Oaks Estate, Australian Capital Territory
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| Oaks Estate Canberra, Australian Capital Territory |
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| Population: | 310 (2001 census) |
| Postcode: | 2620 |
| Property Value: | AUD $228,000 (2005)[1] |
| District: | Jerrabomberra |
Oaks Estate is a small settlement on the Australian Capital Territory side of the NSW-ACT border near Queanbeyan and the Molonglo River. Oaks Estate is directly connected to Queanbeyan by a bridge over the railway and was originally settled before the creation of ACT.
Oaks Estate is named after the 'The Oaks', part of Robert Campbell's property Duntroon.
Located there is:
- the water pollution control centre,
- council city nursery,
- saleyards,
- electricity substation,
- a sportsground,
- several horse holding paddocks,
- an abattoir,
- a tannery,
- a Local Liquor store,
- an antiques store.
The railway line from Sydney to Canberra runs along the NSW-ACT border between Queanbeyan and Oakes Estate, with the Queanbeyan station located on the Queanbeyan side of the tracks adjacent to Oaks Estate.
The Oaks burial ground was used as Queanbeyan's cemetery from 1838 until 1846 when the Queanbeyan riverside cemetery was opened. The graves where unmarked and the existence of the burial ground was forgotten until remains where unearth in 1991 and the burial site was re-discovered. More than 40 of the areas early settlers were buried here.[2]
[edit] Geology
Under Oaks Estate are rocks from the Pittman formation. These are from the Ordovician Era and consist of chert, phyllite and quartz rich micaceous sandstone. This area of the ACT is structurally on the Cullarin Horst, an uplifted area. A small patch of black Acton Shale is in the south east end of the settlement.
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