Hume, Australian Capital Territory
| Hume Canberra, Australian Capital Territory | |||||||||||||
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| Coordinates | 35°23′13″S 149°10′12″E / 35.387°S 149.170°ECoordinates: 35°23′13″S 149°10′12″E / 35.387°S 149.170°E | ||||||||||||
| Population | 308 (2011 census)[1] | ||||||||||||
| • Density | 35.81/km2 (92.8/sq mi) | ||||||||||||
| Gazetted | 22 March 1982 | ||||||||||||
| Postcode(s) | 2620 | ||||||||||||
| Area | 8.6 km2 (3.3 sq mi) | ||||||||||||
| District | Jerrabomberra | ||||||||||||
| Territory electorate(s) | Kurrajong | ||||||||||||
| Federal Division(s) | Canberra | ||||||||||||
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Hume is a suburb of Canberra in the district of Jerrabomberra. 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 2011, Hume had a population of 308 people,[1] up from six in 2006,[3] as a result of the construction of the Alexander Maconochie Centre. As a result, Hume had a highly unusual sex ratio of 289 males to 19 females.[1]
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 is in the north east. Coarse dark purple rhyodacite is in the north end near Queanbeyan turn off.[4]
Footnotes
- 1 2 3 Australian Bureau of Statistics (31 October 2012). "Hume (State Suburb)". 2011 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 15 February 2014.
- ↑ Canberra's suburb and street names : origins and meanings. Department of the Environment, Land and Planning. 1992. p. 63. ISBN 1-86331-128-9.
- ↑ Australian Bureau of Statistics (25 October 2007). "Hume (State Suburb)". 2006 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 24 May 2009.
- ↑ Henderson G A M and Matveev G, Geology of Canberra, Queanbeyan and Environs 1:50000 1980.
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