O'Malley () ( postcode: 2606) is an affluent 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 ...

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. At the , O'Malley had a population of 928 people. There are numerous embassies in O'Malley. The suburb is named after

King O'Malley King O'Malley (2 July 1858? – 20 December 1953) was an American-born Australian politician who served in the House of Representatives from 1901 to 1917, and served two terms as Minister for Home Affairs (1910–1913; 1915–16). He is remember ...

, who was the politician who arranged the competition for a design for Canberra. Streets in O'Malley are named with Aboriginal words.

Population

In the 2021 Census, there were 928 people in O'Malley. 53.0% of people were born in Australia and 52.9% of people only spoke English at home. The most common responses for religion were No Religion (26.4%) and Catholic (24.8%).

Restrictions

Wood fire heaters are banned in the newer East O'Malley area to due concerns of air quality in that valley

Geology

Deakin Volcanics green-grey and purple

rhyodacite Rhyodacite is a volcanic rock intermediate in composition between dacite and rhyolite. It is the extrusive equivalent of those plutonic rocks that are intermediate in composition between monzogranite and granodiorite. Rhyodacites form from rapid ...

are under the suburb. To the east in the valley bottom is Deakin Volcanics purple and green

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 ...

and up the slopes of Mount Mugga Mugga are Deakin Volcanics coarse dark purple rhyodacite.

Embassies

File:Embassy of Croatia.jpg, Embassy of Croatia in O'Malley File:Embassy of UAE Military Attaché Office.jpg, Military Attaché Office of the United Arab Emirates in O'Malley File:Embassy of Laos Peoples Democratic Republic.jpg, Embassy of Laos People's Democratic Republic in O'Malley

References

{{Woden Valley Suburbs Suburbs of Canberra Diplomatic districts