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Encyclopedia > Deakin, Australian Capital Territory
Deakin
Location of Deakin
District: South Canberra
Established: 1928
Postcode: 2600
Population: 2615 (2001 census)
Median property value: $580,000 (2005)[1]
Canberra suburbs near Deakin
Stromlo Forest Yarralumla Capital Hill
Curtin Deakin Forrest
Hughes Garran Red Hill

Deakin (postcode: 2600) is a suburb of Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia. Deakin is named after Alfred Deakin, second prime minister of Australia. Streets in Deakin are named after Governors, Governors-General and diplomats. [2] Deakin's population is 2615 people (2004 estimate). Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (800x661, 58 KB) Summary Map of the suburb of Deakin in Canberra Created by en:User:Martyman in Illustrator, 31 October 2005 Licensing File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are... South Canberra is a central district of Canberra, the capital city of Australia. ... Postcodes are used by Australia Post to identify postal districts in Australia. ... This is a list of suburbs in the city of Canberra, in the Australian Capital Territory, Australia. ... Yarralumla locality map Yarralumla (postcode: 2600) is a suburb in the inner south of Canberra, the capital city of Australia. ... Capital Hill (postcode: 2600) is the location of Parliament House, Canberra, at the south apex of the land axis of the Parliamentary Triangle. ... Curtin is a suburb in the Canberra, Australia district of Woden. ... Categories: Suburbs of Canberra (incomplete) | Suburbs of Canberra ... Hughes is a suburb in the Canberra, Australia district of Woden. ... Garran is a suburb in the Woden district of Canberra. ... Categories: Suburbs of Canberra (incomplete) | Suburbs of Canberra ... Postcodes are used by Australia Post to identify postal districts in Australia. ... For other uses, see Canberra (disambiguation). ... Emblems: The floral emblem of the ACT is the Royal Bluebell and the faunal emblem is the Gang-gang cockatoo Motto: For the Queen, the Law and the People Slogan or Nickname: (none) Other Australian states and territories Capital Canberra Government Const. ... Alfred Deakin (3 August 1856–7 October 1919), Australian politician, was a leader of the movement for Australian federation and later second Prime Minister of Australia. ... Michael Jeffery, the current Governor-General of Australia The Governor-General of Australia is the representative in Australia of Australias head of state, Queen Elizabeth II, Queen of Australia, who lives in the United Kingdom. ...


The official residence of the Prime Minister, The Lodge is located in Deakin. Judicial High Court Lower Courts Constitution State and territory governments Executive Governors and Administrators Premiers and Chief Ministers Legislative Parliaments and Assemblies State electoral systems ACT - NSW - NT - Qld. ... The Lodge is the official residence of the Prime Minister of Australia in the national capital Canberra. ...

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Demographics

On census night 2001 Deakin 2716 people were present in Deakin, although the suburb had an estimated resident population of 2663. 2001: A Space Odyssey. ...


Suburb amenities

The suburb from Red Hill looking across the Girls' Grammar School to Yarralumla and Lake Burley Griffin
The suburb from Red Hill looking across the Girls' Grammar School to Yarralumla and Lake Burley Griffin

Schools in the suburb of Deakin include Alfred Deakin High School (originally Deakin High) and Canberra Girls' Grammar School. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (2048x1536, 713 KB) Summary Licensing File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Deakin, Australian Capital Territory Canberra Girls Grammar School Metadata This file contains additional information, probably added... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (2048x1536, 713 KB) Summary Licensing File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Deakin, Australian Capital Territory Canberra Girls Grammar School Metadata This file contains additional information, probably added... Girls Grammar School viewed from Red Hill with Lake Burley Griffin in distance Canberra Girls Grammar School is an independent school for girls in the suburb of Deakin,Canberra, the capital of Australia. ...


Notable places

Embassies

Deakin contains some of Canberra's foreign embassies. They are Mauritius, Brunei, Bosnia, Hungary, Fiji, Solomon Is, Afghanistan and Cyprus.


The Lodge

Main article: The Lodge The Lodge is the official residence of the Prime Minister of Australia in the national capital Canberra. ...


Located on Adelaide Avenue the Lodge is the official residence of the Prime Minister of Australia.


The Royal Australian Mint

Main article: Royal Australian Mint The Royal Australian Mint is situated in the Australian federal capital city of Canberra, in the suburb of Deakin. ...


Officially opened by the Duke of Edinburgh on February 22, 1965, the Royal Australian Mint was commissioned to produce Australia’s decimal coinage. The Royal Australian Mint holds a place in history as the first mint in Australia not to be a branch of the Royal Mint, London. The Duke of Edinburgh is a British dukedom. ... February 22 is the 53rd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1965 (MCMLXV) was a common year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1965 calendar). ... The Royal Mint is the body permitted to manufacture, or mint, coins in the United Kingdom. ... London is the capital city of England and of the United Kingdom, and is the most populous city in the European Union. ...


Geology

The west of the suburb exposes Yarralumla Formation calcareous shale, sandstone, tuff and hornfels. The east of the suburb exposes Mount Painter Volcanics dark grey to green grey dacitic crystal tuff and agglomerate. A patch of cream rhyolite, tuff and ashstone is found in the mid east near empire circuit. Shale Shale is a fine-grained sedimentary rock whose original constituents were clays or muds. ... Red sandstone interior of Lower Antelope Canyon, Arizona, worn smooth due to erosion by flash flooding over millions of years Sandstone is a sedimentary rock composed mainly of sand-size mineral or rock grains. ... Welded tuff at Golden Gate in Yellowstone National Park Tuff (from the Italian tufo and pronounced tuf) is a type of rock consisting of consolidated volcanic ash ejected from vents during a volcanic eruption. ... Hornfels (German, meaning hornstone) is the group designation for a series of contact metamorphic rocks that have been baked and indurated by the heat of intrusive granitic masses and have been rendered massive, hard, splintery, and in some cases exceedingly tough and durable. ...


The Deakin Fault does not actually pass through Deakin. The Deakin Fault is a major fault in Canberra running North-west to south-east passing through state circle very close to Deakin. It extends from the hills to the east of Jerrabomberra via Narrabundah Griffith Forest Yarralumla then across the Molonglo River to Cook, then turns north east in Macquarie where it turns around to the north west again via Belconnen Evatt, Melba Flynn, Charnwood,Dunlop and out the north west of the ACT. It continues to the east end of Lake Burrunjuck near Yass. The block on the north east side was elevated and the south west side lowered. To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Categories: Suburbs of Canberra (incomplete) | Suburbs of Canberra ... Cook (postcode: 2614) is a suburb of Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia. ... Macquarie is a suburb of Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia. ... Belconnen (postcode 2617) is a suburb in the Canberra district of Belconnen. ... Melba (postcode: 2615) is a suburb of Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia. ... Flynn is a suburb in the Canberra district of Belconnen. ... Charnwood is a suburb in the Belconnen area in the Australian Capital Territory. ... Dunlop is a suburb in the Canberra district of Belconnen. ...


The Deakin Anticline is a geological monument located between the Deakin Oval and the Grange Retirement Village. It is in the Yarralumla Formation in Tuffacious sandstone and siltstone. Access is from Hannah Place.

Embassies in Deakin
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Australian Capital Territory: Information from Answers.com (2130 words)
The Australian Capital Territory (ACT) is the capital territory of the Commonwealth of Australia and its smallest, but most populous, self-governing territory.
The Territory was transferred to the Commonwealth by the state of New South Wales in 1911, and construction of the capital, Canberra, began in 1913.
The Australian Defence Force Academy (ADFA) and the Royal Military College, Duntroon (RMC) are in the suburb of Campbell in Canberra's inner northeast.
Australian Capital Territory - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (1859 words)
The Australian Capital Territory (ACT) is the capital territory of the Commonwealth of Australia and its smallest self-governing territory.
It is an inland enclave in New South Wales, situated in bushland.
The territory was initially known as the Federal Capital Territory (FCT).
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