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Greenway, Australian Capital Territory

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Population
  
1,454 (2011 census)

Postcode(s)
  
2900

Territory electorate(s)
  
Brindabella

Founded
  
1988

Postal code
  
2900

Federal division
  
Division of Canberra

Established
  
1988

District
  
Tuggeranong

Urambi Hills
  
Kambah

Area
  
5.3 km²

Gazetted
  
17 October 1986

Greenway, Australian Capital Territory

Greenway is a suburb in the Canberra, Australia district of Tuggeranong. The postcode is 2900. The suburb is named after the architect, Francis Greenway (1777–1837). It was gazetted on 17 October 1986. The streets are named after architects. It includes the Tuggeranong Town Centre, Lake Tuggeranong and small residential areas on the northwestern and northeastern shores of the lake.

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Map of Greenway ACT 2900, Australia

It is next to the suburbs of Kambah, Wanniassa, Oxley, Monash and Bonython. It is bounded by Athllon Drive and Drakeford Drive. Behind the suburb is the Urambi Hills Nature Reserve and the Murrumbidgee River.

Geology

Greenway is built on top of Laidlaw Volcanics as is the west side of Tuggeranong. Rhyodacitic ignimbrite is in the form of grey rhyodacitic and dacitic crystal tuff of upper Silurian age. This kind of rock was formed from massive explosive volcanic eruptions that blasted a vast cloud of hot dust into the air. The explosion would have dwarfed the recent Mount St Helens eruption.

References

Greenway, Australian Capital Territory Wikipedia