Bonner, Australian Capital Territory

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

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lga = Gungahlin
ACTgov = Molonglo
fedgov = Fraser
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postcode = 2914
pop =
propval =
near-nw =
near-n =
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near-w =
near-e =
near-sw = Amaroo
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near-se = Forde

Bonner (postcode 2914) is a planned suburb in the district of Gungahlin in Canberra .

Land for the suburb has been designated and in early 2008 construction commenced. The suburb is named after Senator Neville Bonner, Australia's first Indigenous parliamentarian. It has an area of 2.83 km².

Geography

It is located next to the suburbs of Jacka, Amaroo and Forde and is bounded by Horse Park Drive.

The north is dominated by Oak Hill, which is 800 meters high with a trig point on top. However this is outside the suburb boundary, and the high point is 715 meters on the north boundary. The suburb slopes to the south, with creeks draining water south to Ginninderra Creek over in Forde. The lowest point is 624 meters on the southernmost point of Bonner.

Geology

Rocks in Bonner are from the late middle Silurian period and are called Canberra Formation. They are mostly slatey shale and mudstone. A band of dacite follows a ridge in the north east direction in the western third. Also ashstone occurs on a hill top in the north west corner of Bonner. [Henderson G A M and Matveev G, Geology of Canberra, Queanbeyan and Environs 1:50000 1980.]

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