| 词条 | Weston, Australian Capital Territory |
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| type = suburb | name = Weston | state = act | city = Canberra | image = Weston_IBMap-MJC.png | caption = | map_type = nomap | lga = Weston Creek | postcode = 2611 | est = 1970 | area = 3.1 | pop = 3,576 | pop_year = {{CensusAU|2016}} | pop_footnotes = [1] | coordinates = {{coord|-35.338|149.059|region:AU-ACT_type:landmark|format=dms|display=inline,title}} | stategov = Murrumbidgee | fedgov = Canberra | near-nw = Coombs | near-n = Stromlo Forest | near-ne = Curtin | near-e = Lyons | near-w = Holder | near-sw = Stirling, Rivett | near-s = Waramanga | near-se = Chifley }}Weston (postcode: 2611) is a suburb of Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia. At the {{CensusAU|2016}}, Weston had a population of 3,576 people.[1] Weston was named after a former homestead built in the area sometime around 1835.[2] The Weston Creek grant was once held by Captain Edward Weston the Superintendent of the Hyde Park Barracks, Sydney. Streets in Weston are named after artists.[2] Suburb amenitiesWeston Creek CentreWeston contains the central shopping area of the Weston Creek district, which includes the Cooleman Court shopping centre. Other facilities in the Weston Creek centre include a post office, petrol station, restaurants, clubs, real estate agents and many other specialty shops. Churches
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Australian Defence CollegeThe Australian Defence College's Centre for Defence and Strategic Studies (CDSS) and Australian Command and Staff College (ACSC) are both located at Weston Creek. GeologyDeakin Volcanics green grey and purple rhyodacite mostly covers Weston. The Deakin Volcanics green grey, purple and cream rhyolite can be seen between Parkinson St and Namatjira Drive and forms a large outcrop in the park to the east of Cooleman Court. A band of pink and green rhyolitic instrusive porphyry runs across Weston from west to east. It is fault uplifted on the southern side. Deakin Volcanics red-purple and green-grey rhyodacite with spherulitic texture is along Hindmarsh Drive on the southern border of the suburb.[3] {{See also|Geology of the Australian Capital Territory}}References{{commons category|Weston, Australian Capital Territory}}1. ^1 {{Census 2016 AUS|id=SSC80129|name=Weston (State Suburb)|accessdate=1 July 2017 |quick=on}} {{Weston Creek Suburbs}}2. ^1 {{cite web | url = http://www.actpla.act.gov.au/tools_resources/place_search3?sq_content_src=%2BdXJsPWh0dHAlM0ElMkYlMkYyMDMuOS4yNDkuMyUyRlBsYWNlTmFtZXMlMkZQbGFjZURldGFpbHMuYXNweCUzRm9iamVjdElEJTNENTM4MDYmYWxsPTE%3D | title = Suburb Name search results| publisher = ACT Environment and Sustainable Development| accessdate = 14 February 2014}} 3. ^{{cite map|author1=Henderson, G. A. M.|author2=Matveev, G.|title=Geology of Canberra, Queanbeyan and Environs |scale=1:50000 |year=1980}} 1 : Suburbs of Canberra |
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