Stirling, Australian Capital Territory Stirling, Australian Capital Territory Stirling is a suburb of Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia. It is located in the Weston Creek district. The suburb is named after Sir James Stirling (1791–1865) who was the first Governor of Western Australia between 1829–1839 and established settlements at Perth and Fremantle in 1829. The suburb was gazetted in 1970. Stirling contains the Weston Campus of the Canberra College, which is located on Fremantle Drive. Deakin Volcanics red-purple and green grey rhyodacite with spherulitic texture cover most of Stirling except for Laidlaw Volcanics pale to dark grey tuff on the southernmost quarter. Quaternary Alluvium
Members of the Australian Parliament who have represented more than one state or territory state was Billy Hughes. He had represented New South Wales since 1901, and was elected to a Victorian seat on 5 May 1917. On 16 December 1922 he was again elected to a NSW seat, the only person to return to his original state. Hughes is also the only person in this list whose parliamentary service was continuous. The only person who represented both a state and a territory was Lewis Nott (Queensland 1925-28; Australian Capital Territory 1949-51). All states and territories except South Australia and the Northern Territory are represented in the list. Members of the Australian Parliament who