Turner (Canberra)

The area is named after Sir George Turner, a federalist, legislator, and co-author of the Australian Constitution . He was Prime Minister of Victoria , and later Federal Treasurer under Prime Ministers Edmund Barton , Alfred Deakin and George Reid . Turner streets are named mainly after writers, legislators, and pioneers. ^[2]

The main stage of Turner's development occurred in the 1940s and 1950s. This was one of the last areas that developed according to the scheme of the garden city with the inclusion of especially wide stripes of green space in the urban structure. This is reflected in the fact that Turner has wider streets that create a sense of space compared to earlier areas (such as Reed or Braddon ) and more green spaces and parks than later areas (such as O'Connor ).

Despite its small size, Turner can be divided into 3 different zones:

• Southeast area, limited to Northbourne Avenue , Barry Drive Highway, Watson and Masson Streets. This zone was built up with the first single-family houses in the 1940s. Most of them were demolished during the construction boom of 2000-2005 in order to make way for multi-story buildings.
• The western part, limited by the Barry Drive Highway, David and McCaway Streets and is built up with single-family houses.
• The northern part, bounded by Northbourne Avenue, David, McCaway and Greenway Streets and is built up mainly with single-family houses with several medium-sized houses.

Street David, which is Turner's northern border, lies on the line between Black Mountain on one side and Mont Majour on the other. When driving down the street in any direction, an impressive view opens up. Greenway also offers great views of Mont Ainsley and Black Mountain.

The area of ​​residential areas in Turner varies from 800 to 1400 square meters; several plots reach 1600 square meters. A typical area is an area of ​​900-1000 square meters. In the post-war period, due to limited resources, these large tracts were built up with small houses, making Turner neighborhoods the first candidates for perestroika. Typical for Turner's initial development were two- and three-room houses measuring 85 - 110 square meters. These houses were not only small in size, but also had narrow windows and were poorly positioned inside the blocks for the purpose of insalation, an important factor in the cold climate of Canberra. As a rule, the location of houses was determined according to purely aesthetic principles (symmetry, exit of the facade to the corner of the block, etc.)

To date, very few houses of original construction have been preserved in the area. In place of many of them, multi-storey buildings appeared. The scale of construction in the 2000s was significant. The population of the district grew from 1852 in 2001 to 3010 in 2006 .

Some of the features of Turner's original layout have been preserved to this day. First of all, this is a typical for Canberra location of power lines behind houses, so that the wires do not come in contact with street trees. Street lights are low and illuminate only pedestrian walkways. Initially, several types of flashlights were installed, some of which were preserved. However, the replacement of street refreshment was carried out without taking into account the historical identity. On some sidewalks house numbers are marked. In some places, the old red fire hydrants have been preserved.

Turner has a public school (the main stream for children with disabilities) with a preschool department, as well as several preschool institutions:

• Christopher Robin Kindergarten
• Trichouse in the Park

Turner has a number of churches of various faiths:

• Baptist Church (Condamine Street)
• Ukrainian Orthodox Church (Mackay Gardens)
• Seventh-day Adventist Church (Maclay Street)
• Lutheran Church (Watson Street)
• Quaker Church (corner of Bent and Condamine Streets)
• Korean Baptist Church Meeting

The area also has a tennis club (Condamine Street), a lone bowles club (McCochey Street), several ethnic clubs, the French Association Alliance Francaise (McCochey Street), Polish (David Street) and Croatian (McCochey Street) clubs. Previously, there was a club of young policemen on Watson Street, which in 2006 moved to West Belkonnen due to the high cost of maintaining the building.

Turner is within walking distance of shops in the City area and also has its own shopping center. The proximity to Acton , where the Australian National University is located , makes Turner a desirable place of residence for students and professors, although high rents force students to search for apartments in other areas.

A significant part of Turner's territory is occupied by parks and open spaces:

• half of Haig Park - a pine park created to protect the city from dust at a time when sheep farms were located around Canberra
• a drainage area near the Sullivans Creek River, created to protect against flooding and occasionally flooded with water
• several public stadiums
• stadium and playgrounds Turner Elementary School
• tennis club near Haig Park
• 12-yard-wide green lanes along almost all streets, as well as small parks on Holder and Hackett Gardens

As a result, almost half of the district's streets overlook parks and open spaces.

Part of Haig Park, located in the Turner area, consists of two main sections, separated by McCaway Street. Another small part is separated by the Sullivans Creek. Two small plots are reserved for the scouting organization and the kindergarten.