Uriarra, Australian Capital Territory
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Uriarra Village Canberra, Australian Capital Territory |
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 Uriarra Village
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| Coordinates | 35°17′50″S 148°55′20″E / 35.29722°S 148.92222°ECoordinates: 35°17′50″S 148°55′20″E / 35.29722°S 148.92222°E | ||||||||||||||
| Population | 349 (2016 census) | ||||||||||||||
| Established | 2012 | ||||||||||||||
| Postcode(s) | 2611 | ||||||||||||||
| Territory electorate(s) | Murrumbidgee | ||||||||||||||
| Federal Division(s) | Canberra | ||||||||||||||
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Uriarra Village is a historical forestry village in the Australian Capital Territory established in 1928 at the foothills of the Australian Alps. A nearby area to the north of the border in New South Wales is also called Uriarra.
The settlement and surrounding forest was significantly damaged by the 2003 Canberra bushfires with 16 of the original 23 homes being destroyed. In May 2004 the ACT Government considered information on social capital, infrastructure innovation, environmental, planning and financial analysis and found that Uriarra Village should be redeveloped in a sustainable manner. Fifteen of the original families moved away from the settlement with nine choosing to remain.
In 2007 the ACT Government commenced rebuilding the settlement as a rural village, through the funding of new roads and infrastructure. In mid-2012 the settlement was officially recognised and named as a village within the ACT.
Uriarra Village is the only "community title" village in Australia. The village community independently owns and maintains village services and infrastructure including roads, community lands, the village hall, and stormwater. As such the village receives only minimal services from the ACT Government for the provision of garbage collection. The National Capital Authority advocated community title for the village after the 2003 bushfire to "promote social interaction and a shared community spirit".
Uriarra village is located about 16 km west of Canberra, and about 4 km north of the Cotter Reserve, amidst rolling hilly lands overlooking a broad creek valley.
The village is located in rural ACT off Brindabella Road that connects Canberra to Brindabella and Tumut via the Brindabella Ranges. The village sits at the foothills to the Australian Alps and to the South has views to Mount Ginini, Mount Franklin and the highest mountain in the ACT, Bimberi Peak. To the North the village faces grasslands leading towards the Molonglo River. The village "lies on the boundary between remnant Yellow box/ Red gum grassy woodland and the Uriarra and Pierces Creek pine plantations".
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