Queanbeyan

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Queanbeyan, New South Wales

Queanbeyan is a city in the south-eastern region of New South Wales, Australia, located adjacent to the Australian Capital Territory in the Southern Tablelands region. Located on the Queanbeyan River, the city is the council seat of the Queanbeyan-Palerang Regional Council. At the 2016 census, the Queanbeyan part of the Canberra–Queanbeyan built-up area had a population of 36,348.

Queanbeyan's economy is based on light construction, manufacturing, service, retail and agriculture. Canberra, Australia's capital, is located just 15 kilometres (9 miles) to the west, and Queanbeyan has to some extent become a commuter town. The word Queanbeyan is the anglicised form of Quinbean, an Aboriginal word meaning "clear waters".

Proclaimed a township in 1838, when the population was about 50 people.  On 28 November 1837 the Colonial Secretary announced the appointment of Captain Alured Tasker Faunce as resident police magistrate at Queanbeyan. His homestead, called Dodsworth, was situated on the banks of the Queanbeyan river opposite the town. The town plan was laid out by surveyor James Larmer, in 1838.

Traces of gold were discovered in 1851 and lead and silver mines also flourished briefly. Settlers were harassed by bushrangers, of which James Shaw, William Millet, and John Rueben, John Tennant, Jacky Jacky, Frank Gardiner and Ben Hall were some of the more notorious.

Queanbeyan was granted city status on 7 July 1972. On 21 July 1975 the Queen's Bridge was opened. This bridge took pressure off the existing bridge in linking Monaro Street directly to the east. From 1982 to 1989, the Canberra Raiders rugby league team played their home games in Queanbeyan, at Seiffert Oval.

Since December 2008, the Australian Defence Forces's HQ Joint Operations Command has been based adjacent to the Kowen district of the Australian Capital Territory, just south of the Kings Highway, about 15 km east of Queanbeyan, and 15 km south of Bungendore, New South Wales.

 

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Names

Showing 8 people of interest from Queanbeyan

POVEY, Athol Richard

Service number NX48127
Private
2nd/12th Field Ambulance
Australian Military Forces (WW2)
Born 31 Jan 1922

KITSON, John James

Service number 5712
Driver
2nd Infantry Battalion
AIF WW1
Born Nov 1895

WEBB, John

Service number 2257
Private
55th Infantry Battalion
AIF WW1
Born 9 Jul 1893

SOUTHWELL, Malcolm McIntosh

Service number 4524
Private
20th Infantry Battalion
AIF WW1
Born 1888

ADAIR, James

Service number NX4733
Gunner
2nd/15th Field Regiment
Australian Military Forces (WW2)
Born 1 Apr 1920

PERRY-CIRCUITT, Edward Francis

Service number NX53349
Gunner
2nd/15th Field Regiment
Australian Military Forces (WW2)
Born 9 Mar 1905

WELCH, George John

Service number NX31956
Corporal
General / Motor Transport Company/ies (WW2)
Australian Military Forces (WW2)
Born 21 May 1911

BLUNDELL, Howard Norman

Service number 6221
Private
7th Infantry Battalion
AIF WW1

Memorials

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Queanbeyan Wesley Memorial Youth Centre & Shrine

Queanbeyan Uniting Church, Rutledge Street
Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia

Queanbeyan Public School Great War Roll of Honor

Isabella Street
Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia

Queanbeyan Christ Church GREY Memorial Window

Christ Church Anglican Church, Rutledge Street
Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia

Queanbeyan Avenue of Memory

Queanbeyan Public School, Isabella Street
Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia

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