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Wanniassa, Australian Capital Territory
Wanniassa () (postcode 2903) is a suburb in Australia's capital, Canberra: more specifically, in the city's southern district of Tuggeranong. The suburb takes its name from a pastoral property granted to Thomas McQuoid in 1835, which he named after Wanayasa in Purwakarta Regency, West Java, Indonesia, where McQuoid had previously owned property. Streets are named after Victorian state politicians and the suburb was gazetted on 21 May 1974. It is next to the suburbs of Kambah, Greenway, Oxley, Monash, Gowrie and Fadden. It is bounded by Athllon Drive, Sulwood Drive, Erindale Drive and Taverner Street. Demographics At the , Wanniassa had a population of 7,885. The median age of people in Wanniassa was 39 years, compared to a median age of 35 for Canberra. The median individual income for Wanniassa in 2021 was $1,127, below the Canberra average of $1,203, while the median household income was $2,295. In 2021, the median monthly housing loan repayment in Wanniassa was $2,1 ...
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Tuggeranong (district)
Tuggeranong () is a district in the Australian Capital Territory in Australia. The district is subdivided into divisions (suburbs), sections and blocks and is the southernmost district of the Australian Capital Territory. The district comprises nineteen suburbs and occupies to the east of the Murrumbidgee River. The name ''Tuggeranong'' is derived from a Ngunnawal expression meaning "cold place". From the earliest colonial times, the plain extending south into the centre of the present-day territory was referred to as Tuggeranong. At the , the population of the district was . Establishment and governance 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 subsequ ...
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India
India, officially the Republic of India, is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by area, seventh-largest country by area; the List of countries by population (United Nations), most populous country since 2023; and, since its independence in 1947, the world's most populous democracy. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the south, the Arabian Sea on the southwest, and the Bay of Bengal on the southeast, it shares land borders with Pakistan to the west; China, Nepal, and Bhutan to the north; and Bangladesh and Myanmar to the east. In the Indian Ocean, India is near Sri Lanka and the Maldives; its Andaman and Nicobar Islands share a maritime border with Thailand, Myanmar, and Indonesia. Modern humans arrived on the Indian subcontinent from Africa no later than 55,000 years ago., "Y-Chromosome and Mt-DNA data support the colonization of South Asia by modern humans originating in Africa. ... Coalescence dates for most non-European populations averag ...
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Brett Finch
Brett John Finch (born 20 August 1981) is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1990s, 2000s, and 2010s. A New South Wales State of Origin representative half back, he played in the National Rugby League for Australian clubs the Canberra Raiders, Sydney Roosters, Parramatta Eels and Melbourne Storm. Finch also played in the Super League for English club the Wigan Warriors (with whom he won the 2011 Challenge Cup Final). Background Born in Maitland, New South Wales, Australia, the son of former player Robert Finch. Finch was educated at Erindale College, where he represented 1998 Australian Schoolboys. He was a Hunter Mariners junior, playing for Valentine Devils. Playing career At the Canberra Raiders, Finch won the club's Rookie of the Year award in 1999. He debuted earlier in that year against the Melbourne Storm in round 14 as a 17-year-old. Finch joined the Sydney Roosters in 2003. As 2002 NRL premiers, the Roosters travelled ...
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Brent Kite
Brent Kite (born 7 March 1981) is a former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1990s, 2000s and 2010s. A Tonga and Australia international, and New South Wales State of Origin representative front-row forward, he played club football for the St. George Illawarra Dragons, Manly Warringah Sea Eagles and Penrith Panthers. Kite was named the Clive Churchill Medallist for his performance in the 2008 NRL Grand Final, in which he helped steer Manly-Warringah to a 40–0 thumping of the Melbourne Storm, scoring a try. Background He was born in Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia. Kite is of Tongan descent. Early career And played junior football with the Queanbeyan Blues. He represented the Australian Schoolboys side their tour of New Zealand in 1998. He spent three years with the Canberra Raiders' lower grades sides following his graduation from Erindale College. Professional playing career In late 2000 he travelled to Europe to play for the Tonga nati ...
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Huia Edmonds
Huia Edmonds (born 20 October 1981) is an Australian retired professional rugby union footballer. He played for the Waratahs, Stormers and the Brumbies in Super Rugby before earning four caps for Australia playing at hooker. He later played for Gloucester in England and RC Narbonne in France. Early life Edmonds was born in Ashburton, New Zealand and educated at Erindale College in Canberra. He played for the Australian Schoolboys team in 1998 and the Australian under-19 and under-21 teams in 2000 and 2002 respectively. Rugby career In 2002 he was recruited by the NSW Waratahs and made his Super 12 debut against the Bulls. Edmonds spent several seasons in South Africa, playing for Western Province in the Currie Cup and the Stormers in Super 14, before returning to Canberra to join the ACT Brumbies for the 2007 season. In 2010, Edmonds made his test debut against Fiji. He then went on to score his maiden test try against Wales in the Spring Tour. He was scheduled to sign for ...
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Trinity Christian School, Canberra
Trinity Christian School, founded in 1980, is a private Christian P-12 school located in Wanniassa in the Tuggeranong Valley of Canberra, ACT, Australia. Facilities The campus of Trinity Christian School consists of a mixture of brick and corrugated iron facade standalone buildings. In addition to classrooms the school's facilities include science labs, computer rooms, a performing arts center, a metal and woodwork workshop and a kitchen teaching space. Sporting facilities include two ovals, a large gymnasium hall and asphalt basketball/netball courts. Principals Enrolment and staff Trinity Christian School has approximately 1150 students and is divided into three sections: Junior (K-5), Middle (6-8) and Senior (9-12). The staff includes 76 full-time teachers, and 32 part-time teachers. Extracurricular activities Extracurricular activities include several school bands and vocal ensembles, ISCF, Duke of Edinburgh's Award Scheme, musical production, academic clubs, and yearly ...
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St Mary MacKillop College, Canberra
St Mary MacKillop College, formerly known as MacKillop Catholic College, is a Catholic high school in the Australian capital of Canberra, with two campuses in the Tuggeranong Valley. The school is the result of an amalgamation of Padua High School and St. Peter's College in 1997. Mackillop College accepts students from year 7 to 12. There are two campuses of St Mary MacKillop Catholic College, the junior campus (years 7 to 9) in Wanniassa and the senior campus (years 10 to 12) Administration The College is divided into four houses for administration, pastoral care and extra curricular purposes. These houses – Mindygari, Meup Meup, Gurabang and Ngadyung – represent the four classical elements, with names derived from the language the Ngunnawal people, the local Aboriginal people.MacKillop Catholic College Student Diary 2006 Executive Sister Noeline Quinnane, a member of the religious order founded by the college's patron, Mary MacKillop, was the founding principal of St. Ma ...
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Coles Supermarkets
Coles Supermarkets Australia Pty. Ltd., doing business as Coles, is an Australian supermarket, retail and consumer services chain, headquartered in Melbourne as part of Coles Group. Founded in 1914 in the suburb of Collingwood, Victoria, Collingwood by George Coles (businessman), Sir George Coles, the company currently operates 846 supermarkets throughout Australia, including several now-re-branded Bi-Lo (Australia), Bi-Lo stores. Coles has over 120,000 employees and accounts for around 27 per cent of the Australian market. Coles Online is the company's online shopping ('click & collect' and home delivery) service. Between 1986 and 2006, Coles Supermarkets was a brand of Coles Myer, later Coles Group, prior to Wesfarmers purchasing Coles Group in 2007. It became a subsidiary of Coles Group again after Wesfarmers Corporate spin-off, spun off the business in November 2018. In 2020, Coles changed its slogan to "Value the Australian way". History George Coles (entrepreneur), Ge ...
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Erindale Centre
Erindale Shopping Centre () is a small shopping centre located in the Tuggeranong suburb of Wanniassa in the Canberra region of Australia. It stands on the former site of the Erindale Homestead for which it is named,Canberra and District Historical Society (2006CDHS Search retrieved 21 July 2006 and comprises of both indoor and outdoor area with 76 stores, restaurants, cafes, and entertainment venues. History Erindale Shopping Centre was first developed in 1985, two years before the Tuggeranong Hyperdome. It was intended as a “district retail centre”, to serve the Tuggeranong area. The land mass of Erindale was initially gazetted by the ACT Government with many independent retailers purchasing properties, but was later purchased by Charter Hall and operated as a neighbourhood shopping centre under their name. In the early 2010s, the centre was revitalised to include a new bus station, which was serviced as a terminus by several of ACTION's southbound bus routes, and a ...
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Erindale Library January 2018
Erindale may refer to: *Erindale, Mississauga, an historical village located within the city of Mississauga, Ontario, Canada *Erindale Secondary School, the high school named after the community in Mississauga. *Erindale GO Station, a station in the GO Transit network located in the community *Erindale College, the original and still current name of the University of Toronto Mississauga *Erindale, Saskatoon, a neighbourhood *Erindale, South Australia, a suburb in the city of Adelaide, Australia *Erindale College, in Wanniassa, Australian Capital Territory, Australia *Erindale Centre Erindale Shopping Centre () is a small shopping centre located in the Tuggeranong suburb of Wanniassa in the Canberra region of Australia. It stands on the former site of the Erindale Homestead for which it is named,Canberra and District His ...
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Wanniassa ACT
Wanniassa () (postcode 2903) is a suburb in Australia's capital, Canberra: more specifically, in the city's southern district of Tuggeranong. The suburb takes its name from a pastoral property granted to Thomas McQuoid in 1835, which he named after Wanayasa in Purwakarta Regency, West Java, Indonesia, where McQuoid had previously owned property. Streets are named after Victorian state politicians and the suburb was gazetted on 21 May 1974. It is next to the suburbs of Kambah, Greenway, Oxley, Monash, Gowrie and Fadden. It is bounded by Athllon Drive, Sulwood Drive, Erindale Drive and Taverner Street. Demographics At the , Wanniassa had a population of 7,885. The median age of people in Wanniassa was 39 years, compared to a median age of 35 for Canberra. The median individual income for Wanniassa in 2021 was $1,127, below the Canberra average of $1,203, while the median household income was $2,295. In 2021, the median monthly housing loan repayment in Wanniassa was $2,100. T ...
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Anglican Church Of Australia
The Anglican Church of Australia, originally known as the Church of England in Australia and Tasmania, is a Christian church in Australia and an autonomous church of the worldwide Anglican Communion. In 2016, responding to a peer-reviewed study published in the Journal of Anglican Studies, ''Journal of Anglican Studies'' by Cambridge University Press, the Anglican Church of Australia reported that it had 4,865,328 total baptised members. According to the 2021 Australian census, 2021 Census, 2.5 million Australians (9.8% of the population) self-identified as Anglicans. It is the second largest church in Australia after the Roman Catholicism in Australia, Roman Catholic Church. For much of Australian history since the arrival of the First Fleet in January 1788, the church was the largest religious denomination. In recent times, however, Anglicanism in Australia has mirrored the steep decline in church membership and attendance experienced in many first-world nations. The church ...
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