Bruce, Australian Capital Territory

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Bruce

District: Belconnen
Established: 1968
Postcode: 2617
Population: 3,105 (2001 census)
Median property value: $300,000 (2006)[link]

Canberra suburbs near Bruce
Lawson Kaleen Lyneham
Belconnen Bruce O'Connor
Macquarie Aranda Black Mountain

Bruce is a suburb of Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia. Bruce was gazetted as a division on June 6, 1968 in recognition of Viscount Stanley Melbourne Bruce who was the first Chancellor of the Australian National University from 1951 to 1961[link].

Contents

1 Demographics
2 Suburb amenities
3 Geography
4 Geology
5 See also
6 References

Demographics

As of the 2001 Australian census there were 3,105 people living in Bruce.

Suburb amenities

Canberra Stadium is the home of the Canberra Raiders and occasionally hosts national and international sporting events. The University of Canberra (UC) has an enrolement of over 10,000 students and is one of four major universities in Canberra. The Australian Institute of Sport (AIS) and the Calvary Public Hospital.

Geography

The streets in Bruce are named after people and places associated with Australian Tertiary Education.

Geology

Bruce is dominated by the greywacke of the Ordovician Pittman Formation. Bands of the black Acton Shale Member are found under University of Canberra and under the Calvary Hostpital. Glebe Farm Adamellite is a coarse porphyritic micro adamellite of the Silurian age. It intrudes in the west north and southeast and soutwest of University of Canberra. A triangle of Silurian age calcareous shale of the Canberra formation is in the north east of Bruce.

References

[Bruce census 2001] information at [Australian Bureau of Statistics]