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Beard

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Unincorporated ACT, 177 Rokeby Rd, Beard, ACT 2620

Description

Beard is a suburb of Canberra in the District of Jerrabomberra, Australian Capital Territory, named after ex-convict Timothy Beard, the first recorded European settler in the vicinity of modern-day Queanbeyan.

Beard is a suburb of Canberra in the District of Jerrabomberra, Australian Capital Territory, named after ex-convict Timothy Beard, the first recorded European settler in the vicinity of modern-day Queanbeyan.

History

From the time of European settlement until 1942, Beard was primarily pastoral land. In 1942, a contract was awarded to construct a Commonwealth owned abattoir in the area. Work was significantly delayed following a fire that gutted the construction site in June 1943. Sold to private investors in 1969, the Canberra abattoirs operated from 1944 until 1997.

A planning study was conducted by the ACT Government in 2004 for a proposed residential development to be known as "Griffin Green", however subsequent studies focused on industrial uses of the land in order to address a shortage of small industrial lots across both the Canberra and Queanbeyan markets. The suburb began as Fyshwick East Industrial Estate in 2009, with developer CIC Australia releasing the first lots to the market. In May of that year, the name Beard was gazetted, although for the purposes of marketing the land, the two names are used interchangeably.

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Type: Suburbs

Population: Zero

Time zone: UTC +11:00

Area: 0.445 km2

Elevation: 501 to 1000 metres

Town elevation: 597 m

Population number: N/A

Local Government Area: Unincorporated ACT

Location

Unincorporated ACT, 177 Rokeby Rd, Beard, ACT 2620

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This article contains content imported from the English Wikipedia article on Beard, Australian Capital Territory