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Fisher Canberra, Australian Capital Territory
Fisher shopping centre c. 2007
Fisher
Coordinates	35°21′40″S 149°03′25″E / 35.361°S 149.057°E / -35.361; 149.057
Population	3,219 (SAL 2021)
Established	1970
Postcode(s)	2611
Elevation	630 m (2,067 ft)
Area	1.6 km (0.6 sq mi)
Location	15 km (9 mi) SW of Canberra CBD 19 km (12 mi) W of Queanbeyan 105 km (65 mi) SW of Goulburn 302 km (188 mi) SW of Sydney
District	Weston Creek
Territory electorate(s)	Murrumbidgee
Federal division(s)	Bean
Suburbs around Fisher: Stirling Waramanga Chifley Chapman Fisher Canberra Nature Park

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).

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.

References

1. Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Fisher (ACT) (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2021 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022. 
2. ^ "Suburb Name search results". ACT Environment and Sustainable Development. Retrieved 13 February 2014.
3. Henderson, G. A. M.; Matveev, G. (1980). Geology of Canberra, Queanbeyan and Environs (Map). 1:50000.

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