Holder, Australian Capital Territory
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| Holder Canberra, Australian Capital Territory |
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| Population: | 2670 (2001 census) | ||||||||||||
| Established: | 1970 | ||||||||||||
| Postcode: | 2611 | ||||||||||||
| Property Value: | AUD $375,000 (2005)[1] | ||||||||||||
| District: | Weston Creek | ||||||||||||
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Holder (postcode 2611) is a suburb of Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia located in the district of Weston Creek.
Holder was gazetted in 1970 and was named after Sir Frederick William Holder (1850-1909), Premier of South Australia between 1899 and 1901 and first Speaker of the House of Representatives, between 1901 and 1909. The theme for the street names in Holder is surveyors (ACTPLA, 2003).
[edit] Geology
Holder has Deakin Volcanics green grey and purple rhyodacite mostly. A band of pink and green rhyolitic intrusive porphyry is on south and south west side.
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- Satellite image from Google Maps, WikiMapia and Terraserver.
[edit] References
- ACT Planning & Land Authority (2003) Search: origins and meanings of Canberra’s suburb and street names. Retrieved 2 Oct. 2005.
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