Kambah

Kambah (postcode 2902) is the northernmost suburb in the district of Tuggeranong, Canberra. It is located just south of the Mount Taylor in the Canberra Nature Park. It is located north of the suburbs of Greenway and Wanniassa. It is bounded by Sulwood Drive to the north and Athllon Drive to the south east. Kambah was not designed according to the 'neighbourhood' philosophy guiding the design of other Canberra suburbs and is the largest suburb in the city with an area of 1130ha. It was first settled in 1974 and consists predominantly of detached single storey suburban houses. It was the first suburb in the satellite city of Tuggeranong. Originally it was intended to be four separate suburbs, but only one name was available. Kambah was named after the Kambah farm originally in this area. The name Kambah derives from Ngambri the name of the clan that originally lived in the area before European Occupation. The same word is the origin for the name Canberra. Kambah has three district playing fields, and a number of public schools such as Mount Neighbour Primary School, Taylor Primary School, Village Creek Primary School, Urambi Primary School, and Kambah High School. and a Catholic school: St. Thomas the Apostle Primary School. The Murrumbidgee Country Club is located in Kambah. Kambah has two shopping centres, the Kambah Village and the Kambah Centre.