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Slightly more than 10 years on from the
turning of the area's first sod, Palmerston is now a fully
fledged and functioning suburb. Leafy trees now afford
their gardens ample shade, and the bulk of development is now
complete.
Construction first began on a large scale
in Palmerston in 1994, and the locale was one of Gungahlin's
first suburbs. It now has a school, Palmerston District
Primary, and the Gungahlin Town Centre, with its sports club,
shopping mall and library, only a short distance away. As
are Gungahlin's two lakes, Gungahlin and Yerrabi ponds, and the
Gungahlin Lakes Golf Club.
The Mulanggari and Gungaderra grassland
nature reserves are similarly situated, meaning residents have a
wide selection of prime locations for their recreational
pursuits.
Real-estate prices in the locale are
probably about average. The median price for a house in
Palmerston hovers at about $410,000, and a unit will cost
$257,000.
The ACT has a policy to name the streets of
its suburbs according to a theme. In Palmerston's case
they are named after mountains of Australia. Hence,
Kosciuszko Avenue, Grampians Street and Surgerloaf Circuit.
The suburb is named in honour of George
Thomas Palmer (1784 - 1854), who was one of the first
landholders in the Gungahlin district, where he established a
settlement in 1826. This was originally known as
Palmerville but was later referred to as Ginninderra.
Source: The Canberra Times - 28
March, 2005. |
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