Bruce, Australian Capital Territory

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Bruce Canberra, Australian Capital Territory
Population:	3,105 (2001 census)
Established:	1968
Postcode:	2617
Property Value:	AUD $300,000 (2006)[1]
District:	Belconnen
Suburbs around Bruce Lawson Kaleen Lyneham Belconnen Bruce O'Connor Macquarie Aranda Black Mountain

Bruce is a suburb of Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia. Bruce was gazetted as a division on 6 June 1968 in recognition of Viscount Stanley Melbourne Bruce, the first Chancellor of the Australian National University from 1951 to 1961[2]. The streets in Bruce are named after people and places associated with Australian tertiary education.

Contents 1 Demographics 2 Suburb amenities 3 Geology 4 See also 5 References

[edit] Demographics

As of the 2001 Australian census there were 3,105 people living in Bruce.

[edit] Suburb amenities

• Canberra Stadium is the home of the Canberra Raiders and Brumbies Rugby, and occasionally hosts national and international sporting events
• The University of Canberra (UC) has an enrolment of over 10,000 students and is one of four major universities in Canberra
• The Australian Institute of Sport (AIS)
• Calvary Public Hospital
• Bruce Campus of the Canberra Institute of Technology.

[edit] Geology

Bruce is dominated by the greywacke of the Ordovician Pittman Formation. Bands of the black Acton Shale Member are found under University of Canberra and under the Calvary Hospital. Glebe Farm Adamellite is a coarse porphyritic micro adamellite of the Silurian age. It intrudes in the west north and southeast and southwest of University of Canberra. A triangle of Silurian age calcareous shale of the Canberra formation is in the north east of Bruce.

See also: Geology of the Australian Capital Territory

[edit] See also

• History of Canberra

[edit] References

• Bruce census 2001 information at Australian Bureau of Statistics