Stirling, Australian Capital Territory covers the south west quarter. 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
Red Hill, Australian Capital Territory Red Hill, Australian Capital Territory Red Hill (postcode: 2603) is a suburb of Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia. The suburb is named after the northernmost hill of the ridge to the west of the suburb. The ridge is a reserve and managed as part of the Canberra Nature Park. The hill is an element of the central Canberra design axis. The name 'Red Hill' was gazetted as a suburb name in 1928. This was the name associated with the hill since the days of the early settlers and probably suggested by the red soil in the area. Streets are named