Isabella Plains, Australian Capital Territory

Infobox Australian Place | type = suburb
name = Isabella Plains
city = Canberra
state = Australian Capital Territory

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lga = Tuggeranong
ACTgov = Brindabella
fedgov = Canberra
est = 1985
postcode = 2905
pop = 4,385 (2001 census)
propval = $300,000 (2005) [http://allhomes.com.au/c/ah?a=uisu&i=394]
near-nw = Greenway
near-n = Monash
near-ne = Gowrie
near-w = Bonython
near-e = Richardson
near-sw = Gordon
near-s = Calwell
near-se = Calwell

Isabella Plains is a suburb in the Canberra, Australia district of Tuggeranong. The postcode is 2905. The suburb is indirectly named after Isabella Maria Brisbane (1821-1849), who was the daughter of Thomas Brisbane the colonial Governor of New South Wales when the area was first explored by white settlers in 1823. Joseph Wild was employed by Brigade Major John Ovens and Captain Mark Currie to guide them to the Murrumbidgee River. They travelled south along the river and named the area now known as Tuggeranong "Isabella's Plain". This name was adopted, with a slight change of spelling, for the name of the new suburb. It was gazetted on 5 August 1975. Streets are named after New South Wales parish names.

It is next to the suburbs of Monash, Bonython, Richardson and Calwell. It is bounded by Isabella Drive, Drakeford Drive, Johnson Drive and Ashley Drive. Located in the suburb are a small group of shops, MacKillop Catholic College, Isabella Plains Primary School, the Tuggeranong automatic weather station [http://www.bom.gov.au/climate/dwo/IDCJDW2802.latest.shtml weather observations from Isabella Plains automatic weather station] and Isabella Plains neighbourhood oval.

Facilities

hops

A small shopping centre is located on the corner of Ellerston Avenue and Galloway Street. This includes a small supermarket, a hairdresser, a Chinese restaurant, a pathology clinic, a chemist and a takeaway shop.There is also a Isabella Plains Neighbourhood house, and a small doctors surgery opposite and to the right of the shops.

Schools

(a) Government schools
* [http://www.ipps.act.edu.au/ Isabella Plains Primary School]
* Isabella Plains Pre-school

(b) Non-government schools

* MacKillop Catholic College

Community facilities

An early childhood centre exists next to Isabella Plains Primary School on Ellerston Avenue, offering day care and children's health services. After school care is also available through Isabella Plains Primary School.

A Neighbourhood Centre shares a car park with the shops. This centre is available for general hire by the community and hosts, among other things, several daytime playgroups for mothers with young children in connection with the [http://www.playgroupaustralia.com.au/act/ ACT Playgroups Association] .

Churches

* Brindabella Baptist Church, meeting at MacKillop Catholic College. [ [http://www.brindabellabaptist.org.au/ Brindabella Baptist Church] ]
* Tuggeranong Presbyterian Church, meeting at Isabella Plains Public School. [ [http://www.tpc.org.au/ Tuggeranong Presbyterian Church] ]
* Isabella Plains is in the Catholic parish of Corpus Christi which has its church in Gowrie. [ [http://corpuschristi.cg.catholic.org.au/ Corpus Christi Parish ] ]

Geology

Deakin Volcanics green grey and purple rhyodacite underlies the suburb. These rocks are from the Silurian period. But it is overlaid by alluvium in the low lying parts. [Henderson G A M and Matveev G, Geology of Canberra, Queanbeyan and Environs 1:50000 1980.]

External links

* [http://allhomes.com.au/c/ah?a=si&s=7 Allhomes Isabella Plains Information]

References

*http://www.ga.gov.au/bin/gazm01?placename=Isabella+Plains&placetype=R&state=ACT