Calwell, Australian Capital Territory
| Calwell Canberra, Australian Capital Territory |
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| Population: | 5929 (2006 census)[1] | ||||||||||||
| Established: | 1986 | ||||||||||||
| Gazetted: | 5 August 1975 | ||||||||||||
| Postcode: | 2905 | ||||||||||||
| District: | Tuggeranong | ||||||||||||
| Assembly Electorate: | Brindabella | ||||||||||||
| Federal Division: | Canberra | ||||||||||||
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Calwell (postcode: 2905) is a medium sized suburb of Canberra, Australia in the district of Tuggeranong. Tuggeranong Hill is on its southern border and the Tuggeranong Homestead is to the north. Calwell is located close to the Monaro Highway which provides a direct route to Canberra City and to Cooma.
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[edit] History
The suburb was named after the Labor politician, Arthur Augustus Calwell, PC (1896-1973).[2] The suburb name was gazetted 5 August 1975.[2] Streets in the suburb are named for Victorian politicians.[2] Outtrim Avenue between Johnson Drvie and the Calwell Shopping Centre is named after Alfred Richard Outtrim who represented Maryborough from 1885 to 1920.
[edit] Suburb amenities
[edit] Calwell Centre
The Calwell Centre is a designated group centre located on Webber Crescent in the north of the suburb. The centre was developed in the early 1990s to serve Calwell, Richardson, Theodore and Isabella Plains. Prior to the development of the Lanyon Market Place in the late 1990s, the Calwell Centre also serviced Conder, Banks and Gordon. Among the retail and service outlets are a Woolworths supermarket, Caltex Woolworths service station, tavern, Chinese restaurant, car wash and several other businesses.
The Calwell Club opened in 2004 and is located adjacent to the centre.
[edit] Schools
[edit] Government schools
- Calwell High School, located on Casey Crescent, opened in 1990 and caters for students in Years 7 to 10.
- Calwell Primary School, located on Downard Street, opened in 1989 and caters for students From Pre School to Year 6.
[edit] Non-government schools
- St Francis of Assisi Primary School, located on Casey Crescent, is a Catholic school that began operating from Holy Family School, Gowrie in 1988 and caters for students in Kindergarten to Year 6.
[edit] Churches
St Mary in the Valley Anglican Parish Centre is located on the corner of Were Street and Webber Crescent; in addition to Church services the Parish also manages the Calwell Community Centre. Alliance Church Tuggeranong is also located on Were Street. Corpus Christi Catholic Parish, based in Gowrie, runs services in the hall at St Francis of Assisi Primary School.
[edit] Transport
Calwell is serviced by several ACTION bus routes. On weekdays, routes 11 and 67 operate between Tuggeranong Interchange and Woden Interchange. Route 11 operates every 30 minutes until 6pm and hourly from 6pm to 11.30pm and route 67 operates hourly. During peak periods route 111 replaces route 11 which extends the route from Woden Interchange to the City Interchange; route 267 replaces route 67 and extends the route from Woden Interchange to the Parliamentary Triangle and the City. Routes 768 and 769 also provide a peak period service between Calwell, Kingston, the Parliamentary Triangle and the City. On weekends and public holidays routes 912 and 915 provide a service between Tuggeranong Interchange and Calwell.[3]
All Canberra taxi companies and Queanbeyan taxis also service Calwell.
[edit] Geology
Deakin Volcanics green grey and purple rhyodacite of Silurian age form the base rock of Calwell.[4]
[edit] Notes and references
- ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (25 October 2007). "Calwell (State Suburb)". 2006 Census QuickStats. http://www.censusdata.abs.gov.au/ABSNavigation/prenav/LocationSearch?collection=Census&period=2006&areacode=SSC81061&producttype=QuickStats&breadcrumb=PL&action=401. Retrieved 2009-01-18.
- ^ a b c Canberra's suburb and street names : origins and meanings. Department of the Environment, Land and Planning. 1992. p. 12. ISBN 1 86331 128 9.
- ^ "Routes and Timetables". ACTION Buses. http://www.action.act.gov.au/routes_timetables.html. Retrieved 13 January 2009.
- ^ Henderson G A M and Matveev G, Geology of Canberra, Queanbeyan and Environs 1:50000 1980.
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