ACTPlanned settlement
Uriarra Village
A purpose-built village housed workers in the ACT’s pine forests.
1928Uriarra forestry settlement was established
WHAT STARTED IT
Forestry operations needed a permanent workforce close to plantations west of Canberra.
WHAT SUSTAINED IT
Bushfire destroyed 16 of 23 homes in 2003; a sustainable redevelopment was approved in 2004, infrastructure rebuilding began in 2007 and the renewed village was formally recognised in 2012.
TURNING POINTS
1928Uriarra forestry settlement was established
2003–2004–2007–2012Bushfire destroyed 16 of 23 homes in 2003; a sustainable redevelopment was approved in 2004, infrastructure rebuilding began in 2007 and the renewed village was formally recognised in 2012.
WHAT IT DOES NOW
A small rural ACT community of new homes surrounded by farms, forest and recreation areas.