Amaroo, Australian Capital Territory

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

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lga = Gungahlin
ACTgov = Molonglo
fedgov = Fraser
est = 1994
postcode = 2914
pop = 3,232 (2001 census)
propval = $355,000 (2005) [http://allhomes.com.au/c/ah?a=uisu&i=10]
near-nw =
near-n =
near-ne = Bonner
near-w = Ngunnawal
near-e = Forde
near-sw =
near-s = Gungahlin
near-se = Gungahlin

Amaroo is a suburb in the Canberra, Australia district of Gungahlin. The postcode is 2914. It was gazetted on 18 October 1991. Streets are named after Australian rivers and lakes.

It is next to the suburbs of Ngunnawal, Gungahlin, Moncrieff, Forde, Bonner and Jacka. The suburb is bounded by Mirrabei Drive, Yerrabi pond, and Horse Park Drive. It has two schools next to each other, Amaroo School and Good Shepherd Catholic primary.

Geology

Amaroo is underlaid by the Canberra Formation from the late middle Silurian age.The area was studied in more detail than many other parts of Canberra by J P Ceplecha from the ANU in 1971.Most of Amaroo is based on slaty shale and mudstone.A 125m wide band oriented north north east of dacite and quartz andesite is in the centre. A patch of
tuff is under the south west corner.

The structure of the rock has been determined by folding. The folds are aligned north-north east and plunge to the south south west. There are two short faults in the mid south that are marked on the surface by quartz. A long fault runs parallel with the folding axis along the south east side along Ginninderra Creek determining its orientation. [Henderson G A M and Matveev G, Geology of Canberra, Queanbeyan and Environs 1:50000 1980.]

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