Stirling, Australian Capital Territory
| Stirling Canberra, Australian Capital Territory | |||||||||||||||
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 Stirling playing fields | |||||||||||||||
  Stirling | |||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 35°20′56″S 149°03′00″E / 35.349°S 149.050°E | ||||||||||||||
| Population | 2,191 (SAL 2021)[1] | ||||||||||||||
| Established | 1970 | ||||||||||||||
| Postcode(s) | 2611 | ||||||||||||||
| Area | 1.3 km2 (0.5 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
| District | Weston Creek | ||||||||||||||
| Territory electorate(s) | Murrumbidgee | ||||||||||||||
| Federal division(s) | Bean | ||||||||||||||
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Stirling is a suburb of Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia. It is situated within the Weston Creek district.
The suburb is named after Sir James Stirling (1791–1865), the first Governor of Western Australia from 1829 to 1839, who established settlements at Perth and Fremantle in 1829.[2] The suburb was gazetted in 1970.[2] The streets of Stirling are named in honor of pioneers from Western Australia.[3]
Stirling contains the Weston Campus of the Canberra College, which is located on Fremantle Drive.
Geology
[edit]Deakin Volcanics red-purple and green grey rhyodacite with spherulitic texture cover most of Stirling except for Laidlaw Volcanics pale to dark grey tuff on the southernmost quarter. Quaternary Alluvium covers the southwest quarter.[4]
References
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- ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Stirling (ACT) (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2021 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022.
- ^ a b "Suburb Name search results". ACT Environment and Sustainable Development. Retrieved 14 February 2014.
- ^ "Finding Aid: Suburbs and their Names" (PDF). Archives ACT. Retrieved 26 March 2020.
- ^ Henderson, G. A. M.; Matveev, G. (1980). Geology of Canberra, Queanbeyan and Environs (Map). 1:50000.
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