The Ridgeway
District of Queanbeyan
New South Wales - Australia

Fyshwick, Australian Capital Territory

Fyshwick is a retail and light industry suburb of Canberra and is located east of the South Canberra district. On Census night 2006, Fyshwick had a population of 54 people. It has many motor vehicle dealers, stores selling home furnishings and hardware, and stores that sell goods wholesale. There are also some fast-food outlets. It was named after Sir Philip Fysh, a Tasmanian politician who assisted in bringing about Australia's Federation.

Located at -35.329, 149.174 (Lat. / Lng.), about 4 miles away.
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Suburbs of Canberra

Queanbeyan

Queanbeyan /ˈkwiːnbiən/ is a regional centre in the Southern Tablelands in south-eastern New South Wales adjacent to the Australian Capital Territory. The city's mixed economy is based on light construction, high technology, manufacturing, service, retail and agriculture. It is the council seat of the Queanbeyan City Council. In 2006, Queanbeyan had a population of 34,084 people.

Located at -35.3533, 149.234 (Lat. / Lng.), about 0 miles away.
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City of Queanbeyan

Queanbeyan City is a local government area located in south eastern New South Wales, Australia. The area is located adjacent to Canberra and the Australian Capital Territory, the Queanbeyan River, the Molonglo River, the Kings Highway and the Sydney-Canberra railway. The Mayor of Queanbeyan City Council is Tim Overall, an independent politician.

Located at -35.35, 149.217 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Local Government Areas of New South Wales, Queanbeyan

Pialligo, Australian Capital Territory

Pialligo is a rural suburb of Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia. The name Pialligo has been used for the area since at least 1820, and is probably of Aboriginal origin. It was also the name for the parish in the area. Streets in Pialligo are named with Aboriginal words. Beltana Road in Pialligo is home to many of Canberra's nurseries. Canberra International Airport is located adjacent to Pialligo across Pialligo Avenue.

Located at -35.3064, 149.18 (Lat. / Lng.), about 4 miles away.
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Suburbs of Canberra

Symonston, Australian Capital Territory

Symonston is a primarily industrial and agricultural suburb of Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia. Symonston is named after Sir Josiah Symon a Legislator, Federalist and one of the Founders of the Constitution of Australia. Located in Symonston are the Alexander Maconochie Centre (gaol), Periodic Detention Centre and Symonston Temporary Remand Centre and three caravan parks: Canberra South Motor Park, Sundown Village and Narrabundah Longstay Caravan Park.

Located at -35.3464, 149.178 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3 miles away.
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Suburbs of Canberra

Queanbeyan River

Queanbeyan River, a perennial stream that is part of the Molonglo catchment within the Murray–Darling basin, is located in the Monaro and Capital Country districts of New South Wales and the Australian Capital Territory, in Australia. The river is 104 kilometres in length and the river catchment is 96,000 hectares .

Located at -35.3333, 149.233 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Rivers of New South Wales, Tributaries of the Murrumbidgee River, Murray-Darling basin, Rivers of the Australian Capital Territory, Water management in the Australian Capital Territory

Oaks Estate, Australian Capital Territory

Oaks Estate is an urban village situated immediately on the northern side of the NSW-ACT border abutting the township of Queanbeyan in south-eastern New South Wales, Australia. The estate covers an area of approximately 40 hectares and is bound by the Molonglo River to the north, 'The Oaks' to the east and the Queanbeyan-Cooma railway to the south. The village is located 12 kilometres from the centre of Canberra.

Located at -35.341, 149.229 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Towns in the Australian Capital Territory

HMAS Harman

HMAS Harman is a Royal Australian Navy (RAN) communications and logistics facility. The main base is located in the Australian capital of Canberra, and is geographically recognised as the suburb of Harman (postcode 2600). Established in the late 1930s as the Royal Australian Navy Wireless/Transmitting Station Canberra, the facility was commissioned into the RAN as a stone frigate in 1943.

Located at -35.3465, 149.201 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Royal Australian Navy bases

1940 Canberra air disaster

The 1940 Canberra air disaster was an aircraft crash that occurred near Canberra, the capital of Australia, on 13 August 1940, during World War II. All ten people on board were killed: six passengers, including three members of the Australian Cabinet and the Chief of the General Staff; and four crew. The deaths of the three cabinet ministers severely weakened the United Australia Party government of Robert Menzies and contributed to its fall in 1941.

Located at -35.3184, 149.229 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3 miles away.
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1940 in Australia, Aviation accidents and incidents in Australia, History of the Australian Capital Territory, Aviation accidents and incidents in 1940, Accidental deaths in the Australian Capital Territory, Accidents and incidents involving military aircraft, Royal Australian Air Force, Disasters in the Australian Capital Territory

Jerrabomberra, New South Wales

Jerrabomberra is a suburb of Queanbeyan in south eastern New South Wales, Australia. Jerrabomberra consists of three sections, The Park, The Heights, and Lakeview. The Park and the Heights are divided by Edwin Land Parkway. At the 2006 census, Jerrabomberra had a population of 8,747 people. Jerrabomberra is derived from the local Aboriginal place name meaning ‘boy frightened by storm’.

Located at -35.3667, 149.2 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Towns in New South Wales, Queanbeyan, Australian Aboriginal placenames

Wamboin, New South Wales

Wamboin is a rural residential area in the Southern Tablelands of New South Wales, Australia in the Palerang Council LGA. It is approximately 20 kilometres north-east of the Australian city of Canberra. Wamboin is about 20 minutes drive from the Canberra CBD, 25 minutes from the Woden Town Centre, and about 10 minutes drive from the city of Queanbeyan. Services in the area include a local church, community centre, garbage tip and fire brigade.

Located at -35.2583, 149.307 (Lat. / Lng.), about 8 miles away.
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Letchworth, New South Wales

A quiet and predominantly Italian area of Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia, Letchworth is home to West Primary School, the Queanbeyan Kangaroos Club, some light industrial areas and the Sacred Heart Church (now redeveloped). A railway station with the same name operated between 1926 and 1956 at the Tharwa Road crossing, although this is currently in Jerrabomberra.

Located at -35.357, 149.209 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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St Gregory's Primary School, Queanbeyan

St Gregory's Primary School is a Catholic school in Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia. Catering for several hundred students, it is the only Catholic school in Queanbeyan. It also draws students from Jerrabomberra. Its current Headmaster is Clare Frazer and its motto is "Seek Truth, Be Faithful". It has two campuses: Lowe St, catering for students in years K-2 and McQuoid St, catering for students in years K-6.

Located at -35.356, 149.233 (Lat. / Lng.), about 0 miles away.
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Private schools in New South Wales, Primary schools in New South Wales, Roman Catholic schools in Australia, Roman Catholic primary schools in Australia

Seiffert Oval

Seiffert Oval is a rugby league ground in Queanbeyan, New South Wales that served as the base of the Canberra Raiders for the first seven years of its existence (1982-1989). The ground hosted an 'international' rugby league match in 1988 when an Australian Prime Minister's XIII took on the touring Great Britain Lions, and an ACTRU v British and Irish Lions rugby union match in 1989. It is now used to host games of the Queanbeyan Blues Rugby League club.

Located at -35.3453, 149.243 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Queanbeyan, Canberra Raiders

Karabar, New South Wales

Karabar is a suburb of Queanbeyan, New South Wales. It is at the southern part of the developed area of Queanbeyan—-bordering the suburbs of Queanbeyan East, Jerrabomberra, Googong and Queanbeyan. The eastern border of the suburb is defined by the Queanbeyan River. As well as a shopping centre it contains netball courts, several ovals and a public high and primary schools. It is dominated by Mount Jerrabomberra, which overlooks the suburb.

Located at -35.372, 149.233 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Queanbeyan railway station

Queanbeyan is a railway station located on the border of Queanbeyan, New South Wales and Oaks Estate, Australian Capital Territory, Australia on CountryLink's Canberra Line. The station has a single platform capable of accommodating approximately 6 Xplorer cars. As the railway line is the border between the ACT and NSW, the station is in New South Wales, while the land opposite the railway line is in the ACT. The main station building was completed in March 1887.

Located at -35.3429, 149.228 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Regional railway stations in New South Wales

Queanbeyan High School

Queanbeyan High School is a New South Wales Government School situated in a large service centre just beyond the limits of the Australian Capital Territory. Queanbeyan is a city of 50,000 people located on the Queanbeyan River 291 km south-west of Sydney via Tarago and Bungendore and 18 km south-east of the centre of Canberra. The current principal is Mr John Clark.

Located at -35.3531, 149.221 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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High schools in New South Wales, Public schools in New South Wales

Greenleigh, New South Wales

Greenleigh is an eastern suburb of the City of Queanbeyan in New South Wales, Australia. It is also known as Dodsworth, Queanbeyan East and known popularly as 'The Hilltop Hood'. At the 2006 census, Greenleigh had a population of 695 people. Greenleigh attracts the highest house prices and rates in Queanbeyan attracting its residents the derogatory title as being Queanbeyan's 'High aristocracy'.

Located at -35.3611, 149.254 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Queanbeyan Parish

Queanbeyan Parish, Murray County is a parish of Murray County, New South Wales, a cadastral unit for use on land titles. It covers the city of Queanbeyan. It was originally bounded by the Molonglo River to the north, but is now bounded by the NSW-ACT border in the north and west. Parts of the western area of the parish were transferred to the Australian Capital Territory in 1909, including what are now the Canberra suburbs of Fyshwick, Narrabundah, Kingston, Oaks Estate, Harman and part of Hume.

Located at -35.3483, 149.251 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Parishes of Murray County

Alexander Maconochie Centre

The Alexander Maconochie Centre, an Australian minimum to maximum security prison and remand centre for male and female inmates, is located in Hume, Australian Capital Territory. The facility is operated by ACT Corrective Services, an agency of the Justice and Community Safety Directorate of the Government of Australian Capital Territory.

Located at -35.3709, 149.172 (Lat. / Lng.), about 4 miles away.
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2008 establishments in Australia, Prisons in the Australian Capital Territory

Amungula Parish

Amungula Parish, Murray County is a parish of Murray County, New South Wales, a cadastral unit for use on land titles. It is located in two non-contiguous sections, divided by the Australian Capital Territory, as most of the parish was transferred to the ACT in 1909.

Located at -35.2639, 149.291 (Lat. / Lng.), about 7 miles away.
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Parishes of Murray County

Carwoola Parish

Carwoola Parish, Murray County is a parish of Murray County, a cadastral unit for use on land titles. It is located to the south of the Australian Capital Territory and to the south-east of Queanbeyan. The original northern and eastern boundary was the Molonglo River; this is still the boundary for most of the parish, except in the north, where the relatively small area north of the Queanbeyan-Goulburn railway line was transferred to the ACT in 1909.

Located at -35.3283, 149.296 (Lat. / Lng.), about 4 miles away.
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Parishes of Murray County

United States Army Air Forces in Australia

During World War II, the United States Army Air Forces established a series of airfields in Australia for the collective defense of the country, as well as for conducting offensive operations against the Imperial Japanese Army and Navy. It was from these airports and airfields in Australia, that Fifth Air Force was able to regroup, re-equip and begin offensive operations against the Empire of Japan after the disasters in the Philippines and Dutch East Indies during 1942.

Located at -35.3069, 149.195 (Lat. / Lng.), about 4 miles away.
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Intermediate combat commands of the United States Army Air Forces, Military history of Australia during World War II, Pacific theatre of World War II, South West Pacific theatre of World War II

Karabar High School

Karabar High School is a high school in Karabar, New South Wales, Australia. Since 2010, it has been a partially selective high school.

Located at -35.3653, 149.225 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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High schools in New South Wales

Fairbairn, Canberra

Fairbairn was a base of the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) located in Australia's national capital, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory. Over the years the name of the establishment, and the use of the land, has changed. The land occupies an area North and East of the runways at what is currently known as Canberra International Airport.

Located at -35.302, 149.202 (Lat. / Lng.), about 4 miles away.
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Buildings and structures in Canberra, Royal Australian Air Force bases, Airports in the Australian Capital Territory