Fisher, Australian Capital Territory

{{Infobox Australian place

| type = suburb

| name = Fisher

| state = act

| city = Canberra

| image = Fisher ACT shops.jpg

| caption = Fisher shopping centre {{ca.}} 2007

| map_type =

| lga = Weston Creek

| postcode = 2611

| est = 1970

| area = 1.6

| elevation = 630

| pop =

| pop_year =

| pop_footnotes =

| coordinates = {{coord|-35.361|149.057|region:AU-ACT_type:landmark|format=dms|display=inline,title}}

| stategov = Murrumbidgee

| fedgov = Bean

| dist1 = 15

| dir1 = SW

| location1 = Canberra CBD

| dist2 = 19

| dir2 = W

| location2 = Queanbeyan

| dist3 = 105

| dir3 = SW

| location3 = Goulburn

| dist4 = 302

| dir4 = SW

| location4 = Sydney

| near-nw = Stirling

| near-n = Waramanga

| near-ne = Chifley

| near-e =

| near-se =

| near-s = Canberra Nature Park

| near-sw =

| near-w = Chapman

}}

Fisher is a suburb of Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia located in the district of Weston Creek. Fisher was named after Andrew Fisher (1862–1928), coal miner, founding member of the federal parliamentary Labor Party and Prime Minister of Australia for three terms between 1908 and 1915 (ACTLIC, 2004). The theme for the street names in Fisher is Australian mines and mining towns (ACTPLA, 2003).{{cite web | url = http://www.actpla.act.gov.au/tools_resources/place_search3?sq_content_src=%2BdXJsPWh0dHAlM0ElMkYlMkYyMDMuOS4yNDkuMyUyRlBsYWNlTmFtZXMlMkZQbGFjZURldGFpbHMuYXNweCUzRm9iamVjdElEJTNENTM1OTAmYWxsPTE%3D | title = Suburb Name search results| publisher = ACT Environment and Sustainable Development| accessdate = 13 February 2014}}

Geology

Laidlaw Volcanics pale to dark grey dacitic tuff is found though most of Fisher except north slice of the suburb which is Deakin Volcanics red-purple and green grey rhyodacite with spherulitic texture.{{cite map|author1=Henderson, G. A. M.|author2=Matveev, G.|title=Geology of Canberra, Queanbeyan and Environs |scale=1:50000 |year=1980}}

References

Category:Suburbs of Canberra