Hume, Australian Capital Territory
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| Hume Canberra, Australian Capital Territory |
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| Population: | 13 (2001 census) | ||||||||||||
| Postcode: | 2620 | ||||||||||||
| Property Value: | AUD $292,000 (2005)[1] | ||||||||||||
| District: | Tuggeranong | ||||||||||||
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Hume is a suburb of Canberra in the district of Tuggeranong. The suburb is named after the explorer Hamilton Hume and streets are named after Australian industrialists and businessmen. Hume is a light-industrial suburb and there is no significant housing development, the population as of the 2001 census was 13 people.
[edit] Geology
Deakin Volcanics from the Silurian Era underlie Hume. Cream and purple rhyodacite are found in the south and including Tralee, New South Wales. A mixture of purple and green tuff, ashstone, shale, and coarse sandstone in the north east Coarse dark purple rhyodacite is in the north end near Queanbeyan turn off.
[edit] See also
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