the Federal Capital Advisory Committee in January 1924, and commenced operating in 1927. Sewage from the fledgling city of Canberra was pumped to the site through an underground pipe from the vicinity of the Canberra Hotel, through the Yarralumla area. In the late-1960s, odours from the plant became a problem in the expanding residential areas of Woden and Weston Creek, and also at nearby Government House . Several refinements were made to
5840-654: Was closed in 1991 and the two schools merged to become Mount Stromlo High. The Weston Creek valley was serviced by one senior secondary college, Stirling, which opened in 1977. In 1997, the Stirling College amalgamated with Phillip College to become the Canberra College . Initially, the united colleges ran out of both Woden and Weston campuses. The mainstream student body gradually moved to the Woden campus, leaving an alternative education set of programmes at
5920-571: Was granted a 1,503 acres (608 ha) soldier settlement lease in present-day Fisher and Waramanga, extending across to Mount Taylor (Block 22), and called his property Allawah. In November 1932, with his rent in arrears, he transferred the lease to John and Stella Dent. Cooleman . Philip and Katherine Champion, previously from the property Weetangerra, purchased part of the Allawah lease in 1936 and renamed their property Cooleman. The property covered much of present day Chapman and Rivett. The homestead
6000-478: Was located on the slopes of Mt Arawang on the southern side of the Weston valley, located in what is now a reserve in Bertel Crescent, Chapman. Cooleman continued as a sheep run until residential construction in Weston Creek commenced around 1970. The Champions moved to a suburban home in Waramanga. In 1914, the three main roads running into the Weston Creek district were Uriarra Road (now Cotter Road) from
6080-517: Was named after the Aboriginal word for Mount Tennent , a nearby mountain peak which is part of Namadgi National Park . Mount Tennent was named after John Tennant , who was one of the earliest and best-known bushrangers in the region. Tennant lived in a hideout on the mountain behind Tharwa from which he raided local homesteads 1827–1828, before being arrested and transported to Norfolk Island . Tharwa Bridge , opened on 27 March 1895, crosses
6160-535: Was sealed in 1972). This provided access to the Kambah Pool reserve for residents in the Woden/Weston Creek area. Early landmarks in the district were Narrabundah Hill (still Narrabundah Hill, west of Duffy ), Dawson Hill (now Calder Pl, Holder ), Mount Stromlo to the north west, and Taylor's Hill to the southeast (now Mt Taylor). Western Creek (later known as Weston Creek) followed the course of
6240-517: Was seldom observed . Legal documents list Lot numbers, Plan numbers, Parishes and Land Districts. For example, "Lot No. 2 on Plan No. P.14486, Parish of Sorell, Land District of Pembroke " The cadastral divisions of Victoria are called counties and parishes. Victoria is divided into 37 counties, roughly 40 mi × 40 mi (64 km × 64 km) in size, subdivided into 2,914 parishes. Parishes were subdivided into sections of various sizes for sale as farming allotments, or designated as
6320-421: Was situated within present day Stirling Oval. A bitumen stretch of the original Kambah Lane and a narrow concrete bridge are still clearly visible opposite 134 Dixon Drive. Kambah Pool Road branched off of Kambah Lane within the present day suburb of Kambah. Prior to the development of Tuggeranong, Namatjira Drive between Chapman and Fisher (a sealed road) turned into the remainder of Kambah Lane (a gravel road which
6400-478: Was the land districts which were used for cadastral purposes, and were the equivalent of the counties used in the eastern states. Around the end of the twentieth century, legal documents usually wrote them in the order: land district, location, number. For example: " Swan Location 2301". These are further divided into lots. More recently, Western Australia uses only the lot and deposited plan numbers, such as "Lot 853 on Deposited Plan 222626". Tharwa Tharwa
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