32-1070: Garran is a suburb in the Woden district of Canberra in the Australian Capital Territory . Garran was named after Sir Robert Garran who made numerous contributions to the development of higher education in Canberra. The streets in Garran are named after Australian writers. The suburb was first developed in 1966 and has an area of 2.74 km. At the 2021 census , Garran had a population of 3,706 people. 61.9% of people were born in Australia. The next most common countries of birth were India (6.8%) and England (3.9%). 66.8% of people spoke only English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Mandarin (3.0%), Telugu (2.5%) and Malayalam (2.3%). The most common responses for religion were No Religion (38.5%) and Catholic (21.5%). Garran contains volcanic materials from
64-471: A government school, Garran Primary; a special school for the intellectually disabled , Malkara School and a Catholic school, Sts. Peter & Paul Primary School. Woden Valley (district) Woden Valley ( / ˈ w oʊ d ɪ n / ) is a district in the Australian Capital Territory in Australia . The district is subdivided into divisions ( suburbs ), sections and blocks. The name of Woden Valley
96-642: Is also some light industrial development in the town centre. Within the district are a number of community facilities including the Phillip campus of the Canberra College , a secondary school catering to years 11 and 12 (16 – 18 years old); a library, the Woden Youth Centre, and the Canberra Hospital , which is located in the north of the district. In the mid-1920s following World War I , much of
128-521: Is known as Fourth year which is the fourth year of secondary education. Fourth year, also known as S4, is the fourth year of schooling in Scottish secondary schools. Most pupils are 15 or 16 years old at the end of S4. Fourth year students sit their National 3, 4 or 5 exams, and formerly Standard Grades. Students pick their courses for Highers to sit in Fifth year . Students aged 16 are entitled to leave school at
160-519: Is referred to as tenth grade . Students in Year 11 are usually aged 15 to 16. In Australia, Year 11 is typically the twelfth year of education. Although there are slight variations between the states, most students in Year 11 are aged between sixteen and seventeen. In New South Wales and Queensland, Year 11 is the shortest year as it only lasts three whole terms. Year Twelve begins its first term where Year 11 would have its fourth. In New Zealand , Year 11
192-483: Is represented by: The district is a set of contiguous residential suburbs that surround the Woden Town Centre , which includes a major shopping centre, called Westfield Woden , or more commonly known as Woden Plaza . Woden is also home to the tallest building in Canberra, Lovett Tower , which stands at 22 stories. Lovett Tower and a number of other buildings host staff from Australian Government agencies; there
224-555: Is taken from the name of a nearby homestead owned by James Murray who named the homestead in October 1837 after the Old English god of wisdom, Woden . He named it this as he was to spend his life in the pursuit of wisdom. However, historian Harold Koch considers that the name may have its origins in the Aboriginal word for possum, either wadyan or wadhan , influenced in interpretation by
256-534: Is the eleventh full year of compulsory education (5-year-olds usually start their first year in Year 0 until the new calendar year). Students entering Year Eleven are usually aged fifteen between 14.5 and 16, but there is no minimum age. Year 11 pupils are educated in Secondary schools or in Area schools . Year 11 was previously known as the 5th Form and for most students they are studying for NCEA Level 1 which equates to what
288-475: Is the eleventh year after Reception . It is currently the eleventh full year of compulsory education, with students being admitted who are aged 15 on 1 September in any given academic year. It is the final year group in Key Stage 4 . In Northern Ireland Year 11 is the fourth year of Secondary education. Students in Year 11 are aged between 14 and 15. It is the first year of Key Stage 4 . In Scotland Year 11
320-723: 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 subsequently repealed by the ACT Government and the district is now administered subject to the Districts Act 2002. Woden Valley
352-551: The Silurian Age. Deakin volcanics purple and green tuff is under the Canberra hospital, around Ingamells Street in the north and the base of Davidson Hill. Deakin Volcanics coarse dark purple rhyodacite is under Fitchett Street and Couvreur Street areas. Deakin Volcanics green grey and purple rhyodacite is in the centre and south of Garran. The Canberra Hospital is located in Garran. The suburb also contains three primary schools:
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#1732851462338384-467: The Territory. Its association football club, Woden Valley FC (Woden Rival), is very popular amongst juniors. Woden Valley also has a rugby league team Woden Rams and an Australian rules football team (Woden Blues). It also has a tenpin bowling centre and produced NSW champion and award-winning sports journalist Reagan Murphy, who lived in Garran and attended Woden Valley High School in the 1970s. While
416-472: The Woden Valley district was significantly higher than the national average, and similar to the territory average. At the 2021 census, the most common ancestries reported in the Woden Valley area were English (31.7 per cent), Australian (29.4 per cent), Irish (12.9 per cent), Scottish (10.7 per cent) and Indian (4.9 per cent). 40.3 per cent of residents described themselves as having "No Religion", higher than
448-438: The Woden Valley was granted to returned soldiers under the soldier settlement lease scheme. Four of the earliest homesteads established in the valley were Yamba, Yarra Glen, Melrose and Illoura. Yamba . In 1920, Walter Eddison was granted a soldier settlement lease on the 764 acres (309 ha) Woden Block 132, covering roughly the present-day suburbs of Phillip and Swinger Hill. In 1925, he applied for an additional block and
480-516: The Yarra Glen median strip near the Carruthers Street overpass was once part of the homestead garden, and the row of large trees to the left (east) of the southbound Yarra Glen offramp were originally a windbreak for the homestead's garden. The main parkway connecting Woden Valley with central Canberra, constructed in 1966, was named Yarra Glenn after the former property. Melrose . Jack Maguire
512-460: The area have since been redesigned to avoid future flood casualties. Year Eleven Year 11 is an educational year group in schools in many countries including England and Wales , Northern Ireland , Australia and New Zealand . It is the eleventh or twelfth year of core education. For some Year 11 students it is their final year studying and may include final exams. In the US and Canada , it
544-557: The construction of the Woden Cemetery (Woden Block 30). Walter's three sons all fought overseas during World War II , and sadly all three were killed and buried overseas. The Yamba homestead was located in the vicinity of present-day 11 Irving Street, Phillip . Eddison Park in Woden is named in honour of the Eddison family. The main north–south arterial road passing to the east of central Woden
576-725: The first schools in the area, such as Curtin Primary, were overcrowded as surrounding suburbs were developed. The first section of Hindmarsh Drive, connecting Woden Valley with Fyshwick and South Canberra, opened in December 1966. Yarra Glen, connecting Woden Valley with the City, opened in November 1967. At the 2021 census , there were 34,760 people in the Woden Valley district, of these 48.7 per cent were male and 51.3 per cent were female. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.4 per cent of
608-612: The left of where the southbound onramp meets the Parkway marks the former location of the homestead. In the early 1960s the National Capital Development Commission developed plans to establish 10 suburbs in the Woden Valley to house an estimated 55,000 residents. Work commenced on the first two suburbs, Hughes and Curtin , in late-1962. Some of the first homes built in Curtin were advertised for £6,870 to £8,055. Hughes
640-585: The majority of the destruction caused by the 2003 Canberra bushfires occurred in the Weston Creek district, in the Woden Valley suburbs of Curtin , three houses were destroyed; in Lyons , four houses; and in Torrens , two houses. Curtin, in particular, has been threatened by bushfires several times since its construction. On Australia Day in 1971 a flash flood at Yarra Glen killed seven people. The drains and roads in
672-425: The national average at 38.4 per cent. Households in the Woden Valley district had a slightly higher than average proportion (27.5 per cent) where a language other than English was spoken at home (national average was 24.8 per cent); and a slightly lower proportion (71.0 per cent) where only English was spoken at home (national average was 72.0 per cent). Woden Valley is a vital area when it comes to sport in
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#1732851462338704-549: The pathway between present-day Theodore Street and James Place, Curtin . Maguire farmed Melrose until 1963 when the land was resumed by the government to establish suburbs in Woden Valley. Melrose Drive and Melrose High School were named after the Maguire's property. Illoura . Thomas Cargill was offered a ten-year soldier settlement lease for the 1,015 acres (411 ha) Woden Block 26A in 1926, which extended from present-day Curtin and Lyons across to present-day North Weston to
736-523: The population, which was lower than the national and territory averages. The median age of people in the Woden Valley district was 39 years, which was slightly higher than the national median of 38 years. Children aged 0 – 14 years made up 17.4 per cent of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 18.5 per cent of the population. Of people in the area aged 15 years and over, 50.4 per cent were married and 10.1 per cent were either divorced or separated. The median weekly income for residents within
768-609: The same establishment for their sixth form education, where year groups may continue to be numbered 12 and 13. Since September 2011, further education has been compulsory. Most state schools adopted Year 11 as the title for the final year of compulsory education in September 1990, in place of Fifth Year. Students go on to complete further education in the forms of BTEC Diplomas , A-Levels , or completing an Apprenticeship in whatever subject they would like. In schools in Wales Year 11
800-485: The term known to English speakers of 'Woden'. In 1964 it was the first satellite city to be built, separate from the district of Canberra Central . It has its own shopping centre, employment opportunities and accommodation with twelve suburbs arranged around the Woden Town Centre . At the 2021 census , the population of the district was 39,279. Following the transfer of land from the Government of New South Wales to
832-413: The vicinity of the present-day Royal Australian Mint south to include the present-day suburb of Hughes . In 1927, Gifford sold the lease to George Campbell, a descendant of Robert Campbell of Duntroon . George worked the property with his two sons, Robert and Curtis. The Yarra Glen homestead was located near the intersection of present-day Carruthers Street and Yarra Glen, Curtin . The large conifer on
864-649: The west. In 1928 he sold his lease to Guy Tanner, and the Tanner family continued to farm the area until the property was resumed in the early 1970s. Illoura homestead was located between present-day Tuggeranong Parkway and the edge of the present-day suburb of Curtin, in what is currently known as the Illoura agistment paddocks. The homestead was located just to the southeast of the Tuggeranong Parkway / Cotter Road intersection. A clump of large eucalyptus trees still visible to
896-406: Was granted a 10-year soldier settler lease for the 994 acres (402 ha) Woden Block 25A in 1926. His block covered much of present-day suburbs of Curtin , Lyons and Chifley . He initially called his property Oakey Hill and used it solely for grazing sheep. He built a home on the property in 1927, and renamed the property Melrose . There is a sign marking the location of the former homestead on
928-497: Was granted the 1,601 acres (648 ha) Woden Block 28A, which extended further south covering the present-day suburbs of Pearce and Torrens. Walter initially continued to live at his property The Oaks in Queanbeyan while farming his new property, but then established his homestead Yamba on the property in 1926 and worked the land with his three sons, Tom, Keith and Jack. In 1929, 43 acres (17 ha) were withdrawn from block 28A for
960-407: Was named Yamba Drive in honour of the former property. Yarra Glen . Frank Gifford was granted a soldier settler lease on the 779 acres (315 ha) Woden Block 32 in 1920, and a lease on the adjacent 825 acres (334 ha) Block 39 in 1922, and named his property Yarra Glenn. In August 1925, the two blocks were merged to become the smaller 1,200 acres (490 ha) Block 27A, which extended from
992-427: Was officially declared open on 9 May 1964. Chifley and Lyons were the next suburbs to be developed (1965), followed by Garran , Pearce and Torrens (1966), Mawson , Farrer and Phillip (1966), O'Malley (1973) and Isaacs (1986). By late-1965, in the earlier stages of Woden Valley's development, there were complaints from local residents that the new suburbs lacked shopping and recreational facilities, and
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1024-598: Was previously known as School Certificate. In schools in England , Year 11 is the eleventh year after reception . It is the eleventh full year of compulsory education, with students being admitted who are aged 15 years old by 31 August. It is also the final year of Key Stage 4 in which the Secondary National Curriculum is taught and GCSE examinations are taken. Year 11 is usually the final year of secondary school . In some schools, students may stay on in
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