COOK, AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY

'Cook' is a suburb of Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia. Cook is in the district of Belconnen. As of the 2001 Australian Census, the population of Cook was 2,741.
The suburb of Cook is named after Captain James Cook and the sixth Prime Minister of Australia Sir Joseph Cook. The streets in Cook are names after notable women from Australian history.

Contents

Suburb amenities

Education

Geology

Reference

Suburb amenities

Education

★ Cook Primary School is a government run school for children in years K-6.^[2] The school is scheduled to close at the end of 2007 although there has been strong opposition from the Cook community.

★ Cook Preschool.

Geology

Greywacke from the Ordovician Pittman Formation forms a band down the east of Cook. This has been
uplifted on the east side of the Deakin Fault. The fault heads in the north north west direction in Cook.
A porphyry of Green-grey Dacitic intrusive containing large white feldspar crystals is found in the north east corner of Cook.
Mount Painter Volcanics dark grey to grey green crystal tuff is found in the center and south and south west.
Green grey rhyodacite of the Walker Volcanics underlie the north west.

Reference

1. Property values in Cook Allhomes
2. Cook Primary School