Gungahlin, Australian Capital Territory

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Gungahlin
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory

Established:

1998

Postcode:

2912

Property Value:

AUD $344,000 (2005)^[1]

LGA:

Gungahlin

Assembly Electorate:

Molonglo

Federal Division:

Fraser

Suburbs around Gungahlin:
Ngunnawal	Amaroo	Forde
Nicholls	Gungahlin
Palmerston	Franklin	Harrison

Gungahlin is a suburb in the Canberra, Australia district with the same name; Gungahlin. The postcode is 2912. Gungahlin is the name for the entire district, and also the town centre, but it is also the name of the suburb which Gungahlin Town Centre is in. In 2005, the area is in the process of being built, with much construction work continuing.

It is next to the suburbs of Ngunnawal, Palmerston, Franklin, Harrison, Throsby, Forde and Amaroo. Burgmann Anglican school is located in the suburb. The edges of the suburb are on Horse park drive, Gundaroo drive and Gungahlin drive.

[edit] Geology

The Gungahlin Town center is underlain by the middle Silurian age Canberra Formation. Most of this is slaty shale and mudstone. But there are also a couple of bands of ashstone in the south and north west. The structure of the rock has been folded by anticlines and a syncline with a north east direction. The Gungahlin Fault is parallel to the folds and passes through the east of the town center. To the south it passes through Crace, Kaleen, Bruce and Aranda where it stops at the Deakin Fault. The Gungahlin Fault is also parallel to the Winslade Fault and is no doubt connected with it. In the north east direction it passes out of the ACT northern end and ends near the Sullivans Fault.^[2]