Taylor, Australian Capital Territory

Infobox Australian Place | type = suburb
name = Taylor
city = Canberra
state = Australian Capital Territory


lga = Gungahlin
est = 1991
postcode = 2913
pop =
propval =
near-nw =
near-n =
near-ne =
near-w = Kinlyside
near-e = Jacka
near-sw = Casey
near-s = Ngunnawal
near-se = Moncrieff

Taylor is a designated suburb in Gungahlin, Canberra. The land designated for the suburb has not yet been released for development by the Australian Capital Territory’s Land and Development Agency ( [http://www.lda.act.gov.au LDA] ).

According to the ACT’s Planning and Land Authority [http://203.15.126.40/cgi-bin/search.pl website] , the suburb is named after Florence Mary Taylor OBE " "Australia's first female architect, engineer and town planner; associate of the Royal Australian Institute of Architects; wrote for a number of journals including the magazine `Building'; awarded OBE in 1939." " [http://203.15.126.40/cgi-bin/search.pl]

The suburb’s boundaries have been surveyed but not yet been established. The suburb was Gazetted in October 1991 and as yet has no residents.

Geology

The rocks in Taylor are from the late middle Silurian period. Hawkins volcanics green grey dacite and quartz andesite are in the west. The Canberra Formation is separated by a fault in the east side. It consists of slatey shale and mudstone, with north east trending bands of acid volcanics (dacite and andesite).