Melba, Australian Capital Territory
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| Melba Canberra, Australian Capital Territory |
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| Population: | 3,372 (2001 census) | ||||||||||||
| Established: | 1972 | ||||||||||||
| Postcode: | 2615 | ||||||||||||
| Property Value: | AUD $320,000 (2005)[1] | ||||||||||||
| District: | Belconnen | ||||||||||||
| Assembly Electorate: | Ginninderra | ||||||||||||
| Federal Division: | Fraser | ||||||||||||
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Melba (postcode: 2615) is a suburb of Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia. Melba is in the district of Belconnen.
The suburb of Melba is named after Dame Nellie Melba (1861-1931), the first internationally-recognised Australian opera soprano. The streets are named after composers, singers and other musically notable Australians.
Located in Melba are a government run primary school (Mount Rogers Community School), a high school (Melba High) and a college (Copland College).
[edit] Geology
A porphyry of Green-grey Dacitic intrusive containing large white Feldspar crystals is found in the north east corner. Green grey dacitic tuff from the Hawkins Volcanics occur on the south east side of Melba. Green grey dacite and quartz andesite occur in the north west to the south east. This is intruded by a band of Glebe Farm Adamellite. Deakin Volcanics purple rhyodacite with a patch of purple and green tuff are in the south west. The Deakin Fault runs north west through Melba and is marked by quartz.
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