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Rivett, Australian Capital Territory

Field	Value
type	suburb
name	Rivett
state	act
city	Canberra
image	Rivett ACT shops.jpg
caption	Rivett shopping centre in 2007
lga	Weston Creek
postcode	2611
est	1970
elevation	613
area	1.6
pop	3,354
pop_year
pop_footnotes
alternative_location_map	Australia ACT districted Canberra
pushpin_map_caption	Location in Canberra
coordinates
stategov	Murrumbidgee
fedgov	Bean
dist1	15
dir1	SW
location1	Canberra CBD
dist2	20
dir2	W
location2	Queanbeyan
dist3	103
dir3	SW
location3	Goulburn
dist4	300
dir4	SW
location4	Sydney
near-nw	Duffy
near-n	Holder
near-ne	Weston
near-e	Stirling
near-se	Chapman
near-s	Chapman
near-sw	Cooleman Ridge
near-w	Duffy

Rivett () (postcode: 2611) is a residential suburb of Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia, established in the late 1960s. At the , Rivett had a population of 3,354. It is situated on the western edge of the Weston Creek district.

Rivett takes its name from Sir David Rivett, the professor of Chemistry at the University of Melbourne (1924–1927), deputy chairman and chief executive officer of the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR, 1927–1946), chairman of the council of CSIRO (1946–1949), and president of Australian and New Zealand Association for the Advancement of Science (1937–1939).

Streets in Rivett are named after Australian flora.

Several homes in Rivett were burnt, and many residents evacuated during the 2003 Canberra bushfires.

Suburb amenities

Shops

The Rivett local shopping centre is located at Rivett Place (off Bangalay Crescent). The centre contains a supermarket, newsagency, hairdresser, a cafe, therapeutic masseuse and bakery.

Educational institutions

Rivett Preschool is located in Nealie Place off Bangalay Crescent. There are no non-government schools or colleges in Rivett.

Places of worship

The Reformed Church of Canberra of the Christian Reformed Churches of Australia is located behind the shopping centre off Rivett Place.

Health facilities

The Burrangiri Respite Services day care for elderly people near the shopping centre.

Transport

ACTION buses run regular services to Rivett. Route 64 services most of Rivett and links to Chapman, Cooleman Court and Woden Town Centre.

No other public transportation is available, apart from taxis.

Open spaces

Rivett has extensive open spaces with playing fields on the western side of the suburb across from the shopping centre, several neighborhood parks and pedestrian parkland weaving through the suburb.

Geology

Deakin Volcanics red-purple and green grey rhyodacite with spherulitic texture cover most of Rivett except for Laidlaw Volcanics grey tuff on the southernmost quarter. Quaternary alluvium covers the centre.

References

{{Census 2021 AUS
"Suburb Name search results". ACT Environment and Sustainable Development.
[https://www.transport.act.gov.au/getting-around/new_network_preview?sq_content_src=%2BdXJsPWh0dHAlM0ElMkYlMkZmaWxlcy50cmFuc3BvcnQuYWN0Lmdvdi5hdSUyRkF1dG9UVCUyRk5ld19OZXR3b3JrXzE5JTJGcGRmcyUyRnJvdXRlXzY0LnBkZiZhbGw9MQ%3D%3D Route 64] Transport Canberra
(1980). "Geology of Canberra, Queanbeyan and Environs".

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