Farrer is a suburb in the

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district of

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. The postcode is 2607.

Name origin

Named for William James Farrer (1845–1906), who was a wheat-breeding pioneer, many of whose experiments were conducted at

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near

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. The suburb's streets are named after agriculturalists, except for Lambrigg Street, which was the name of Farrer's property in

Location

It is next to the suburbs of Torrens, Mawson, Isaacs and the Tuggeranong suburb of

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. It is bordered by Beasley Street, Athllon Drive, and

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. Located in this suburb i
Farrer Primary School
and neighbourhood oval, a Croatian Catholic

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centre, the

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of St Sava, a small shopping centre, the Long Gully scout hall and the Goodwin Village for elderly citizens.

General information

Farrer is a relatively large suburb for Canberra, with over 3,300 residents. It was named on 12 May 1966, after William James Farrer, who had lived in the area late in the 19th century, making a significant contribution to wheat-breeding in

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by producing climate species, thus extending the wheat-belt and enabling the breeding of resistant wheat. The suburb's size resulted in possession of its own oval, located next to the primary school, a scout hall for the local group named Long Gully. Four playgrounds are at various locations, with the main one 'Farrer Nature Play & Adventure Trail' adjacent to the Scout Hall. Pearce's Melrose High School and

'
Erindale College
are only and away respectively. While the small convenience store is often frequented by locals, Farrer is in proximity to Southlands Shopping Centre at Mawson and Woden Plaza in Phillip, only away.

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is nearer still, at . The Farrer Ridge Nature Reserve, part of the

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and half the suburb, provides for

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and stunning vistas.

Geology

Deakin Volcanics green-grey and purple

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underlies the whole suburb. Deakin Volcanics cream

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

occurs on the top of Farrer Ridge.

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alluvium Alluvium (, ) is loose clay, silt, sand, or gravel that has been deposited by running water in a stream bed, on a floodplain, in an alluvial fan or beach, or in similar settings. Alluvium is also sometimes called alluvial deposit. Alluvium is ...

can be found in the valley bottom.

Gallery

References

{{Woden Valley Suburbs Suburbs of Canberra