Bruce, Australian Capital Territory
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Bruce is a suburb of Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
. Bruce was gazetted as a division on 6 June 1968 in recognition of Viscount Stanley Melbourne Bruce
, the first Chancellor of the Australian National University
and eighth Prime Minister of Australia
. S. M. Bruce served as Chancellor from 1951 to 1961. The streets in Bruce are named after people and places associated with Australian tertiary education.
The Fern Hill section of the suburb was originally planned to be developed as a hub for information and communications technology businesses, with consequently some low-rise office buildings being developed off a part of Thynne Street, along with a small commercial centre including a cafe. However, as of the late 2000s, the area has instead come to see considerable residential development, with densities ranging from detached houses through to three storey apartment buildings, with commercial ground floor uses.
The suburb is also relatively well-served by public transport, with ACTION's IPT (Intertown Public Transport) route running through it via the Calvary Hospital, Radford College, and the University of Canberra. The '7' and '3' bus routes also connect the suburb to Civic via Lyneham, Dickson, and Ainslie; and O'Connor and Acton respectively. Additionally, a number of cycle routes provide links to the Inner North, Belconnen Town Centre, and Kaleen.
of the Ordovician
Pittman Formation. Bands of the black Acton Shale
Member are found under University of Canberra and under the Calvary Hospital.
Glebe Farm Adamellite is a coarse porphyritic micro adamellite of the Silurian
age. It intrudes in the west north and southeast and southwest of University of Canberra.
A triangle of Silurian
age calcareous shale of the Canberra formation is in the north east of Bruce.
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
. Bruce was gazetted as a division on 6 June 1968 in recognition of Viscount Stanley Melbourne Bruce
Stanley Bruce
Stanley Melbourne Bruce, 1st Viscount Bruce of Melbourne, CH, MC, FRS, PC , was an Australian politician and diplomat, and the eighth Prime Minister of Australia. He was the second Australian granted an hereditary peerage of the United Kingdom, but the first whose peerage was formally created...
, the first Chancellor of the Australian National University
Australian National University
The Australian National University is a teaching and research university located in the Australian capital, Canberra.As of 2009, the ANU employs 3,945 administrative staff who teach approximately 10,000 undergraduates, and 7,500 postgraduate students...
and eighth Prime Minister of Australia
Prime Minister of Australia
The Prime Minister of the Commonwealth of Australia is the highest minister of the Crown, leader of the Cabinet and Head of Her Majesty's Australian Government, holding office on commission from the Governor-General of Australia. The office of Prime Minister is, in practice, the most powerful...
. S. M. Bruce served as Chancellor from 1951 to 1961. The streets in Bruce are named after people and places associated with Australian tertiary education.
The Fern Hill section of the suburb was originally planned to be developed as a hub for information and communications technology businesses, with consequently some low-rise office buildings being developed off a part of Thynne Street, along with a small commercial centre including a cafe. However, as of the late 2000s, the area has instead come to see considerable residential development, with densities ranging from detached houses through to three storey apartment buildings, with commercial ground floor uses.
Demographics
On Census night 2006, Bruce had a population of 3,387 people. Although, as of the late 2000s, the mean taxable income of individuals within the suburb is slightly lower than the ACT average, the suburb nonetheless is in the top decile in the Territory within the Australian Bureau of Statistics' SEIFA index of relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage.Suburb amenities
- Canberra StadiumCanberra StadiumCanberra Stadium is a facility primarily used for rugby league and rugby union games, located adjacent to the Australian Institute of Sport in Canberra, the capital of Australia...
is the home of the Canberra RaidersCanberra RaidersThe Canberra Raiders are an Australian professional rugby league football club based in the national capital city of Canberra, Australian Capital Territory. They have competed in Australasia's elite rugby league competition, the National Rugby League premiership since 1982...
rugby leagueRugby leagueRugby league football, usually called rugby league, is a full contact sport played by two teams of thirteen players on a rectangular grass field. One of the two codes of rugby football, it originated in England in 1895 by a split from Rugby Football Union over paying players...
and Brumbies rugby unionRugby unionRugby union, often simply referred to as rugby, is a full contact team sport which originated in England in the early 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand...
sides, and occasionally hosts national and international sporting events - Canberra International Sports & Aquatic CentreCanberra International Sports & Aquatic CentreCanberra International Sports and Aquatic Centre is located in Bruce and is a privately owned sport centre. CISAC is home to the CISAC swim academy and the Ginninderra Marlins swimming club.-About CISAC:...
- The University of Canberra (UC)University of CanberraOver the years the Stone Day program has gradually become larger and larger, taking up a whole week and now Stonefest is one of Australia's most popular music festivals. The first foundation celebrations were held in 1971. In 1973 Stone Day celebrations were held over two days, which was expanded...
has an enrolment of over 10,000 students and is one of four major universities in Canberra - The Australian Institute of Sport (AIS)Australian Institute of SportThe Australian Institute of Sport is a sports training institution in Australia with world class facilities and support services. The Institute's headquarters is situated in Canberra, the capital city of Australia. The 66.0 hectare site campus is in the northern suburb of Bruce, but some of the...
- Calvary Public Hospital
- Bruce Campus of the Canberra Institute of TechnologyCanberra Institute of TechnologyThe Canberra Institute of Technology is a vocational education provider in Canberra, the Australian Capital Territory, and is one of a system of TAFEs. Qualifications offered by CIT range from certificate to degree level. CIT has four campuses across Canberra, located in Bruce, Reid, Phillip and...
. - Radford College
The suburb is also relatively well-served by public transport, with ACTION's IPT (Intertown Public Transport) route running through it via the Calvary Hospital, Radford College, and the University of Canberra. The '7' and '3' bus routes also connect the suburb to Civic via Lyneham, Dickson, and Ainslie; and O'Connor and Acton respectively. Additionally, a number of cycle routes provide links to the Inner North, Belconnen Town Centre, and Kaleen.
Geology
Bruce is dominated by the greywackeGreywacke
Greywacke or Graywacke is a variety of sandstone generally characterized by its hardness, dark color, and poorly sorted angular grains of quartz, feldspar, and small rock fragments or lithic fragments set in a compact, clay-fine matrix. It is a texturally immature sedimentary rock generally found...
of the Ordovician
Ordovician
The Ordovician is a geologic period and system, the second of six of the Paleozoic Era, and covers the time between 488.3±1.7 to 443.7±1.5 million years ago . It follows the Cambrian Period and is followed by the Silurian Period...
Pittman Formation. Bands of the black Acton Shale
Shale
Shale is a fine-grained, clastic sedimentary rock composed of mud that is a mix of flakes of clay minerals and tiny fragments of other minerals, especially quartz and calcite. The ratio of clay to other minerals is variable. Shale is characterized by breaks along thin laminae or parallel layering...
Member are found under University of Canberra and under the Calvary Hospital.
Glebe Farm Adamellite is a coarse porphyritic micro adamellite of the Silurian
Silurian
The Silurian is a geologic period and system that extends from the end of the Ordovician Period, about 443.7 ± 1.5 Mya , to the beginning of the Devonian Period, about 416.0 ± 2.8 Mya . As with other geologic periods, the rock beds that define the period's start and end are well identified, but the...
age. It intrudes in the west north and southeast and southwest of University of Canberra.
A triangle of Silurian
Silurian
The Silurian is a geologic period and system that extends from the end of the Ordovician Period, about 443.7 ± 1.5 Mya , to the beginning of the Devonian Period, about 416.0 ± 2.8 Mya . As with other geologic periods, the rock beds that define the period's start and end are well identified, but the...
age calcareous shale of the Canberra formation is in the north east of Bruce.