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district, were subdivided for soldier settlement leases. A 1950s map of the district shows four paddocks, Weston paddock, Track paddock, Brown Hill paddock and Oakey Hill paddock intersecting the area which is now the suburb of Waramanga. Long Gully Road ran through the suburb and the nearest homestead was Cooleman on the Kambah Road just west of the present suburb of Fisher. Cooleman was farmed by the Champion family from about 1932. It was previously known as Allawah and was leased to the Anderson family in 1920. Other properties in the district were Avondale and Weston whose homesteads were in the present suburb of
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The Weston Creek district was part of Yarralumla Station, a 40,000 acre (162 km) property dating back to 1828. It was resumed by the Commonwealth in 1913 from Frederick Campbell who bought the property in 1881. In 1920 9,000 acres (36 km) of the Woden Valley, including the Weston Creek
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Waramanga has extensive open spaces with playing fields on the western side of the suburb, several neighbourhood parks and pedestrian parkland along the ridge in the centre of the suburb. Waramanga is adjacent to Mount Taylor Nature Reserve, part of
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on 18 January 2003 flowed out of Mount Taylor Nature Reserve and reached the eastern boundary of the suburb at Badimara Street where it was slowed by residents and stopped by a contrary wind. For more information about the bushfire see
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The population of Waramanga is predominantly Australian-born, 74.0% of people being born in Australia. With 3.4% of the population, the second most common birthplace is the
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Douglas, F (1996). Not without my corsets!: oral histories of the families who farmed soldier settler blocks in the Woden Valley from 1920 to 1963. O'Connor, ACT.
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ACTION Buses run regular services to Waramanga. Route 63 services most of Waramanga, on its way between the nearest major bus interchange at
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Waramanga has a busy local shopping centre on the corner of Damala Street and Waramanga Place. The centre contains a cafe,
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Waramanga Medical Centre located in the shopping centre on the corner of Damala Street and Waramanga Place.
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of Central Australia. Streets in the suburb of Warramanga are named after Australian Aborignal people.
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1,179 a week, compared to a Canberra wide figure of $ 1,203 and an Australia wide figure of $ 805.
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Woden Valley Alliance Church of the Christian and Missionary Alliance in Namatjira Drive.
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Canberra Korean Manse of the Uniting Church in Australia in Badimara Street.
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with grassland and hillside walking tracks and sweeping views across
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Waramanga was established in the late-1960s and was named after the
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In June 1968 the suburb of Waramanga was officially gazetted.
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with spherulitic texture fill up Warramanga from beneath.
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No other public transportation is available, apart from
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on the corner of Badimara Street and Namatjira Drive.
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Weston Creek Veterinary Hospital in Badimara Street.
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and Iloura, Melrose and Yarra Glen in the suburb of
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Waramanga people
Canberra
Australian Capital Territory

Waramanga is located in Australian Capital Territory
Coordinates
35°21′11″S 149°03′47″E / 35.353°S 149.063°E / -35.353; 149.063
2021 census
Postcode(s)
Canberra CBD
Queanbeyan
Goulburn
Sydney
Weston Creek
Territory electorate(s)
Murrumbidgee
Federal division(s)
Bean
Suburbs
Weston
Weston
Lyons
Stirling
Chifley
Chapman
Fisher
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postcode
Canberra
Australian Capital Territory

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