Hume, Australian Capital Territory
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| Hume Canberra, Australian Capital Territory |
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| Population: | 6 (2006 census)[1] | ||||||||||||
| Gazetted: | 22 March 1982 | ||||||||||||
| Postcode: | 2620 | ||||||||||||
| District: | Tuggeranong | ||||||||||||
| Assembly Electorate: | Molonglo | ||||||||||||
| Federal Division: | Canberra | ||||||||||||
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Hume is a suburb of Canberra in the district of Tuggeranong. The suburb is named after the explorer Hamilton Hume and streets are named after Australian industrialists and businessmen.[2] Hume is a light-industrial suburb and there is no significant housing development. On Census night 2006, Hume had a population of six people.[1]
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[edit] Geology
Deakin Volcanics from the Silurian period underlie Hume. Cream and purple rhyodacite are found in the south and including Tralee, New South Wales. A mixture of purple and green tuff, ashstone, shale, and coarse sandstone in the north east Coarse dark purple rhyodacite is in the north end near Queanbeyan turn off.
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[edit] Footnotes
- ^ a b Australian Bureau of Statistics (25 October 2007). "Hume (State Suburb)". 2006 Census QuickStats. http://www.censusdata.abs.gov.au/ABSNavigation/prenav/LocationSearch?collection=Census&period=2006&areacode=SSC81266&producttype=QuickStats&breadcrumb=PL&action=401. Retrieved 2009-05-24.
- ^ Canberra's suburb and street names : origins and meanings. Department of the Environment, Land and Planning. 1992. p. 63. ISBN 1 86331 128 9.
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Coordinates: 35°23′13″S 149°10′12″E / 35.387°S 149.170°E
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