Weston, Australian Capital Territory

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Weston
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory

Population:

3127 (2001 census)

Established:

1970

Postcode:

2611

Property Value:

AUD $348,000 (2005)[1]

District:

Weston Creek

Suburbs around Weston
Stromlo Forest	Stromlo Forest	Curtin
Lyons	Weston	Holder
Stirling, Rivett	Waramanga	Chifley

Weston (postcode: 2611) is a suburb of Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia. In the 2001 census 3,127 people were counted in Weston.

Weston was named after a former homestead built in the area sometime around 1835. 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.

1 Suburb amenities
2 Geology
3 External links

[edit] Suburb amenities

[edit] Weston Creek Centre

Cooleman Court

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.

[edit] Churches

[edit] Educational institutions

Orana School is on Hickey Street
Weston Creek Primary School [2] in Hilder Street was closed in December 2006.
Canberra Institute of Technology Horticulture School has a campus in Heysen Street

[edit] Geology

Deakin Volcanics green grey and purple rhyodacite mostly covers Weston. Deakin Volcanics green grey, purple and cream rhyolite outcrop between Parkinson St and Namatjira Drive and form 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.

See also: Geology of the Australian Capital Territory