Bruce, Australian Capital Territory

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

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caption =
lga = Belconnen
postcode = 2617
est = 1968
propval = $300,000 (2006) [http://allhomes.com.au/c/ah?a=uisu&i=133]
pop = 3,105 (2001 census)
ACTgov = Ginninderra
fedgov = Fraser
near-nw = Lawson
near-n = Kaleen
near-ne = Lyneham
near-e = O'Connor
near-w = Belconnen
near-sw = Macquarie
near-s = Aranda
near-se = Black Mountain

Bruce is a suburb of Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia. Bruce was gazetted as a division on 6 June, 1968 in recognition of Viscount Stanley Melbourne Bruce, the first Chancellor of the Australian National University from 1951 to 1961 [http://www.actpla.act.gov.au/actlic/places/] . The streets in Bruce are named after people and places associated with Australian tertiary education.

Demographics

As of the 2001 Australian census there were 3,105 people living in Bruce.

uburb amenities

*Canberra Stadium is the home of the Canberra Raiders rugby league and Brumbies rugby union sides, and occasionally hosts national and international sporting events
*The University of Canberra (UC) has an enrolment of over 10,000 students and is one of four major universities in Canberra
*The Australian Institute of Sport (AIS)
*Calvary Public Hospital
*Bruce Campus of the Canberra Institute of Technology.
*Radford College

Geology

Bruce is dominated by the greywacke of the Ordovician Pittman Formation. Bands of the black Acton
Shale Member are found under University of Canberra and under the Calvary Hospital.Glebe Farm Adamellite is a coarse porphyritic micro adamellite of the Silurian age. It intrudes in the west north and southeast and southwest of University of Canberra. A triangle of Silurian age calcareous shale of the Canberra formation is in the north east of Bruce.

ee also

*History of Canberra

References

* [http://www.abs.gov.au/Ausstats/[e-mail]/0/B5528FA94F8AAA40CA256BBF0001CBE1?Open Bruce census 2001] information at [http://www.abs.gov.au/ Australian Bureau of Statistics]

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