Campbell is a suburb of
Canberra
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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
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,
Australia
Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands. With an area of , Australia is the largest country by ...
. Covering an area to the South East of the central business district, Campbell sits at the base of
Mount Ainslie and is bounded to the south east by the
Mount Pleasant Nature Reserve. 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.]Australian War Memorial
The Australian War Memorial is Australia's national memorial to the members of its armed forces and supporting organisations who have died or participated in wars involving the Commonwealth of Australia and some conflicts involving pe ...
, Royal Military College, Duntroon, the Australian Defence Force Academy
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, and the former corporate headquarters of the CSIRO
The Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) is an Australian Government agency responsible for scientific research.
CSIRO works with leading organisations around the world. From its headquarters in Canberra, CSIRO ...
, 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%.[
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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 rhyo ...
and other erupted particles such as agglomerate 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 ...
. 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 predo ...
, a higher layer of the Ainslie Volcanics. In the north east is cream rhyolite 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 Paleoz ...
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 Mount Ainslie 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
{{North Canberra Suburbs
Suburbs of Canberra