Pearce, Australian Capital Territory

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Pearce
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory

Population:

2,398 (2001 census)

Established:

1967

Postcode:

2607

Property Value:

AUD $416,000 (2005)[1]

LGA:

Woden Valley

Assembly Electorate:

Brindabella

Federal Division:

Canberra

Suburbs around Pearce:
Chifley	Chifley	Phillip
Canberra Nature Park	Pearce	Mawson
Canberra Nature Park	Torrens	Mawson

Looking up Parkhill Street, Pearce, towards Mount Taylor.

Pearce shopping village.

Noticeboards at Pearce shopping village.

Pearce is a suburb in the Canberra, Australia district of Woden. The postcode is 2607. It was named after the longest-serving Senator and longest-serving Minister in Australia's federal history, Sir George Pearce.

It is next to the suburbs of Torrens, Mawson, Chifley and behind it is the Canberra nature park of Mount Taylor. It is bordered by Beasley St, Melrose and Athllon drives. Located in the suburb is Marist College, Melrose High School and Sacred Heart Primary School, and a neighbourhood oval.

[edit] Geology

Deakin Volcanics green-grey and purple rhyodacite is in the northern half and under Quaternary alluvium in the south. In the upper parts of the suburb are two patches of Deakin Volcanics green grey, purple and cream rhyolite. Further up Mount Taylor are Deakin Volcanics red-purple and green grey rhyodacite and porphyry.^[1]

See also: Geology of the Australian Capital Territory