Cook, Australian Capital Territory

Cook Canberra, Australian Capital Territory
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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)	Fraser
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 names after notable women from Australian history.

Suburb amenities

• Cook has a small shopping centre including an IGA supermarket with a good selection of wine, cheese and biscuits, a coffee shop, Asian restaurant and a public toilet.
• Cook Primary School was a government run school for children in years K-6. The school was closed at the end of 2007 as part of a rationalisation of primary education across the ACT with most students moving to neighbouring schools in Aranda, Macquarie and Weetangera.
• Cook Preschool
• Cook school park

Political representation

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

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

Geology

Main article: Geology of the Australian Capital Territory

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.