Fisher, Australian Capital Territory
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| Fisher Canberra, Australian Capital Territory |
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| Population: | 2938 (2001 census) | ||||||||||||
| Established: | 1970 | ||||||||||||
| Postcode: | 2611 | ||||||||||||
| Property Value: | AUD $347,000 (2005)[1] | ||||||||||||
| District: | Weston Creek | ||||||||||||
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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). The theme for the street names in Fisher is Australian mines and mining towns (ACTPLA, 2003).
[edit] Geology
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.
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- Street map from Street Directory, MSN Maps and Multimap.
- Satellite image from Google Maps, WikiMapia and Terraserver.
[edit] References
- ACT Land Information Centre (2004) Canberra by Suburbs. Retrieved 2 Oct. 2005.
- ACT Planning & Land Authority (2003) Search: origins and meanings of Canberra’s suburb and street names. Retrieved 2 Oct. 2005.
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