Page, Australian Capital Territory
Encyclopedia
Page is a suburb of Canberra
, in the district of Belconnen
. The suburb is named in honour of Sir Earle Page
, a former Prime Minister
. Streets in Page are named in honour of Australian scientists. On Census night 2006, Page had a population of 2,695 people.
age Green grey rhyodacite
of the Walker Volcanics underlie the south and center of the suburb.
A lens of limestone
is found just to the west of the center of the suburb.
The mid west has purple and green-grey dacite
of the Walker Volcanics that was deposited before the rhyodacite.
The north east has purple rhyodacite from the Deakin Volcanics.
The Page north west has pink rhyolite
from the Deakin Volcanics.
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...
, in the 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 ....
. The suburb is named in honour of Sir Earle Page
Earle Page
Sir Earle Christmas Grafton Page, GCMG, CH was the 11th Prime Minister of Australia, and is to date the second-longest serving federal parliamentarian in Australian history, with 41 years, 361 days in Parliament.-Early life:...
, a former Prime Minister
Prime Minister of Australia
The Prime Minister of the Commonwealth of Australia is the highest minister of the Crown, leader of the Cabinet and Head of Her Majesty's Australian Government, holding office on commission from the Governor-General of Australia. The office of Prime Minister is, in practice, the most powerful...
. Streets in Page are named in honour of Australian scientists. On Census night 2006, Page had a population of 2,695 people.
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 Green grey rhyodacite
Rhyodacite
Rhyodacite is an extrusive volcanic rock intermediate in composition between dacite and rhyolite. It is the extrusive equivalent of granodiorite. Phenocrysts of sodium rich plagioclase, sanidine, quartz, and biotite or hornblende are typically set in an aphanitic to glassy light to intermediate...
of the Walker Volcanics underlie the south and center of the suburb.
A lens of limestone
Limestone
Limestone is a sedimentary rock composed largely of the minerals calcite and aragonite, which are different crystal forms of calcium carbonate . Many limestones are composed from skeletal fragments of marine organisms such as coral or foraminifera....
is found just to the west of the center of the suburb.
The mid west has purple and 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...
of the Walker Volcanics that was deposited before the rhyodacite.
The north east has purple rhyodacite from the Deakin Volcanics.
The Page north west has pink 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...
from the Deakin Volcanics.