Crace, Australian Capital Territory
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Crace is a designated suburb in the Canberra, Australia district of Gungahlin.
The suburb is planned, but building has not yet begun as of 2005. The postcode is 2911.
It is next to the suburbs of Kaleen, Mitchell, Franklin, Palmerston and Giralang. It is bounded by the Barton Highway, Gungahlin drive and Gundaroo drive. Located in the suburb is the Canberra Nature Park of Gungaderra Grasslands nature reserve. There is also Gungahlin Hill, and transmitting stations and studios for the following radio stations:
- 1RPH
- 2CY
- 2CN
- MIX 106.3
- FM 104.7
It also has a CSIRO Sustainable Ecosystems area.
Crace Grasslands Nature Reserve and Crace Hill are not completely located in Crace despite the name; their southern parts are located in the adjacent suburb of Lyneham.
[edit] Geology
On the North west side is middle Silurian age Canberra Formation slaty shale and mudstone. In the mid west is siltstone. Towards Gungahlin Hill you may be able to find some sandstone at the base of the siltstone deposit, then over an unconformity to lower Silurian age State Circle Shale, and then mudstone. On Gungahlin Hill the rocks are from the Ordovician age Pittman Formation with greywacke and bands of the Acton Shale Member. The east side of Crace also has Silurian Canberra Formation with the top of Crace Hill having vesicular Dacite overlying mudstone. Crace Hill has been designated as a geological monument. The Gungahlin Fault curves around the south east side of Gungahlin Hill, and heads north north east out of Crace. The Winslade Fault comes into the south of Crace over the top of Gungahlin Hill and curves north into Palmerston.
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