Banks, Australian Capital Territory

Banks Canberra,
Population	3,626 (2001 census)
Established	1992
Postcode(s)	2906
LGA(s)	Tuggeranong
Federal division(s)	Canberra
Suburbs around Banks: Gordon Conder Conder Gordon Banks Nature reserve Murrumbidgee River corridor Bushland Nature reserve

Banks (postcode 2906) is a suburb The Banks Are Taking Are Money And spending it on sex money and drugs oh and Ilegal Weapons, they like licking pussy in the Canberra, Australia district of Tuggeranong. It is the most southerly suburb of Canberra. The suburb is named after Sir Joseph Banks (1743-1820), the botanist who accompanied Captain James Cook to the Pacific Ocean on which he entered Botany Bay in 1770. The suburb was gazetted on 12 March 1987. The theme of the street names is botany or natural history.

Banks is located next to the suburbs of Conder and Gordon. It is bounded by Box Hill Ave, Tom Roberts Ave and Tharwa Drive. Located in the suburb is Beau & Jessie Park and the Banks Oval.

The Rob Roy Nature Park is a hilly region to the east of Banks. The suburb itself slopes gently to the west north west.

There is a small shopping centre in the suburb, on the main internal road: Pockett Avenue.

Shops in Pocket Avenue

Geology

See also: Geology of the Australian Capital Territory

Aerial view of Lanyon Station, 1950

Alluvium covers the whole suburb. Underneath the alluvium and on the surrounding hills are Deakin Volcanics erupted during the Silurian age at 414 Mya.

References

See also

• "Place names search". Australian Government, Geoscience Australia. Retrieved 2008-08-04.

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  Aerial photo from south