Macgregor, Australian Capital Territory
| Macgregor Canberra, Australian Capital Territory |
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| Population: | 3,488 (2006 census)[1] | ||||||||||||
| Established: | 1972 | ||||||||||||
| Postcode: | 2615 | ||||||||||||
| District: | Belconnen | ||||||||||||
| Assembly Electorate: | Ginninderra | ||||||||||||
| Federal Division: | Fraser | ||||||||||||
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Macgregor (postcode: 2615) is a residential suburb in the Belconnen district of Canberra. It was gazetted on 9 September 1971. It lies next to the suburbs of Dunlop, Latham and Holt on the western side of Belconnen, with Florey Drive the boundary to the east, Ginninderra Drive on the north, and Southern Cross Drive on the south.
The suburb of Macgregor is named after Sir William MacGregor, Governor of Queensland 1909-14 and first Chancellor of the University of Queensland, 1911. Streets are named after members of the Australian medical professions.[2]
Macgregor has a primary school and neighbourhood oval. The main road in the suburb is Osburn Drive, which passes by a shop (formerly a pertrol station) and an area that was formerly a small shopping centre — this has now been demolished and redeveloped into Kings swimming pool.
[edit] Geography
Macgregor is primarily situated on Mount Goodwin (612m). Ginninderra Creek runs through the middle of the suburb for 1.4 kilometres.
[edit] Geology
Silurian age Deakin Volcanics purple rhyodacite covers the suburb.
Coordinates: 35°12′39″S 149°00′55″E / 35.21083°S 149.01528°E
[edit] Footnotes
- ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (25 October 2007). "Macgregor (State Suburb)". 2006 Census QuickStats. http://www.censusdata.abs.gov.au/ABSNavigation/prenav/LocationSearch?collection=Census&period=2006&areacode=SSC81321&producttype=QuickStats&breadcrumb=PL&action=401. Retrieved 2009-04-27.
- ^ "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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