Harrison, Australian Capital Territory

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Harrison
CanberraAustralian Capital Territory

Postcode: 2914
District: Gungahlin
Suburbs around Harrison
Gungahlin Gungahlin
Franklin Harrison
Mitchell

Harrison is a suburb in the Canberra, Australia district of Gungahlin. The postcode is 2914. The suburb is very new in 2005, with construction of houses continuing.

It is next to the suburbs of Franklin, Gungahlin, Throsby, Mitchell and Kenny. Harrison is named after city planner Peter Harrison. The theme for the street names is "natural features, waterfalls, plains, tablelands and plateaux"[1].

[edit] Geology

Harrison is underlaid mostly by the Canberra Formation mudstone or volcanics from the late middle Silurian age. Near the eastern corner is an outcrop of the Ainslie Volcanics dacite or andesite.

See also: Geology of the Australian Capital Territory