The nearby, fast growing city with a history
In this sponsored post, “CityNews” speaks with experts in the Queanbeyan region who are passionate about what they do. QUEANBEYAN, which started as a squattage, held by ex-convict and inn keeper Timothy Beard, pre-1838, is now one of the fastest growing inland cities in NSW, according to the Queanbeyan-Palerang Regional Council. It became a township in 1838 when there were about 50 people in the town, and more recently has grown to a population of almost 60,000, according to the 2016 Census. Its name is the anglicised form of “quinbean” – an Aboriginal word meaning “clear waters...
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