Harrison, Australian Capital Territory

Harrison
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory
Harrison
Population: 304 (2006 census)[1]
Postcode: 2914
Elevation: 612 m (2,008 ft)
Location:
District: Gungahlin
Assembly Electorate: Molonglo
Federal Division: Fraser
Mean max temp Mean min temp Annual rainfall
20.1 °C
68 °F		 7.3 °C
45 °F		 549.1 mm
21.6 in
Suburbs around Harrison:
Gungahlin Gungahlin
Franklin Harrison Kenny
Mitchell

Harrison is a suburb of the district of Gungahlin in Canberra, Australia. The suburb is named after the former city planner Peter Harrison, who was instrumental in reviving Walter Burley Griffin's plan for the National Capital. The suburb is adjacent to the suburbs of Franklin, Gungahlin, Throsby, Kenny and the industrial estate Mitchell. Harrison's place names reflects those of "natural features, waterfalls, plains, tablelands and plateaux".[2] The suburb is located approximately 2 km east of the Gungahlin Town Centre and about 10 km from the centre of Canberra.

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Schools

Name Suburb Type District Opened Website Notes
Harrison School Harrison Public Gungahlin 2008 Website K-6
Mother Teresa Primary School Harrison Catholic Gungahlin 2010 Website K-2
Harrison Early Childhood Centre Harrison Private Gungahlin 2010 Website K-2

Parks

Name Address PlayGym
Eric Mawson St, Harrison ACT 2914 Yes
Turtle Rock St, Harrison ACT 2914 No
Mullion Park Tanami St, Harrison ACT 2914 Yes
Moonlight St, Harrison ACT 2914 Yes

Geology

Harrison is underlaid mostly by the Canberra Formation mudstone or volcanics from the late middle Silurian age. Near the eastern corner is an outcrop of the Ainslie Volcanics dacite or andesite.[3]

See also: Geology of the Australian Capital Territory

Footnotes

  1. ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (25 October 2007). "Harrison (State Suburb)". 2006 Census QuickStats. http://www.censusdata.abs.gov.au/ABSNavigation/prenav/LocationSearch?collection=Census&period=2006&areacode=SSC81236&producttype=QuickStats&breadcrumb=PL&action=401. Retrieved 2009-04-27. 
  2. ^ "Suburb Name search results". ACT Planning & Land Authority. http://apps.actpla.act.gov.au/actlic/places/search/suburbResults_new3.asp?suburbName=HARRISON&Submit=Continue. Retrieved 27 April 2009. 
  3. ^ Henderson G A M and Matveev G, Geology of Canberra, Queanbeyan and Environs 1:50000 1980.