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About Nicholls

 

Named After: Aboriginal clergyman and South Australian governor Sir Douglas Ralph Nicholls.   Population: 6,987   Median Age: 35   Average Household: 3.1 people   Median Weekly Income Per Person: $883   Dwellings: Slightly more than three quarters are houses, most of the rest are townhouses.  There are very few units.   Nicholls Links Local Shopping Centre Real Estate Meaning of Street Names Schools Nicholls Statistics Action Bus Web site Canberra Cabs - 13 22 27 Directory Assistance - 124 55     One of the original Gungahlin suburbs, Nicholls just about has it all as far as Canberra suburbs go.  It has two golf courses and a country club, a pond, a licensed club, large tracts of nature reserve, several schools, a historic tourist precinct, a miniature English Village and a shopping centre.   Once the area of Nicholls comprised little more than the Gold Creek tourist area alongside the Barton Highway, with its historic buildings, the Cockington Green model village and the George Harcourt Inn.   Development of the suburb began in 1991 and over the past five years the population has grown by 10% per year.  It is the sixth-most populous suburb in Canberra, after Kambah, Ngunnawal, Wanniassa, Gordon and Kaleen.   It also includes the Harcourt Hill Estate, which sits high on the north-west corner of the suburb, providing great views over northern Canberra.  Many houses in this area sell for more than $1 million.  The average house price in Nicholls is $540,000, well above the ACT average of $400,000.   The suburb was named after Sir Douglas Ralph Nicholls who was born in 1906 at Cumeragunja, an aboriginal mission in NSW.  He played for Fitzroy in the VFL and was a champion sprinter.  He joined the church of Christ in 1932 and was knighted in 1972.  He was appointed Governor of South Australia in December 1976 but ill-health forced his retirement in April 1977.  He died in 1988.   The streets in Nicholls are named after sportsmen and women.   Source: The Canberra Times - 30 March, 2005.

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