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Charnwood, Australian Capital Territory

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59: 598: 378:, with the suburb's streets servicing garages situated at the rear of the houses. The design failed in its application, however, as home owners built fences around the "park side" of their blocks, effectively screening the houses away from the common parkland. This created long, narrow, fenced walkways, with poor lighting and no neighbourhood surveillance. The original design for the network of pathways was to make it possible to walk from any point in the suburb to any other without directly crossing a road; 554: 449: 43: 66: 390:. An emergency services station incorporating ambulance, fire and rescue services was opened in October 2013 by the Minister for Police and Emergency Services, and is located near the Charnwood shops at the south-west corner of Lhotsky Street and Tillyard Drive abutting Ginninderra Dr. 533:
is found in most of Charnwood. The Deakin Fault passes in the north west direction on the north east edge of the Deakin Volcanics, The fault dropped down the Deakin Volcanics and raised up the south west side. Hawkins Volcanics green-grey
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On 4 March 2020 the West Belconnen Charny Carny Association Incorporated who run the Charny Carny announced that the carnival would no longer be running, due to not having enough volunteers on the committee to run the event.
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Charnwood is the location of the Charnwood centre shopping area which serves surrounding suburbs. The shopping centre includes several fast food outlets, a branch of the Labor Club, a Shell Service Station and a
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The Charnwood District Playing Fields are home to the Ginninderra "The Tigers" athletics club during the track season (October – March).
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Street names in Charnwood are named after New South Wales pioneers and the suburb name 'Charnwood' was gazetted on 9 September 1971.
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had the traditional purpose of building community spirit and donates funds for both the schools and the Scout Group.
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Charnwood is the treed area behind the bare Dunlop in this aerial picture looking to the southeast over Belconnen
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From 2004 to 2018 there was an annual carnival call the 'Charny Carny', a unique event which benefited Saint
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Henderson G A M and Matveev G, Geology of Canberra, Queanbeyan and Environs 1:50000 1980.
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According to the Act Planning and Land Authority website, the suburb is named after:
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Catholic Primary School, Charnwood-Dunlop Primary School and Mount Rogers
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For the purposes of Australian Capital Territory elections for the
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can be used to cross the few major streets within the suburb.
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are in the north east on the other side of Deakin Fault.
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Canberra
Australian Capital Territory

Charnwood is located in Australian Capital Territory
Coordinates
35°12′00″S 149°02′13″E / 35.200°S 149.037°E / -35.200; 149.037
2021
Postcode(s)
Canberra CBD
Queanbeyan
Goulburn
Sydney
Belconnen
Territory electorate(s)
Ginninderra
Federal division(s)
Fenner
Suburbs
Dunlop
Fraser
Fraser
Dunlop
Flynn
Macgregor
Latham
Flynn
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Belconnen
Canberra
Australian Capital Territory

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