Everything about Holt Australian Capital Territory totally explained
Holt is a suburb in the
Canberra district of
Belconnen. It is named after
Harold Holt,
Prime Minister of Australia from
1966 until his sudden death in
1967. It was gazetted on
July 2,
1970, and has the postcode of 2615. Streets are named after sportsmen and sportswomen. It is one of the lower Socio-Economic areas of Canberra, with a distinctly working-class population.
Holt is bounded by Southern Cross Drive, Starke Street, MacNaughton Street, Drake Brockman Drive and the edge of the Woodhaven Green golf course. It also borders on open farm and bushland, and is a short distance away from the Molongolo river. Ginninderra Falls Tourist Park and Parkwood, a very small light industrial area, are also nearby. It adjoins the suburbs of
Higgins,
Latham and
Macgregor. The suburb contains
Kippax Centre, a group centre serving the surrounding area, including the Kippax Fair shopping centre. It also contains a primary school, neighbourhood oval, sporting fields, and the controversial and recently shut down Ginninderra District High School. A new K-10 'Super School', much like those in Gold Creek and Amaroo, is set to be constructed, servicing the West Belconnen area. The former Ginninderra High School site has been used for counter-terrorist training by the
Australian Federal Police.
Geology
Silurian age Deakin Volcanics are in the north east with the following kinds of rock:
- Purple pink rhyolite is found in the north east.
- In the east is purple and green tuff.
- Purple rhyodacite is in the north
- Silurian Walker Volcanics purple and grey-green rhyodacite is in the west and south of Holt.
Under the Belconnen golf course is green and cream rhyolite of the Walker Volcanics.
West of the golf course is a large sedimentry exposure of
limestone and
shale.
A coarse green grey
porphyry intrusive can be found 3 km to the west of Holt.
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