Curtin, Australian Capital Territory
Encyclopedia
Curtin is a suburb in the Canberra
, Australia
district of Woden. The postcode is 2605.
It is next to the suburbs of Yarralumla, Deakin, Hughes, Lyons and Weston. It is bounded by the Cotter road, Tuggeranong Parkway
and Yarra Glen.
Curtin shopping centre offers the following services: Coles supermarket, post office, newsagent, bank, real estate agent, TAB, video rental shop and numerous restaurants and eateries. Of note is the Curtin Milk Bar which is the longest running cafe in the area. Its style and format has not changed since the 1970s and is still very popular
The Canberra bushfires of 2003 destroyed about 4 Curtin homes. Curtin was a suburb that received a small amount of damage in the fires. The Emergency Services Bureau, based in Curtin, which was the centre of command for the firefighting operation, came under threat itself.
. Some cream rhyolite
is
found in the far east along Yarralumla creek, which runs through the edge of the suburb. Sediments such as shale
and sandstone
are found in the
far north east corner north of Yarralumla creek.
To the west of Curtin there are horse paddocks that contain sequence of rocks getting younger as you head west. First a band of Mount Painter Volcanics cream rhyolite
, followed by a band of Yarralumla Formation calcareous shale
, followed by Deakin Volcanics purple and green tuff, and lastly Deakin Volcanics green-grey and purple rhyolite. All of these rock types are from the Silurian
age.
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...
, Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
district of Woden. The postcode is 2605.
It is next to the suburbs of Yarralumla, Deakin, Hughes, Lyons and Weston. It is bounded by the Cotter road, Tuggeranong Parkway
Tuggeranong Parkway
The Tuggeranong Parkway is a major dual carriageway link in Canberra, Australia. Often referred to as "The Parkway" by locals, the Tuggeranong Parkway links Civic to the southern Canberra metro district of Tuggeranong, and is a bypass road to the Woden Valley-Weston Creek district of Canberra...
and Yarra Glen.
Curtin shopping centre offers the following services: Coles supermarket, post office, newsagent, bank, real estate agent, TAB, video rental shop and numerous restaurants and eateries. Of note is the Curtin Milk Bar which is the longest running cafe in the area. Its style and format has not changed since the 1970s and is still very popular
The Canberra bushfires of 2003 destroyed about 4 Curtin homes. Curtin was a suburb that received a small amount of damage in the fires. The Emergency Services Bureau, based in Curtin, which was the centre of command for the firefighting operation, came under threat itself.
Geology
Curtin is full of Mount Painter Volcanics dark grey to grey green crystal tuffTuff
Tuff is a type of rock consisting of consolidated volcanic ash ejected from vents during a volcanic eruption. Tuff is sometimes called tufa, particularly when used as construction material, although tufa also refers to a quite different rock. Rock that contains greater than 50% tuff is considered...
. Some cream rhyolite
Rhyolite
This page is about a volcanic rock. For the ghost town see Rhyolite, Nevada, and for the satellite system, see Rhyolite/Aquacade.Rhyolite is an igneous, volcanic rock, of felsic composition . It may have any texture from glassy to aphanitic to porphyritic...
is
found in the far east along Yarralumla creek, which runs through the edge of the suburb. Sediments such as shale
Shale
Shale is a fine-grained, clastic sedimentary rock composed of mud that is a mix of flakes of clay minerals and tiny fragments of other minerals, especially quartz and calcite. The ratio of clay to other minerals is variable. Shale is characterized by breaks along thin laminae or parallel layering...
and sandstone
Sandstone
Sandstone is a sedimentary rock composed mainly of sand-sized minerals or rock grains.Most sandstone is composed of quartz and/or feldspar because these are the most common minerals in the Earth's crust. Like sand, sandstone may be any colour, but the most common colours are tan, brown, yellow,...
are found in the
far north east corner north of Yarralumla creek.
To the west of Curtin there are horse paddocks that contain sequence of rocks getting younger as you head west. First a band of Mount Painter Volcanics cream rhyolite
Rhyolite
This page is about a volcanic rock. For the ghost town see Rhyolite, Nevada, and for the satellite system, see Rhyolite/Aquacade.Rhyolite is an igneous, volcanic rock, of felsic composition . It may have any texture from glassy to aphanitic to porphyritic...
, followed by a band of Yarralumla Formation calcareous shale
Shale
Shale is a fine-grained, clastic sedimentary rock composed of mud that is a mix of flakes of clay minerals and tiny fragments of other minerals, especially quartz and calcite. The ratio of clay to other minerals is variable. Shale is characterized by breaks along thin laminae or parallel layering...
, followed by Deakin Volcanics purple and green tuff, and lastly Deakin Volcanics green-grey and purple rhyolite. All of these rock types are from the Silurian
Silurian
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.
Primary Schools
- Curtin Primary School
- Holy Trinity Primary School
Pre Schools
- Teddybears Childcare Preschool
- North Curtin Pre School
- South Curtin Pre School
Parks
- South Curtin neighbourhood oval
- Illoura Community Horse Holding Paddocks
- North Curtin Horse Paddocks
- North Curtin Oval