- Dickson, Australian Capital Territory
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Dickson
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory
Population: 1,947 (2006 census)[1] Established: 1928 Postcode: 2602 LGA: North Canberra Assembly Electorate: Molonglo Federal Division: Fraser Suburbs around Dickson: Lyneham Downer Watson Lyneham Dickson Hackett Lyneham Braddon Ainslie 
A residential street in Dickson
Dickson (postcode: 2602) is a suburb in the Inner North of Canberra, Australia. It is named after Sir James Dickson (1832–1901) who was a Queensland advocate of Australian Federation and one of the founders of the Australian Constitution. There is no specific theme for street names.
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History
Between 1926 and 1928, a small runway called Northbourne Aviation Ground was located where the Dickson Library and playing fields are now. This was Canberra's original airport. Dickson was gazetted on 28 September 1928, but the suburb was not settled until the 1960s. The suburb is characterised by leafy streets, detached single dwelling houses, and double story duplex townhouses.
Geography
The suburb is bounded by Northbourne Avenue, Antill Street, Phillip Avenue, Majura Avenue, Limestone Avenue and Wakefield Avenue. Dickson contains no hills or significant slopes. Sullivans Creek passes through the middle of Dickson draining storm water from east to west.
Amenities
ABC Canberra studiosThe suburb contains the Dickson Centre, a significant commercial centre in Canberra’s Inner North containing the Woolworths Supermarkets outlet with the greatest turnover in Australia. The centre contains an ambulance station, office buildings, many shops and the Dickson Baptist Church.
Outside the Dickson Centre, the suburb contains the Australian Broadcasting Corporation Canberra radio and television studios. Two colleges are located in the suburb, Dickson College, a public senior secondary school, and Daramalan College, a Catholic high school. The Daramalan Junior school was once located in Dickson, which operated between 1986 and 1997. It was a school for boys in years 5 and 6, and was near St. Brigid's Church.
Dickson has large playing fields with several ovals, which are used to play many sports including soccer, cricket and rugby, as well as the venue for schools carnivals, and are a popular place on weekends. Organisations calling the playing fields home including the Majura Junior Soccer Club and Corroboree Little Athletics. Near the playing fields is a walking track between rows of pine, oak and gum trees which leads to the Dickson shopping centre. Hawdon Street is where the Downer Club and Observatory used to be located before being destroyed by fire in 2010. The street is cut in half by a stormwater drain, which has sometimes led to confusion.
Houses in Dickson
Geology
Calcareous shales from the Canberra Formation dates from the Silurian period. This rock is the limestone of the original title of Canberra "Limestone Plains". Quaternary alluvium lies on top of the shale in the flatter parts of Dickson.[2]
References
Aerial view from the north east, the shopping centre is on the top right, with Dickson College at the bottom- Conroy, Susan (April 1998). "Dickson Shopping Centre Refurbishment Project". tomw.net.au. http://www.tomw.net.au/dpcg/cultural.htm. Retrieved 2007-01-22. - includes information on history of Dickson and surrounding suburbs
- Map of Dickson oval
Footnotes
- ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (25 October 2007). "Dickson (State Suburb)". 2006 Census QuickStats. http://www.censusdata.abs.gov.au/ABSNavigation/prenav/LocationSearch?collection=Census&period=2006&areacode=SSC81116&producttype=QuickStats&breadcrumb=PL&action=401. Retrieved 2009-04-27.
- ^ Henderson G A M and Matveev G, Geology of Canberra, Queanbeyan and Environs 1:50000 1980.
Coordinates: 35°15′09″S 149°08′23″E / 35.2525°S 149.13972°E
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