Scullin, Australian Capital Territory
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| Scullin Canberra, Australian Capital Territory |
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| Population: | 2,950 (June 2006 estimate ACT Chief Minister's Department) | ||||||||||||
| Established: | 1968 | ||||||||||||
| Postcode: | 2614 | ||||||||||||
| Property Value: | AUD Median Sale Price 2005 - $308,500 (Houses) $278,200 (Units). | ||||||||||||
| District: | Belconnen | ||||||||||||
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Scullin is a suburb in the Canberra district of Belconnen. The postcode is 2614. The suburb is named after Prime Minister James Henry Scullin. It was gazetted on 6 June 1968. Streets are named after aviators.
It is next to the suburbs of Higgins, Florey, Page and Hawker. Southern Cross Primary School and Scullin neighbourhood oval are located within the suburb. It is bordered by Kingsford Smith Drive Belconnen Way, Southern Cross Drive and Chewings Street.
Scullin is approximately 15 minutes walk and 5 minutes by car from the Belconnen Town Centre and the Hawker Shopping Centre. It is approximately 10 to 15 minutes by car from Canberra City and 30 minutes from the Canberra Airport at Fairbairn.
[edit] Politics
For the purposes of Australian Federal elections for the House of Representatives, Scullin is in the Division of Fraser. The division is currently represented by Mr Bob McMullin, a member of the Australian Labor Party.
In the 2004 Federal election, voters were able to cast their votes at Southern Cross Primary School, on Ross Smith Crescent in Scullin.
For the purposes of Australian Capital Territory elections, Scullin is in the ACT electorate of Ginninderra.
[edit] Geology
Rocks in Scullin are from the Silurian age. Green grey rhyodacite of the Walker Volcanics underlie the south and center of the suburb. North of center is purple and green-grey dacite of the Walker Volcanics that was deposited before the rhyodacite. A strip along the far north east has pink rhyolite from the Deakin Volcanics. Purple pink rhyolite from the Deakin Volcanics is in the north west of the strip.
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