Campbell is a suburb of

Canberra Canberra ( ) is the capital city of Australia. Founded following the federation of the colonies of Australia as the seat of government for the new nation, it is Australia's largest inland city and the eighth-largest city overall. The ci ...

Australian Capital Territory The Australian Capital Territory (commonly abbreviated as ACT), known as the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) until 1938, is a landlocked federal territory of Australia containing the national capital Canberra and some surrounding townships. ...

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. Covering an area to the South East of the central business district, Campbell sits at the base of

Mount Ainslie Mount Ainslie is a hill with an elevation of that is located in the northeastern suburbs of Canberra, in the Australian Capital Territory, Australia. Mount Ainslie lies within part of the Canberra Nature Park. Location and features Mount Ains ...

and is bounded to the south east by the

Mount Pleasant Nature Reserve Mount Pleasant is a hill with an elevation of that is located in the North Canberra, north–eastern suburbs of Canberra in the Australian Capital Territory, Australia. The hill overlooks the Australian Defence Force Academy and the Royal ...

. At the , Campbell had a population of 6,564 people. The suburb of Campbell is named after Robert Campbell, the owner of Duntroon station on which Campbell is now located. Many buildings built by Robert Campbell and his family are still standing around Canberra, including Blundell's Cottage,

St John the Baptist Church, Reid St John the Baptist Church is an Australian Anglican church in the Canberra suburb of Reid in the Australian Capital Territory. The church is located at the corner of Anzac Parade and Constitution Avenue, adjacent to the Parliamentary Triangl ...

, Duntroon House (now part of RMC Duntroon) and Yarralumla House (now

Government House Government House is the name of many of the official residences of governors-general, governors and lieutenant-governors in the Commonwealth and the remaining colonies of the British Empire. The name is also used in some other countries. Gover ...

). Located in Campbell are the

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Royal Military College, Duntroon lit: Learning promotes strength , established = , type = Military college , chancellor = , head_label = Commandant , head = Brigadier Ana Duncan , principal = , city = Campbell , state = ...

, the

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, and the former corporate headquarters of the

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, which is awaiting demolition and redevelopment. Also with addresses in the suburb are the 'Ainslie Village' accommodation centre for people with special needs and the Campbell Park Offices. Schools located in the suburb include Campbell High School, Campbell Primary School and Canberra Grammar Northside Infant School.

Population

In the 2021 Census, there were 6,564 people in Campbell. 70.5% of people were born in Australia. The next most common country of birth was England at 3.9%. 77.7% of people only spoke English at home. The most common responses for religion were No Religion 48.9%, Catholic 17.8% and Anglican 8.3%.

Geology

Most of Campbell is dominated by the lowest layer of the Ainslie Volcanics, a grey

dacite Dacite () is a volcanic rock formed by rapid solidification of lava that is high in silica and low in alkali metal oxides. It has a fine-grained (aphanitic) to porphyritic texture and is intermediate in composition between andesite and rhyolite. ...

and other erupted particles such as

agglomerate Agglomerate (from the Latin ''agglomerare'' meaning "to form into a ball") is a coarse accumulation of large blocks of volcanic material that contains at least 75% bombs. Volcanic bombs differ from volcanic blocks in that their shape records flui ...

and

tuff Tuff is a type of rock made of volcanic ash ejected from a vent during a volcanic eruption. Following ejection and deposition, the ash is lithified into a solid rock. Rock that contains greater than 75% ash is considered tuff, while rock cont ...

. In the north is grey quartz

andesite Andesite () is a volcanic rock of intermediate composition. In a general sense, it is the intermediate type between silica-poor basalt and silica-rich rhyolite. It is fine-grained (aphanitic) to porphyritic in texture, and is composed predomi ...

, a higher layer of the Ainslie Volcanics. In the north east is cream

rhyolite Rhyolite ( ) is the most silica-rich of volcanic rocks. It is generally glassy or fine-grained (aphanitic) in texture, but may be porphyritic, containing larger mineral crystals (phenocrysts) in an otherwise fine-grained groundmass. The mineral ...

from the highest layer of the Ainslie Volcanics. The Ainslie Volcanics were formed in the

Silurian The Silurian ( ) is a geologic period and system spanning 24.6 million years from the end of the Ordovician Period, at million years ago ( Mya), to the beginning of the Devonian Period, Mya. The Silurian is the shortest period of the Paleozo ...

period. A layer of the Tertiary age pebbly gravels is around Anzac Parade, left over from when the Molonglo river was at a higher level.Henderson G A M and Matveev G, Geology of Canberra, Queanbeyan and Environs 1:50000 1980.

Gallery

File:CampbellACTstreet.JPG, Patey Street, a residential street in Campbell File:CampbellFlats.JPG, Medium density flats located at the centre of the suburb File:AnzacAveCampbell.JPG, The suburb is bounded to the west by Anzac Parade File:Derrick Street.JPG, Most streets in Campbell are named after military personnel File:VaseyCrescenttowardsMtAinslie 040909.jpg, A view of

from near the intersection of Elliot Street and Vasey Crescent, Campbell File:Bush land near Norcott Drive in Campbell ACT.jpg, A disused track in patchy bushland in the reserve behind Vasey Crescent near Northcott Drive in Campbell File:Looking up Patey Street from near Creswell.jpg, Looking up Patey Street from the Garsia Street intersection Image:Savige Street Campbell.JPG, The crown of Savige Street in mid Campbell File:Campbell from Mount Ainslie May 2012.JPG, Campbell viewed from Mount Ainslie File:Getting Crescent Campbell in mid May.jpg, A view of Getting Crescent, Campbell, in mid-autumn

References

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