Greenway, Australian Capital Territory

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Greenway
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory

Population:

968 (2001 census)

Established:

1988

Postcode:

2900

Property Value:

AUD $418,000 (2005)[1]

LGA:

Tuggeranong

Assembly Electorate:

Brindabella

Federal Division:

Canberra

Suburbs around Greenway:
Urambi Hills	Kambah	Oxley
Murrumbidgee River corridor	Greenway	Monash
Murrumbidgee River corridor	Murrumbidgee River corridor	Bonython

Greenway is a suburb in the Canberra, Australia district of Tuggeranong. The postcode is 2900. The suburb is named after the architect, Francis Greenway (1777-1837). It was gazetted on 17 October 1986. The streets are named after architects. It includes the Tuggeranong Town Centre, Lake Tuggeranong and a small residential areas on the northwestern and northeastern shores of the lake.

It is next to the suburbs of Kambah, Wanniassa, Oxley, Monash and Bonython. It is bounded by Athlon Drive and Drakeford Drive. Behind the suburb is the Urambi Hills Nature Reserve and the Murrumbidgee River.

Greenway from Tuggeranong Hill. New Centrelink building on the left. Lake Tuggeranong is prominent on the right with a backdrop of the Urambi Hills.

[edit] Geology

Greenway is build on top of Laidlaw Volcanics as is the west side of Tuggeranong. Rhyodacitic ignimbrite is in the form of grey rhyodacitic and dacitic crystal tuff of upper Silurian age. This kind of rock was formed from massive explosive volcanic eruptions that blasted a vast cloud of hot dust into the air. The explosion would have dwarfed the recent Mount St Helens eruption.^[1]

See also: Geology of the Australian Capital Territory