Holt, Australian Capital Territory
| Holt Canberra, Australian Capital Territory |
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| Population: | 4,698 (2006 census)[1] | ||||||||||||
| Established: | 1972 | ||||||||||||
| Postcode: | 2615 | ||||||||||||
| District: | Belconnen | ||||||||||||
| Assembly Electorate: | Ginninderra | ||||||||||||
| Federal Division: | Fraser | ||||||||||||
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Holt (postcode: 2615) is a suburb in the Canberra district of Belconnen. It was gazetted on 2 July 1970 and was named after Harold Holt, Prime Minister of Australia 1966-67. Streets are named after sportsmen and sportswomen.[2]
Holt is bounded by Southern Cross Drive, Starke Street, MacNaughton Street, Drake Brockman Drive and the edge of the Woodhaven Green golf course. It also borders on open farm and bushland, and is a short distance away from the Molongolo river. Ginninderra Falls Tourist Park and Parkwood, a very small light industrial area, are also nearby. It adjoins the suburbs of Higgins, Latham and Macgregor. The suburb contains Kippax Centre, a group centre serving the surrounding area, including the Kippax Fair shopping centre. It also contains a primary school (now closed), neighbourhood oval, sporting fields, and the controversial and recently shut down Ginninderra District High School. The former Ginninderra High School site has been used for counter-terrorist training by the Australian Federal Police. The Ginninderra High School site now has a new school built on it called Kingsford Smith School. It was built to accommodate over 1000 students from preschool to year ten. It opened for a new school year in 2009 for students from preschool to year 7.
[edit] Geology
Silurian age Deakin Volcanics are in the north east with the following kinds of rock:
- Purple pink rhyolite is found in the north east.
- In the east is purple and green tuff.
- Purple rhyodacite is in the north
- Silurian Walker Volcanics purple and grey-green rhyodacite is in the west and south of Holt.
Under the Belconnen golf course is green and cream rhyolite of the Walker Volcanics. West of the golf course is a large sedimentary exposure of limestone and shale. A coarse green grey porphyry intrusive can be found 3 km to the west of Holt.
Coordinates: 35°13′27″S 149°00′55″E / 35.22417°S 149.01528°E
[edit] Footnotes
- ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (25 October 2007). "Holt (State Suburb)". 2006 Census QuickStats. http://www.censusdata.abs.gov.au/ABSNavigation/prenav/LocationSearch?collection=Census&period=2006&areacode=SSC81256&producttype=QuickStats&breadcrumb=PL&action=401. Retrieved 2009-04-12.
- ^ "Place name search". ACT Planning and Land Authority. http://www.actpla.act.gov.au/tools_resources/maps_land_survey/place_names/place_search. Retrieved 2009-12-08.
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