Taylor, Australian Capital Territory

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Taylor
CanberraAustralian Capital Territory
Established: 1991
Postcode: 2913
District: Gungahlin
Suburbs around Taylor
Kinlyside Taylor Jacka
Casey Ngunnawal Moncrieff

Taylor is a designated suburb in Gungahlin, Canberra. The land designated for the suburb has not yet been released for development by the Australian Capital Territory’s Land and Development Agency (LDA).

According to the ACT’s Planning and Land Authority website, the suburb is named after Florence Mary Taylor OBE "Australia's first female architect, engineer and town planner; associate of the Royal Australian Institute of Architects; wrote for a number of journals including the magazine `Building'; awarded OBE in 1939." [1]

The suburb’s boundaries have been surveyed but not yet been established. The suburb was Gazetted in October 1991 and as yet has no residents.