Hughes, Australian Capital Territory
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Hughes Canberra, Australian Capital Territory |
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| Population | 2,956 (2011 census) | ||||||||||||
| • Density | 1,640/km2 (4,250/sq mi) | ||||||||||||
| Established | 1963 | ||||||||||||
| Postcode(s) | 2605 | ||||||||||||
| Area | 1.8 km2 (0.7 sq mi) | ||||||||||||
| District | Woden Valley | ||||||||||||
| Territory electorate(s) | Murrumbidgee | ||||||||||||
| Federal Division(s) | Canberra | ||||||||||||
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Hughes is a suburb in the Canberra, Australia district of Woden. The postcode is 2605. The area of the suburb is 1.81 km².
Hughes is named after The Right Honourable William Morris "Billy" Hughes, seventh Prime Minister of Australia from 1915-1923. Streets in the suburb are named with the theme of World War I armed services personnel and contemporaries of William Hughes. The suburb was gazetted on 20 September 1962, with a population of nine. Residential construction began in 1963, and by 1974 Hughes had a population of 4050.
Hughes adjoins the suburbs of Deakin, Garran, Phillip and Curtin. It is bounded by Carruthers Street to the North, Yarra Glen and Yamba Drive to the west, and the Red Hill area of Canberra Nature Park to the east and south.
Hughes has several different kinds of rock from the Silurian period. Shale from the Yarralumla Formation is in the south west. Cream coloured rhyolite from the Mount Painter Volcanics is found in the north west. Dark purple rhyodacite from the Deakin Volcanics is found in the north of Hughes. In the south east tuff forms a layer on top of the Mount Painter Volcanics. An inactive north west - south east trending fault runs though the middle of the suburb. Movement was down on the north east side.
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