Wright, Australian Capital Territory

Wright
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory

Construction of Wright in 2011 as viewed from Mount Stromlo.
Coordinates 35°19′01″S 149°01′59″E / 35.317°S 149.033°E / -35.317; 149.033Coordinates: 35°19′01″S 149°01′59″E / 35.317°S 149.033°E / -35.317; 149.033
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
Suburbs around Wright:
Molonglo Molonglo
Wright Coombs
Duffy Holder

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

New flats in Wright in December 2015

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

  1. "Search for street and suburb names: Wright". Environment and Sustainable Development Directorate. ACT Government. 4 December 2013. Retrieved 22 December 2013.
  2. Downie, Graham (3 January 2008). "Suburbs named in new district". The Canberra Times. Retrieved 23 December 2009.
  3. Anderson, Stephanie (11 June 2012). "Wright home ready for move-in". The Canberra Times. Retrieved 11 June 2012.
  4. 1 2 "Canberra". Electoral divisions. Australian Electoral Commission.
  5. "Molongolo". Find your members. Legislative Assembly of the Australian Capital Territory.
  6. 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.
  7. Henderson, G. A. M.; Matveev, G (1980). Geology of Canberra, Queanbeyan and Environs.

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