Wanniassa, Australian Capital Territory
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Wanniassa is a suburb in the Canberra
, Australia
district of Tuggeranong. It is located towards the north of the district. The suburb takes its name from a pastoral property granted to Thomas McQuoid in 1835, which he named after Wanajassa in 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.
The residents of Wanniassa are predominately Australian born, with 75.3% being born in Australia. The three main countries of birth for those born overseas were United Kingdom
, 6.0%, New Zealand
, 1.1%, and Italy
, 0.8%.
The most popular religious affiliations in descending order are Catholic, no religion, Anglican
, Uniting
, and Presbyterian.
A wide variety of facilities are located in Wanniassa. The Erindale Centre
is located in the south east of Wanniassa and provides a number of service and retail outlets. Other facilities include Erindale Vikings Club, Active Leisure Centre, the Erindale Theatre and the Erindale Library. The Wanniassa Centre is a smaller retail centre located at the north of the suburb, housing a Supabarn Supermarket and various other businesses.
Wanniassa Hills Primary School is located on Langdon Avenue; it is a public primary school servicing students from Kindergarten to Year 6. Wanniassa School is a public primary and high school with adjacent campuses serving students from Pre-School to Year 6 and Year 7 to Year 10. The junior campus of MacKillop Catholic College is located in Wanniassa, serving students from Year 7 to Year 9. Another Catholic school, St Anthony's Parish Primary School, is also located in Wanniassa and serves Kindergarten to Year 6 students. Trinity Christian School is an independent Christian school serving students from Kindergarten to Year 12.
Several churches are located in Wanniassa. St Anthony of Padua Parish is a Catholic parish that was established in 1976; services were held at Wanniasa Primary School and Padua High School - later MacKillop Catholic College - before the church adjacent to MacKillop Catholic College was completed in 1987. St Matthew's Anglican Church is located adjacent to Trinity Christian School
on McBryde Crescent. Tuggeranong Uniting Church, Capital Edge Community Church (formerly known as Erindale Christian Centre) and Lifestream Christian Fellowship are all located in or adjacent to the Erindale Centre. Christian City Church Tuggeranong offers services at the hall of Wanniassa School Senior Campus while they await the construction of a more permanent building in Monash.
In addition to the Active Leisure Centre, sporting facilities in Wanniassa include the Wanniassa Enclosed Oval, the Wanniassa District Playing Fields, the Erindale Playing Fields and the Erindale tennis courts.
Wanniassa is serviced by several ACTION
bus routes. Routes 61, 63, 64 and 65 run between the Tuggeranong and Woden
Interchanges every twenty to sixty minutes from approximately 7:00 a.m. to approximately 7:00 p.m. The additional service 161 runs from the Tuggeranong Interchange to City West once during the morning peak hour
and once in the other direction in the evening peak hour. Route 63 extends to Campbell Park Offices
during the morning and evening peak hours. Flexibus Service 964 leaves the Tuggeranong Interchange every hour from 8:20 p.m. to 11:20 p.m. and the Erindale Shops every hour from 8:50pm to 10:50 p.m., and services the suburbs of Wanniassa, Monash and Oxley. Several other routes that service other Tuggeranong suburbs also stop at the Erindale Centre.
, is a public college serving students in Years 11 and 12. The College is integrated into and makes use of the various other facilities in Erindale. Erindale College is part of the larger Erindale Education and Recreation Complex. This gives students access to a 450 seat theatre in which productions are presented both by the college and community. The Erindale Library is open during the day and evening all year round. The facilities in the Active Leisure Centre, available for student use, include a 25 metre swimming pool and fully equipped gym.
age 414 million years old - cream-green and purple rhyodacite
in the eastern half, with tuff
, agglomerate
and rhyolite
in the west.
Gardeners have to deal with a high proportion of clay soils leading to poor drainage which can be a problem, especially for those in the hillier parts of the suburb.
Canberra
Canberra is the capital city of Australia. With a population of over 345,000, it is Australia's largest inland city and the eighth-largest city overall. The city is located at the northern end of the Australian Capital Territory , south-west of Sydney, and north-east of Melbourne...
, Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
district of Tuggeranong. It is located towards the north of the district. The suburb takes its name from a pastoral property granted to Thomas McQuoid in 1835, which he named after Wanajassa in West Java
West Java
West Java , with a population of over 43 million, is the most populous and most densely populated province of Indonesia. Located on the island of Java, it is slightly smaller in area than densely populated Taiwan, but with nearly double the population...
, Indonesia
Indonesia
Indonesia , officially the Republic of Indonesia , is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania. Indonesia is an archipelago comprising approximately 13,000 islands. It has 33 provinces with over 238 million people, and is the world's fourth most populous country. Indonesia is a republic, with an...
, 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
Kambah, Australian Capital Territory
Kambah is the northernmost suburb in the district of Tuggeranong, Canberra. It is located just south of the Mount Taylor in the Canberra Nature Park. It is located north of the suburbs of Greenway and Wanniassa...
, Greenway
Greenway, Australian Capital Territory
Greenway is a suburb in the Canberra, Australia district of Tuggeranong. The postcode is 2900. The suburb is named after the architect, Francis Greenway . It was gazetted on 17 October 1986. The streets are named after architects...
, Oxley
Oxley, Australian Capital Territory
Oxley is the smallest suburb in Canberra. It is located in the district of Tuggeranong. The suburb is named after the explorer John Joseph William Molesworth Oxley , who explored parts of New South Wales. It was gazetted on 22 March 1982 and first settled in 1985...
, Monash
Monash, Australian Capital Territory
Monash is a suburb in the district of Tuggeranong, Canberra, Australia. The suburb is named after General Sir John Monash, , who commanded the Australian Army in France in the First World War. It was gazetted on 1 August 1975 and first settled in 1978. The suburb has an area of 3.41 km²...
, Gowrie
Gowrie, Australian Capital Territory
Gowrie is a suburb of Canberra, Australia, located in the northern end of the Tuggeranong Valley. Tuggeranong suburbs are the southernmost of Australia's capital city...
and Fadden
Fadden, Australian Capital Territory
Fadden is a suburb in the Canberra, Australia district of Tuggeranong. The postcode is 2904. The suburb is named after Sir Arthur Fadden, Prime Minister of Australia briefly in 1941. It was gazetted on 5 August 1975. Its streets are named after Queensland politicians...
. It is bounded by Athllon Drive, Sulwood Drive, Erindale Drive and Taverner Street.
Demographics
On Census night 2006, Wanniassa had a population of 7,933 people. The median age of people in Wanniassa was 36 years, compared to a median age of 34 for Canberra. The median individual income for Wanniassa in 2006 was $669, below the Canberra average of $723, while the median household income was $1,474. In 2006, the median monthly housing loan repayment in Wanniassa was $1,343.The residents of Wanniassa are predominately Australian born, with 75.3% being born in Australia. The three main countries of birth for those born overseas were United Kingdom
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
, 6.0%, New Zealand
New Zealand
New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...
, 1.1%, and Italy
Italy
Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...
, 0.8%.
The most popular religious affiliations in descending order are Catholic, no religion, Anglican
Anglican Church of Australia
The Anglican Church of Australia is a member church of the Anglican Communion. It was previously officially known as the Church of England in Australia and Tasmania...
, Uniting
Uniting Church in Australia
The Uniting Church in Australia was formed on 22 June 1977 when many congregations of the Methodist Church of Australasia, the Presbyterian Church of Australia and the Congregational Union of Australia came together under the Basis of Union....
, and Presbyterian.
Suburb amenities
A wide variety of facilities are located in Wanniassa. The Erindale Centre
Erindale Centre
The Erindale Centre is a designated group centre located in the Canberra suburb of Wanniassa. It stands on the former site of the Erindale Homestead for which it is named, and serves the suburbs of Wanniassa, Monash, Gowrie, Fadden and Oxley...
is located in the south east of Wanniassa and provides a number of service and retail outlets. Other facilities include Erindale Vikings Club, Active Leisure Centre, the Erindale Theatre and the Erindale Library. The Wanniassa Centre is a smaller retail centre located at the north of the suburb, housing a Supabarn Supermarket and various other businesses.
Wanniassa Hills Primary School is located on Langdon Avenue; it is a public primary school servicing students from Kindergarten to Year 6. Wanniassa School is a public primary and high school with adjacent campuses serving students from Pre-School to Year 6 and Year 7 to Year 10. The junior campus of MacKillop Catholic College is located in Wanniassa, serving students from Year 7 to Year 9. Another Catholic school, St Anthony's Parish Primary School, is also located in Wanniassa and serves Kindergarten to Year 6 students. Trinity Christian School is an independent Christian school serving students from Kindergarten to Year 12.
Trinity Christian School, Canberra
Trinity Christian School, founded in 1980, is a private Christian K-12, co-educational school located in Wanniassa in the Tuggeranong Valley of Canberra ACT Australia.-Facilities:...
on McBryde Crescent. Tuggeranong Uniting Church, Capital Edge Community Church (formerly known as Erindale Christian Centre) and Lifestream Christian Fellowship are all located in or adjacent to the Erindale Centre. Christian City Church Tuggeranong offers services at the hall of Wanniassa School Senior Campus while they await the construction of a more permanent building in Monash.
In addition to the Active Leisure Centre, sporting facilities in Wanniassa include the Wanniassa Enclosed Oval, the Wanniassa District Playing Fields, the Erindale Playing Fields and the Erindale tennis courts.
Wanniassa is serviced by several ACTION
ACTION
ACTION is a public bus service operating in Canberra, ACT, Australia. It is operated by the ACT Department of Territory and Municipal Services...
bus routes. Routes 61, 63, 64 and 65 run between the Tuggeranong and Woden
Woden Town Centre
Woden Town Centre is the main commercial centre of the district of Woden Valley in Canberra, Australia. It is located in the Canberra suburb of Phillip....
Interchanges every twenty to sixty minutes from approximately 7:00 a.m. to approximately 7:00 p.m. The additional service 161 runs from the Tuggeranong Interchange to City West once during the morning peak hour
Rush hour
A rush hour or peak hour is a part of the day during which traffic congestion on roads and crowding on public transport is at its highest. Normally, this happens twice a day—once in the morning and once in the evening, the times during when the most people commute...
and once in the other direction in the evening peak hour. Route 63 extends to Campbell Park Offices
Campbell Park, Australia
Campbell Park, together with Russell Offices, is the headquarters of the Australian Defence Force. It is located in Canberra, the national capital of Australia, in the suburb of Campbell, Australian Capital Territory....
during the morning and evening peak hours. Flexibus Service 964 leaves the Tuggeranong Interchange every hour from 8:20 p.m. to 11:20 p.m. and the Erindale Shops every hour from 8:50pm to 10:50 p.m., and services the suburbs of Wanniassa, Monash and Oxley. Several other routes that service other Tuggeranong suburbs also stop at the Erindale Centre.
Erindale College
Erindale CollegeErindale College
Erindale College may refer to:* Erindale College, a secondary college located in Wanniassa, Australian Capital Territory* Erindale College, an alternate name for the University of Toronto Mississauga...
, is a public college serving students in Years 11 and 12. The College is integrated into and makes use of the various other facilities in Erindale. Erindale College is part of the larger Erindale Education and Recreation Complex. This gives students access to a 450 seat theatre in which productions are presented both by the college and community. The Erindale Library is open during the day and evening all year round. The facilities in the Active Leisure Centre, available for student use, include a 25 metre swimming pool and fully equipped gym.
Geological features
Wanniassa is underlain by Deakin Volcanics from the SilurianSilurian
The Silurian is a geologic period and system that extends from the end of the Ordovician Period, about 443.7 ± 1.5 Mya , to the beginning of the Devonian Period, about 416.0 ± 2.8 Mya . As with other geologic periods, the rock beds that define the period's start and end are well identified, but the...
age 414 million years old - cream-green and purple rhyodacite
Rhyodacite
Rhyodacite is an extrusive volcanic rock intermediate in composition between dacite and rhyolite. It is the extrusive equivalent of granodiorite. Phenocrysts of sodium rich plagioclase, sanidine, quartz, and biotite or hornblende are typically set in an aphanitic to glassy light to intermediate...
in the eastern half, with tuff
Tuff
Tuff is a type of rock consisting of consolidated volcanic ash ejected from vents during a volcanic eruption. Tuff is sometimes called tufa, particularly when used as construction material, although tufa also refers to a quite different rock. Rock that contains greater than 50% tuff is considered...
, agglomerate
Agglomerate
Agglomerates are coarse accumulations of large blocks of volcanic material that contain at least 75% bombs...
and rhyolite
Rhyolite
This page is about a volcanic rock. For the ghost town see Rhyolite, Nevada, and for the satellite system, see Rhyolite/Aquacade.Rhyolite is an igneous, volcanic rock, of felsic composition . It may have any texture from glassy to aphanitic to porphyritic...
in the west.
Gardeners have to deal with a high proportion of clay soils leading to poor drainage which can be a problem, especially for those in the hillier parts of the suburb.