Weston Creek

Weston Creek is a district of Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia which lies west of the Woden Valley district. Belconnen and Tuggeranong lie to the north and southeast respectively. Stromlo Forest, a pine plantation, used to lie to the west before a bushfire in January 2003 destroyed it; that land is currently being redeveloped. It was named for Captain Edward Weston.

All suburbs in Weston Creek have the postcode 2611. The number of people living in the district is estimated as 24,000.

Weston Creek was established in the late 1960s, as a smaller offshoot of the "satellite city" in Woden Valley.

Eight suburbs comprise the Weston Creek district, namely Chapman, Duffy, Fisher, Holder, Rivett, Stirling, Waramanga and Weston. Each of these suburbs have their own shops and public ovals. All suburbs are named after a certain head figure in Australia and the street names have each a local theme such as rivers and creeks of Australia and native flowers.

Unique among Canberra districts for (now) having only a single (public) high school. The school is called Stromlo and is in Waramanga. Until the 1990s there were two public high schools. The Stromlo High School campus was originally called Weston Creek High School. The second high school was called Holder High School located in Holder. Eventually, the Holder High campus was closed and the two schools merged and were renamed Stromlo High.

Local sports teams include the Royals (Rugby Union), Weston Creek Lions (Australian rules football), Weston Creek Indians (Baseball), Weston Creek Soccer Club [ [http://www.westoncreeksoccer.org.au/ Weston Creek Soccer Club] ] , A men's and women's Lawn Bowls team and (current ACT cricket reigning premiers) Weston Creek Cricket Club [ [http://www.wccc.org.au/ Weston Creek Cricket Club] ] . There is also a Weston Creek netball competition, called Arawang, comprising several teams.

A Community Council for Weston Creek organises special events. [ [http://www.wccc.com.au/ Weston Creek Community Council] ]

Notable residents

*Current Australia national rugby union team Captain, George Gregan
*Former Australian representative cricketer, Michael Bevan
*Author and ABC radio host Helen Razer

External links

* [http://www.suburbs.canberra.net.au/regionma/Fdiswest.htm Canberra region map - Weston Creek district]
* [http://www.tomw.net.au/cnbst4.html Canberra History]
*Satellite image from [http://maps.google.com/maps?q=canberra&ll=-35.349996,149.043617&spn=0.054801,0.098173&t=k&hl=en Google Maps]