Franklin, Australian Capital Territory
| Franklin Canberra, Australian Capital Territory |
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| Established: | 2007 | ||||||||||||
| Postcode: | 2913 | ||||||||||||
| District: | Gungahlin | ||||||||||||
| Assembly Electorate: | Molonglo | ||||||||||||
| Federal Division: | Fraser | ||||||||||||
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Franklin (postcode: 2913) is a suburb of Canberra, Australia in the district of Gungahlin. It is named after the novelist Miles Franklin. The streets in Franklin are named after writers.[1] It comprises an area of approximately 256 hectares. It is bounded by Flemington Road to the north and east, Wells Station Drive to the south, and Gungahlin Drive to the west.[2]
Franklin is serviced by ACTION bus routes 58 (weekdays) and 958 (weekends).[3]
[edit] Open space
The suburb of Franklin includes a number of large open space to provide a pedestrian and cyclist network, and to provide an ecological corridor for the movement of native wildlife.[4]
- The Red Hill Heritage Site including an old pipeclay mine;
- The Mulangarri and North Mitchell Grasslands;
- The Gungaderra Creek;
- Old Wells Station Track which connects the Wells Station Heritage Precinct (located in the neighbouring suburb of Harrison) with the Gungaderra Homestead, and Red Hill Heritage Site through to the Gungahlin Town Centre.
[edit] Geology
Franklin is underlaid mostly by the Canberra Formation mudstone or volcanics from the late middle Silurian age.[5]
[edit] References
- ^ "Suburb Name search results". ACT Planning & Land Authority. http://apps.actpla.act.gov.au/actlic/places/search/suburbResults_new3.asp?suburbName=FRANKLIN&Submit=Continue. Retrieved 12 March 2009.[dead link]
- ^ Gungahlin Development Authority (2006), Franklin Residential Estate Concept Plan, ACT Planning and Land Authority
- ^ "Routes and Timetables". ACTION buses. http://www.action.act.gov.au/routes_timetables.html. Retrieved 12 March 2009.
- ^ Gungahlin Development Authority (2006), Franklin Residential Estate Concept Plan, ACT Planning and Land Authority
- ^ Henderson G A M and Matveev G, Geology of Canberra, Queanbeyan and Environs 1:50000 1980.
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