Bonython

Bonython is a suburb of Tuggeranong, a township in southern Canberra, capital city of Australia.

Bonython is a suburb of Tuggeranong, a township in southern Canberra, capital city of Australia.

The suburb is named after Sir John Langdon Bonython, the owner of The Advertiser (Adelaide) who promoted Federation, and was a member of the first Australian parliament. Original concept plans for Tuggeranong indicate that the suburb was initially to be known as "Stranger". The name "Bonython" was declared when it was gazetted as a suburb of Canberra on 17 October 1986. Streets in Bonython are named after prominent South Australians, particularly journalists, and South Australian Districts and Rivers.Prior to 1986, the land upon which Bonython now sits was grazing land, mainly grassland with scattered eucalypt trees. By 1989 construction of houses and the Lower Stranger Pond water quality control pond began and Canberra’s newest suburb was born.

On 18 January 2003 the disastrous Canberra bushfire reached Bonython late in the afternoon.By that time, the winds had eased and the fire intensity was such that, where the fire reached housing on the western and southern fringes, residents were able to keep the fire at bay at their fencelines.

Current weather conditions in Bonython are closely reflected by the Isabella Plains automatic weather station, which is only several hundred metres away from the eastern boundary of the suburb.