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Cook, Australian Capital Territory

Cook
CanberraAustralian Capital Territory
Cook IBMap-MJC.png
Population 2,901 (2011 census)
 • Density 1,710/km2 (4,420/sq mi)
Established 1968
Postcode(s) 2614
Area 1.7 km2 (0.7 sq mi)
District Belconnen
Territory electorate(s) Ginninderra
Federal Division(s) Fenner
Suburbs around Cook:
Weetangera Macquarie Aranda
Canberra Nature Park Cook Aranda
Canberra Nature Park Canberra Nature Park Canberra Nature Park

Cook (postcode: 2614) is a suburb of the Belconnen district of Canberra, located within the Australian Capital Territory, Australia. On Census night 2011, Cook had a population of 2,901 people.

The suburb of Cook is named after Captain James Cook and the sixth Prime Minister of Australia Sir Joseph Cook. The streets in Cook are named after notable women from Australian history.

For the purposes of Australian federal elections for the House of Representatives, Cook is in the Division of Fenner.

For the purposes of Australian Capital Territory elections for the ACT Legislative Assembly, Cook is in the Ginninderra electorate.

Greywacke from the Ordovician Pittman Formation forms a band down the east of Cook. This has been uplifted on the east side of the Deakin Fault. The fault heads in the north north west direction in Cook. A porphyry of Green-grey Dacitic intrusive containing large white feldspar crystals is found in the north east corner of Cook. Mount Painter Volcanics dark grey to grey green crystal tuff is found in the center and south and south west. Green grey rhyodacite of the Walker Volcanics underlie the north west.

Coordinates: 35°15′35″S 149°03′50″E / 35.25972°S 149.06389°E / -35.25972; 149.06389


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