Hume, Australian Capital Territory

Hume
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory

Population: 6 (2006 census)[1]
Gazetted: 22 March 1982
Postcode: 2620
District: Tuggeranong
Assembly Electorate: Molonglo
Federal Division: Canberra
Suburbs around Hume:
Hume
Gilmore

Hume is a suburb of Canberra in the district of Tuggeranong. The suburb is named after the explorer Hamilton Hume and streets are named after Australian industrialists and businessmen.[2] Hume is a light-industrial suburb and there is no significant housing development. On Census night 2006, Hume had a population of six people.[1]

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Geology

Deakin Volcanics from the Silurian period underlie Hume. Cream and purple rhyodacite are found in the south and including Tralee, New South Wales. A mixture of purple and green tuff, ashstone, shale, and coarse sandstone in the north east Coarse dark purple rhyodacite is in the north end near Queanbeyan turn off.

References

Footnotes

  1. ^ a b Australian Bureau of Statistics (25 October 2007). "Hume (State Suburb)". 2006 Census QuickStats. http://www.censusdata.abs.gov.au/ABSNavigation/prenav/LocationSearch?collection=Census&period=2006&areacode=SSC81266&producttype=QuickStats&breadcrumb=PL&action=401. Retrieved 2009-05-24. 
  2. ^ Canberra's suburb and street names : origins and meanings. Department of the Environment, Land and Planning. 1992. p. 63. ISBN 1 86331 128 9. 

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