Jacka, Australian Capital Territory

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


lga = Gungahlin
est = 1991
postcode = 2913
pop =
propval =
near-nw =
near-n =
near-ne =
near-w = Taylor
near-e = Bonner
near-sw = Moncrieff
near-s = Amaroo
near-se = Bonner

Jacka 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 Albert Jacka. "Arguably Australia's greatest front-line soldier. Jacka was awarded the first Victoria Cross of World War I, 19-20 May 1915 at "Courtney's Post" Gallipoli; the Military Cross at Poziers, 1916; and Bar at Bullecourt in April 1917. In postwar years he was a popular St Kilda Councillor and was elected as Mayor one year before his death in 1932. He was considered an extraordinary leader of the ordinary man." [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 April 1991 and as yet has no residents.

Geography

The plan has green belts following creeks, and a couple of bushland parks included. The low point is 628 meters in the south where two creeks drain the suburb into Amaroo. The high point is 708 meters in the easternmost point. A height of 704 meters is achieved in the western end. Mostly the suburb covers a valley floor with a line of three hills in a north west line in the western side.

Geology

The rocks of the area are late middle Silurian period. They are called Canberra Formation and consist of slate, shale, and mudstone with a patch each of dacite, ashstone and tuff. [Henderson G A M and Matveev G, Geology of Canberra, Queanbeyan and Environs 1:50000 1980.]

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