Fraser, Australian Capital Territory
Encyclopedia
Fraser is a suburb in the Canberra
district of Belconnen
. It lies at the north west end of Belconnen. The postcode is 2615. The suburb is named after James Reay Fraser
, who was Member of the Australian House of Representatives
for the Division of Australian Capital Territory
from 1951 to 1970 and Vice Chairman of the Joint Committee of the Australian Capital Territory
from 1959 to 1970. It was gazetted on 15 January 1974. Streets are named after early residents of Canberra.
Mount Rogers reserve is part of Fraser with an elevation of 704 metres. Fraser has a neighbourhood oval and primary school. It is bordered to the north by Kuringa Drive.
The median house price for the Fraser suburb (2011) is $410,000.
age Hawkins Volcanics green-grey dacite
and quartz andesite
fill the suburb.
Canberra
Canberra is the capital city of Australia. With a population of over 345,000, it is Australia's largest inland city and the eighth-largest city overall. The city is located at the northern end of the Australian Capital Territory , south-west of Sydney, and north-east of Melbourne...
district of Belconnen
Belconnen
Belconnen is a district of Canberra, the capital city of Australia, comprising 25 suburbs with 29,900 dwellings housing 82,247 people of the 311,518 people in the Australian Capital Territory ....
. It lies at the north west end of Belconnen. The postcode is 2615. The suburb is named after James Reay Fraser
Jim Fraser
James Reay Fraser was a Member of the Australian House of Representatives for the Australian Capital Territory from 1951 to 1970....
, who was Member of the Australian House of Representatives
Australian House of Representatives
The House of Representatives is one of the two houses of the Parliament of Australia; it is the lower house; the upper house is the Senate. Members of Parliament serve for terms of approximately three years....
for the Division of Australian Capital Territory
Division of Australian Capital Territory
The Division of Australian Capital Territory was an Australian electoral division in the Territory of the same name. The division was created in 1949 and included the whole of the city of Canberra and surrounding rural areas....
from 1951 to 1970 and Vice Chairman of the Joint Committee of the Australian Capital Territory
Australian Capital Territory
The Australian Capital Territory, often abbreviated ACT, is the capital territory of the Commonwealth of Australia and is the smallest self-governing internal territory...
from 1959 to 1970. It was gazetted on 15 January 1974. Streets are named after early residents of Canberra.
Mount Rogers reserve is part of Fraser with an elevation of 704 metres. Fraser has a neighbourhood oval and primary school. It is bordered to the north by Kuringa Drive.
The median house price for the Fraser suburb (2011) is $410,000.
Geology
SilurianSilurian
The Silurian is a geologic period and system that extends from the end of the Ordovician Period, about 443.7 ± 1.5 Mya , to the beginning of the Devonian Period, about 416.0 ± 2.8 Mya . As with other geologic periods, the rock beds that define the period's start and end are well identified, but the...
age Hawkins Volcanics green-grey dacite
Dacite
Dacite is an igneous, volcanic rock. It has an aphanitic to porphyritic texture and is intermediate in composition between andesite and rhyolite. The relative proportions of feldspars and quartz in dacite, and in many other volcanic rocks, are illustrated in the QAPF diagram...
and quartz andesite
Andesite
Andesite is an extrusive igneous, volcanic rock, of intermediate composition, with aphanitic to porphyritic texture. In a general sense, it is the intermediate type between basalt and dacite. The mineral assemblage is typically dominated by plagioclase plus pyroxene and/or hornblende. Magnetite,...
fill the suburb.