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3 unusual facts about Wanniassa


Ben Rauter

Ben Rauter is a former student of Erindale College in Wanniassa, and is now a Police Constable in Townsville, Queensland.

Wanniassa, Australian Capital Territory

The suburb takes its name from a pastoral property granted to Thomas McQuoid in 1835, which he named after Wanajassa in West Java, Indonesia, where McQuoid had previously owned property.

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The most popular religious affiliations in descending order are Catholic, no religion, Anglican, Uniting, and Presbyterian.


2003 Canberra bushfires

Evacuation centres were set up at four schools – Canberra College, Ginninderra College, Erindale College and Narrabundah College.

Mount Wanniassa

Mount Wanniassa is a mountain peak located in Canberra, Australia, nestled between the suburbs of Wanniassa, Farrer, Isaacs and Fadden.

Ngambri people

The Wanniassa canoe tree, a gumtree used in the late 1800s or early 1900s to make a canoe which was paddled on the Molonglo River for a span of several summers.


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