Watson, Australian Capital Territory

Infobox Australian Place | type = suburb
name = Watson
city = Canberra
state = Australian Capital Territory

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lga = North Canberra
ACTgov = Molonglo
fedgov = Fraser
est = 1960
postcode = 2602
pop = 4,111 (2001 census)
propval = $370,000 (2007)ref|Allhomes
near-nw = Mitchell
near-n =
near-ne =
near-w = Lyneham
near-e = "Canberra Nature Park"
near-sw = Dickson
near-s =
near-se = Hackett

Watson is a suburb in the North Canberra district of Canberra, the so-called "Inner North". Watson is named in honour of the third Prime Minister of Australia John Christian Watson, and was gazetted on 7 April, 1960. Streets in Watson are named after Australian judges and other legal professionals. As of the 2001 Australian census the population of Watson was 4111.

Watson is bordered by the Federal Highway, Philip Avenue and Antill Street. It lies next to the suburbs of Downer and Hackett. Behind Hackett is Mount Majura on the Canberra Nature Park.Watson has a shopping centre, and the AIE originally Watson High School located nearby. Rosary catholic school is located in Watson, as is the Signadou campus of the Australian Catholic University. There is also Majura primary government school originally [www.majuraps.act.edu.au] which is well known for its popular annual Spring Carnival a preschool a child care centre and a doctor's surgery. There once was a drive-in theatre (The starlight) in Watson. Currently, North Watson is undergoing the construction of Majura Rise, a new estate south of the television studios listed below. This area is walking distance from Mount Majura, along with many other facilities. It is expected this area will increase the property value of Watson.Also located in the suburb are the Ten and Prime television studios,The Ted Noffs Foundation, Canberra Carotel, Australian Heritage Village (now closed), service station and Health Services Hostel.

Watson is connected to Civic by the number 39 bus. [http://www.action.act.gov.au/Weekday-2008Network/Route_39.html]

History

Demography

Politics

Australian Federal Politics

For the purpose of Australian federal elections for the House of Representatives, Watson is in the Division of Fraser, and is represented by Bob McMullan. Watson is represented by Senators elected to represent the Australian Capital Territory. Majura Primary School serves as a polling place within Watson for Australian federal elections.

Geology

Calcareous shales from the Canberra Formation is overlain by Quaternary alluvium.This rock is the limestone of the original title of Canberra "Limestone Plains". [Henderson G A M and Matveev G, Geology of Canberra, Queanbeyan and Environs 1:50000 1980.]

References

#. [http://allhomes.com.au/c/ah?a=uisu&i=806 Property values in Watson]