Stirling, Australian Capital Territory

Stirling
Suburb
Stirling playing fields
Stirling Location in Canberra
Coordinates: 35°20′56″S149°03′00″E / 35.349°S 149.050°E / -35.349; 149.050
Country	Australia
State	Australian Capital Territory
City	Canberra
District	Weston Creek
Location	14 km (8.7 mi) SW of Canberra CBD 18 km (11 mi) W of Queanbeyan 104 km (65 mi) SW of Goulburn 301 km (187 mi) SW of Sydney
Established	1970
Government
•  Territory electorate	Murrumbidgee
•  Federal division	Bean
Area
• Total	1.3 km2 (0.50 sq mi)
Elevation	603 m (1,978 ft)
Population
• Total	2,191 (SAL 2021) [1]
Postcode	2611
Suburbs around Stirling Holder Weston Weston Rivett Stirling Waramanga Chapman Chapman Fisher

Stirling is a suburb of Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia. It is situated within the Weston Creek district.

The suburb is named after Sir James Stirling (1791–1865), the first Governor of Western Australia from 1829 to 1839, who established settlements at Perth and Fremantle in 1829. ^[2] The suburb was gazetted in 1970. ^[2] The streets of Stirling are named in honor of pioneers from Western Australia. ^[3]

Stirling held the Weston Campus of the Canberra College, which was located on Fremantle Drive. The College closed down in the early 2000s. The site now holds the Hedley Beare Centre for Teaching and Learning.

Geology

See also: Geology of the Australian Capital Territory

Deakin Volcanics red-purple and green grey rhyodacite with spherulitic texture cover most of Stirling except for Laidlaw Volcanics pale to dark grey tuff on the southernmost quarter. Quaternary Alluvium covers the southwest quarter. ^[4]

References

1. Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Stirling (ACT) (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2021 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022. 
2. "Suburb Name search results". ACT Environment and Sustainable Development. Retrieved 14 February 2014.
3. "Finding Aid: Suburbs and their Names" (PDF). Archives ACT. Retrieved 26 March 2020.
4. Henderson, G. A. M.; Matveev, G. (1980). Geology of Canberra, Queanbeyan and Environs (Map). 1:50000.