Fisher,_Australian_Capital_Territory

Fisher, Australian Capital Territory

Fisher, Australian Capital Territory

Suburb of Canberra, Australian Capital Territory

Fisher is a suburb of Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia located in the district of Weston Creek. Fisher was named after Andrew Fisher (1862–1928), coal miner, founding member of the federal parliamentary Labor Party and Prime Minister of Australia for three terms between 1908 and 1915 (ACTLIC, 2004).[2] The theme for the street names in Fisher is Australian mines and mining towns (ACTPLA, 2003).[2]

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Geology

See also: Geology of the Australian Capital Territory

Laidlaw Volcanics pale to dark grey dacitic tuff is found though most of Fisher except north slice of the suburb which is Deakin Volcanics red-purple and green grey rhyodacite with spherulitic texture.[3]

References

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  1. [1]
    Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Fisher (ACT) (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2021 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022. Edit this at Wikidata
  2. [2]
    "Suburb Name search results". ACT Environment and Sustainable Development. Retrieved 13 February 2014.
  3. [3]
    Henderson, G. A. M.; Matveev, G. (1980). Geology of Canberra, Queanbeyan and Environs (Map). 1:50000.


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