Isaacs, Australian Capital Territory

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Isaacs
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory

Population:

2451 (2001 census)

Established:

1986

Postcode:

2607

Property Value:

AUD $528,000 (2005)[1]

District:

Woden Valley

Suburbs around Isaacs
Phillip	O'Malley
	Isaacs	Farrer

Typical cul-de-sac in Isaacs

Isaacs shopping centre

Playground near the Isaacs shops

Isaacs is a suburb in the district of Woden in Canberra, Australia. The postcode is 2607.

The suburb was gazetted as a Division Name on 12 May 1966 but residential housing was not built until the late 1980s.

The suburb's streets are generally named after people associated with education, including Rowntree Crescent, named for Amy Rowntree, OBE (1885-1962), educationist and historian.

Isaacs is next to the suburbs of O'Malley, Mawson and Farrer. It is bounded by Yamba Drive and Ngunawal Street. Located in the suburb is the Canberra Nature Park of Isaacs Ridge and the Long Gully pine plantation.

[edit] Geology

Isaacs is built on Silurian age Deakin Volcanics. These are green-grey and purple coloured rhyodacite. The lower lying parts of the suburb are covered with Quaternary alluvium on top. Isaacs ridge has the same outcrops as the rest of the suburb.

See also: Geology of the Australian Capital Territory

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