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
Australian rules football in the Australian Capital Territory Australian rules football in the Australian Capital Territory Australian rules football in the Australian Capital Territory has a history dating back to the formation of the territory in the 1910s. Traditionally, Canberra was considered to be one of the points which define the Barassi Line; however, the popularity of Australian rules football suffered substantially when teams from the national competitions were introduced in both rugby union and rugby league. Despite Canberra not having a locally based team in the Australian Football League (AFL), the AFL does schedule regular matches in the city. It remains a popular sport and as well