Weston,_Australian_Capital_Territory

Weston, Australian Capital Territory

Weston, Australian Capital Territory

Suburb of Canberra, Australian Capital Territory

Weston (postcode: 2611) is a suburb of Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia. At the 2021 census, Weston had a population of 4,000 people.[1]

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Cooleman Court

Weston was named after a former homestead built in the area sometime around 1835.[2] The Weston Creek grant was once held by Captain Edward Weston the Superintendent of the Hyde Park Barracks, Sydney. Streets in Weston are named after artists.[2]

Suburb amenities

Weston Creek Centre

Weston contains the central shopping area of the Weston Creek district, which includes the Cooleman Court shopping centre. Other facilities in the Weston Creek centre include a post office, petrol station, restaurants, clubs, real estate agents and many other specialty shops.

Churches

Educational institutions

Australian Defence College

The Australian Defence College's Centre for Defence and Strategic Studies (CDSS) and Australian Command and Staff College (ACSC) are both located at Weston Creek.

Geology

See also: Geology of the Australian Capital Territory

Deakin Volcanics green grey and purple rhyodacite mostly covers Weston. The Deakin Volcanics green grey, purple and cream rhyolite can be seen between Parkinson St and Namatjira Drive and forms a large outcrop in the park to the east of Cooleman Court. A band of pink and green rhyolitic instrusive porphyry runs across Weston from west to east. It is fault uplifted on the southern side. Deakin Volcanics red-purple and green-grey rhyodacite with spherulitic texture is along Hindmarsh Drive on the southern border of the suburb.[3]

References

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  1. [1]
    Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Weston". 2021 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 7 September 2022. Edit this at Wikidata
  2. [2]
    "Suburb Name search results". ACT Environment and Sustainable Development. Retrieved 14 February 2014.
  3. [3]
    Henderson, G. A. M.; Matveev, G. (1980). Geology of Canberra, Queanbeyan and Environs (Map). 1:50000.
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