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Weston, Australian Capital Territory

Coordinates: 35°20′17″S 149°03′32″E / 35.338°S 149.059°E / -35.338; 149.059
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Weston
CanberraAustralian Capital Territory
Weston is located in Australian Capital Territory
Weston
Weston
Coordinates35°20′17″S 149°03′32″E / 35.338°S 149.059°E / -35.338; 149.059
Population4,000 (2021 census)[1]
 • Density1,290/km2 (3,300/sq mi)
Established1970
Postcode(s)2611
Elevation575 m (1,886 ft)
Area3.1 km2 (1.2 sq mi)
Location
DistrictWeston Creek
Territory electorate(s)Murrumbidgee
Federal division(s)Bean
Suburbs around Weston:
Coombs Stromlo Forest Curtin
Holder Weston Lyons
Stirling, Rivett Waramanga Chifley
Cooleman Court

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]

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

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Weston Creek Centre

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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

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Educational institutions

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Australian Defence College

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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

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