Harrison, Australian Capital Territory

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.

Schools

Name	Suburb	Type	District	Opened	Website	Notes
Harrison School	Harrison	Public	Gungahlin	2008	Website	K-10
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
Carrick Park	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]

Footnotes

Harrison and Franklin aerial view from north east

↑ Australian Bureau of Statistics (31 October 2012). "Harrison (State Suburb)". 2011 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 6 January 2014.
↑ "Suburb Name search results". ACT Environment and Sustainable Development. Retrieved 10 February 2014.
↑ Henderson G A M and Matveev G, Geology of Canberra, Queanbeyan and Environs 1:50000 1980.

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Suburbs in Gungahlin

Amaroo Bonner Casey Crace Forde Franklin Gungahlin Harrison Jacka Kenny Kinlyside Mitchell Moncrieff Ngunnawal Nicholls Palmerston Taylor Throsby Town Centre Gungahlin Town Centre

Districts in Canberra Belconnen Booth Canberra Central (including North and South Canberra) Coree Cotter River Gungahlin Hall Jerrabomberra Kowen Majura Molonglo Valley Mount Clear Paddys River Rendezvous Creek Stromlo Tennent Tuggeranong Weston Creek Woden Valley See also Suburbs of Canberra List of Canberra suburbs

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