Wright, Australian Capital Territory
| Wright Canberra, Australian Capital Territory | |||||||||||||
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 Construction of Wright in 2011 as viewed from Mount Stromlo. | |||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 35°19′01″S 149°01′59″E / 35.317°S 149.033°ECoordinates: 35°19′01″S 149°01′59″E / 35.317°S 149.033°E | ||||||||||||
| Gazetted | 27 July 2010[1] | ||||||||||||
| Postcode(s) | 2611 | ||||||||||||
| Location | 10 km (6 mi) W of Canberra City | ||||||||||||
| District | Molonglo Valley | ||||||||||||
| Territory electorate(s) | Molonglo | ||||||||||||
| Federal Division(s) | Canberra | ||||||||||||
| Website | Wright | ||||||||||||
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Wright (postcode: 2611) is a suburb currently under development in the Molonglo Valley district of Canberra, located within the Australian Capital Territory, Australia. It is named in honour of Judith Wright, a poet, environmentalist and Aboriginal land rights advocate.[2]
Location and urban structure
Construction of the first house in Wright was completed in June 2012.[3]
Political representation
Wright is part of the federal electorate of Canberra, and is represented in the House of Representatives by Gai Brodtmann a member of the Labor Party.[4]
Wright is represented in the Senate by Kate Lundy (Labor) and Zed Seselja (Liberal).[4]
The ACT has a unicameral government system, where the Legislative Assembly performs both the equivalent roles of a State parliament and a shire or city council. Wright is located in the ACT electorate of Molonglo; the largest of three electorates in the ACT, and is represented by seven members: Andrew Barr, Simon Corbell, Steve Doszpot, Katy Gallagher, Jeremy Hanson, Giulia Jones and Shane Rattenbury.[5]
Demographics
Wright did not have a separate geographical identifier allocated on the date of the 2011 census, and was grouped with the Weston Creek-Stromlo statistical sub-division. In this division, there was a population of 17, with 10 males and seven females. The ABS recorded nine dwellings, with a median weekly household income of A$2,250. Peculiarly, an unusually high number of motor vehicles per dwelling was recorded, at 12.7.[6]
Geology
Wright is built on rhyodacite rocks from the Silurian period which are about 414 million years old. There rocks are part of the Deakin Volcanics.[7]
See also
References
- ↑ "Search for street and suburb names: Wright". Environment and Sustainable Development Directorate. ACT Government. 4 December 2013. Retrieved 22 December 2013.
- ↑ Downie, Graham (3 January 2008). "Suburbs named in new district". The Canberra Times. Retrieved 23 December 2009.
- ↑ Anderson, Stephanie (11 June 2012). "Wright home ready for move-in". The Canberra Times. Retrieved 11 June 2012.
- 1 2 "Canberra". Electoral divisions. Australian Electoral Commission.
- ↑ "Molongolo". Find your members. Legislative Assembly of the Australian Capital Territory.
- ↑ Australian Bureau of Statistics (31 October 2012). "2011 Community Profiles: Weston Creek-Stromlo - SSD Bal". 2011 Census of Population and Housing. Retrieved 7 November 2014.
- ↑ Henderson, G. A. M.; Matveev, G (1980). Geology of Canberra, Queanbeyan and Environs.
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