Mitchell, Australian Capital Territory
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| Mitchell Canberra, Australian Capital Territory |
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| Population: | 3 (2001) | ||||||||||||
| Postcode: | 2911 | ||||||||||||
| Property Value: | AUD $270,000 (2005)[1] | ||||||||||||
| District: | Gungahlin | ||||||||||||
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Mitchell is a light-industrial suburb in Canberra in the district of North Canberra. Mitchell was named in honour of Major Sir Thomas Livingston Mitchell an explorer of inland New South Wales and Surveyor-General of New South Wales. The streets in Mitchell are named after Australian industrialists. There is no significant housing development in Mitchell and, as of the 2001 Australian census, only 3 people lived in Mitchell.
Exhibition Park in Canberra (EPIC) is a large conference facility located in the suburb.
Mitchell is one of the two areas in Canberra where prostitution is legal, along with Fyshwick. It was decriminalised in 1992. Mitchell also has other adult entertainment industry shops.
[edit] Geology
Rocks under Mitchell are from the Silurian age. Mitchell is built over calcareous shale of the Canberra Formation. From the south to Crace Hill is green grey to reddish dacite.
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