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It is next to the suburbs of Nicholls , Gungahlin Crace and Franklin . It was the second suburb to be developed in the Gungahlin district, after the industrial suburb of Mitchell. It is bounded by Gungahlin drive and Gundaroo drive. It has a primary school, Palmerston District Primary, and a neighbourhood oval. GEOLOGY Palmerston is underlaid by the Canberra Formation from the late middle Silurian age. The area was studied in more detail than many other parts of Canberra by J P Ceplecha from the ANU in 1971. Mostly the Canberra Formation is slaty Shale and Mudstone . A layer of Ashstone has been folded to form 75 meter wide exposures on the surface. These are in the shape of an ear of corn with the major axis pointing north north east. The major axis is determined by an Anticline . A Syncline determines the western side of the ashstone, with an anticline forther to the west. A triangle of Siltstone has been lifted up by faults into the western corner of Palmerston. A long fault aligned with the folds follows along the east side of Ginninderra Creek. The Winslade Fault comes in from the south heads north and joins up with the above long fault. The Gungahlin fault also parallels the folds and cuts through the east side of Palmerston. It forms the eastern limit of the ashstone. See Also: Natural History of the Australian Capital Territory |
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