Hume, Australian Capital Territory
| Hume Canberra, Australian Capital Territory |
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| Population | 308 (2011 census)[1] | ||||||||||||||
| • Density | 35.81/km2 (92.8/sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
| Gazetted | 22 March 1982 | ||||||||||||||
| Postcode(s) | 2620 | ||||||||||||||
| Area | 8.6 km2 (3.3 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
| District | Jerrabomberra | ||||||||||||||
| Territory electorate(s) | Molonglo | ||||||||||||||
| Federal Division(s) | Canberra | ||||||||||||||
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Hume is a suburb of Canberra in the district of Jerrabomberra. The suburb is named after the explorer Hamilton Hume and streets are named after Australian industrialists and businessmen.[2] Hume is a light-industrial suburb and there is no significant housing development. On Census night 2011, Hume had a population of 308 people,[1] up from six in 2006,[3] as a result of the construction of the Alexander Maconochie Centre. As a result, Hume had a highly unusual sex ratio of 289 males to 19 females.[1]
Geology
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Deakin Volcanics from the Silurian period underlie Hume. Cream and purple rhyodacite are found in the south and including Tralee, New South Wales. A mixture of purple and green tuff, ashstone, shale, and coarse sandstone in the north east Coarse dark purple rhyodacite is in the north end near Queanbeyan turn off.
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