Campbell, Australian Capital Territory

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Campbell
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory

Population:

3300 (2001 census)

Established:

1928

Postcode:

2612

Property Value:

AUD $560,000

District:

North Canberra

Assembly Electorate:

Molonglo

Federal Division:

Fraser

Suburbs around Campbell:
Braddon	Ainslie	Mount Ainslie
Reid	Campbell	Mount Ainslie
Russell Parkes	Fyshwick	Pialligo

Campbell (postcode: 2612) is a suburb of Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia. Covering an area to the South East of the central business district, Campbell sits at the base of Mount Ainslie. The population of Campbell on census night 2001 was 3030 people.

The suburb of Campbell is named after Robert Campbell, the owner of Duntroon station on which Campbell is now located. Many buildings built by Robert Campbell and his family are still standing around Canberra, including Blundell's Cottage, St John the Baptist Church, Reid, Duntroon House (now part of RMC Duntroon) and Yarralumla House (now Government House).

Located in Campbell are the Australian War Memorial, Royal Military College, Duntroon, the Australian Defence Force Academy, CSIRO Corporate Headquarters and Campbell Park Offices.

Schools located in the suburb include Campbell High School, Campbell Primary School and Canberra Grammar Northside Infant School.

[edit] Geology

Most of Campbell is dominated by the lowest layer of the Ainslie Volcanics, a grey dacite and other erupted particles such as agglomerate and tuff. In the north is grey quartz andesite, a higher layer of the Ainslie Volcanics. In the north east is cream rhyolite from the highest layer of the Ainslie Volcanics. The Ainslie Volcanics were formed in the Silurian period. A layer of the Tertiary age pebbly gravels is around Anzac Parade, left over from when the Molonglo river was at a higher level.

See also: Geology of the Australian Capital Territory