Tuggeranong (district)
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A photograph of the view from Tuggeranong Hill, looking down into Tuggeranong Valley
Tuggeranong is the southernmost town centre of Canberra, the capital city of Australia. It comprises 19 suburbs with a total of 30,662 dwellings, housing 86,637 people of the 311,518 people in the Australian Capital Territory (June 2001 Census).
Tuggeranong is nestled in a valley of the Brindabella Ranges. Cave paintings and Aboriginal artifacts discovered in the area indicate that the Tuggeranong region has been occupied for over 21,000 years.
The Tuggeranong Town Centre, and Lake Tuggeranong College is just to the east of Lake Tuggeranong.
The name is derived from an Aboriginal expression meaning "cold plains".
Places of interest
Places of interest in the district are:
- Lake Tuggeranong College - a school catering to years 11 and 12. In the ACT, a College is not a university, but simply a school for years 11 and 12.
- Lanyon Homestead - a historic grazing property that also has the Nolan Gallery
- Tuggeranong Hill - a large mountain overlooking the valley.
- Tuggeranong Homestead - a historic homestead now operated as a café and function or event centre.
- Tuggeranong Town Centre - the town centre has a major shopping mall operated by Leda Group's Retail Division, surrounded by government offices, and a light industrial area.
Suburbs
- Banks
- Bonython
- Calwell
- Chisholm
- Conder - Lanyon Market Place
- Fadden
- Gilmore
- Gordon
- Gowrie
- Greenway - Tuggeranong Town Centre
- Hume
- Isabella Plains
- Kambah - Kambah Village Centre
- Macarthur
- Monash
- Oxley
- Richardson
- Theodore
- Wanniassa - Erindale Centre
External links
- Tuggeranong suburbs map (http://www.suburbs.canberra.net.au/regionma/Fdistugg.htm) - links to ACT Government street-level maps.
- Canberra region map (http://www.suburbs.canberra.net.au/html/fsregion.htm) - all districts
- Australian Bureau of Statistics (http://www.abs.gov.au)
- 80525 Tuggeranong (Statistical Subdivision) (http://www.abs.gov.au/Ausstats/ABS@Census.nsf/0/66AED2D1E99B9492CA256BBF0001CF69?Open)
- ACT - Basic Community Profile and Snapshot - 2001 Census (http://www.abs.gov.au/ausstats/abs%40census.nsf/4079a1bbd2a04b80ca256b9d00208f92/500602ae851edf97ca256bbf0001c9ed!OpenDocument#CensusCounts)
- Tuggeranong Homestead (http://www.tuggeranonghomestead.com.au/)
- Lanyon Homestead (http://www.museumsandgalleries.act.gov.au/lanyon/index.asp)
- Nolan Gallery (http://www.museumsandgalleries.act.gov.au/nolan/index.asp)