Curtin
District of Canberra
Australian Capital Territory - Australia

Yarralumla, Australian Capital Territory

Yarralumla is a large inner south suburb of Canberra, the capital city of Australia. Located approximately 3.5 kilometres south-west of the city, Yarralumla extends along the south-west bank of Lake Burley Griffin. (The lake was created after the Second World War through the blocking, with a dam, of the Molonglo River. ) Europeans first settled the area in 1828, and it was named Yarralumla in 1834 from the indigenous Ngunnawal people's term for the area.

Located at -35.3051, 149.098 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Diplomatic districts, Suburbs of Canberra

Division of Canberra

The Division of Canberra is an Australian Electoral Division in the Australian Capital Territory. The division was created in 1974 from the southern half of the old Division of Australian Capital Territory. It is named for the city of Canberra, Australia's national capital, and includes the districts of Tuggeranong, Weston Creek and Woden Valley, along with the rest of the ACT south of the Molonglo River and Lake Burley Griffin.

Located at -35.349, 149.089 (Lat. / Lng.), about 5 miles away.
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Electoral divisions of Australia

Yarralumla brickworks

The Yarralumla brickworks, also known as the Commonwealth Brickworks, was one of the earliest construction projects in Canberra, Australia. It was built in the suburb of Yarralumla to produce the bricks used to build many of Canberra's early buildings. It opened in around 1913 and operated until its closure in 1976. It is known for producing the bricks used to build itself.

Located at -35.3083, 149.091 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3 miles away.
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Manufacturing plants in Australia, Buildings and structures in Canberra, Brickworks

Woden Valley

Woden Valley is a district of Canberra, the capital city of Australia. Its name is taken from the name of a nearby homestead owned by Dr James Murray who named the homestead after the Old English god Woden in October 1837. He named it this as he was to spend his life in the pursuit of wisdom and Woden was amongst other things, the God of wisdom. In 1964 it was the first "satellite city" to be built, separate from the Central Canberra district.

Located at -35.3452, 149.095 (Lat. / Lng.), about 5 miles away.
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Districts of Canberra

Royal Canberra Golf Club

The Canberra Golf Club, later known as the Royal Canberra Golf Club, was formed in 1926. Its original grounds were behind the Hotel Canberra on the river flats on both sides of the Molonglo River.

Located at -35.304, 149.09 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3 miles away.
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Sports clubs established in 1926, Sport in Canberra, Golf clubs and courses in Australia, Organisations based in Australia with royal patronage, 1926 establishments in Australia

Woden Town Centre

Woden Town Centre is the main commercial centre of the district of Woden Valley in Canberra, Australia. It is located in the Canberra suburb of Phillip. The main shopping centre of Woden Town Centre is Westfield Woden, formerly called 'Woden Plaza' and 'Woden Shopping Square'. Westfield Woden includes major supermarkets, department stores such as David Jones and Big W, Hoyts cinemas and many other stores on several levels. Separate buildings house multi-storey car parks.

Located at -35.3461, 149.086 (Lat. / Lng.), about 5 miles away.
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Canberra urban places

National Zoo & Aquarium

The National Zoo and Aquarium is a privately owned 25-acre zoo and aquarium in the Australian capital city of Canberra. It is located in Yarralumla at the western end of Lake Burley Griffin also next to Scrivener Dam.

Located at -35.3006, 149.069 (Lat. / Lng.), about 4 miles away.
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Zoos in Australia, Aquaria in Australia, Buildings and structures in Canberra, Visitor attractions in Canberra, Parks in Canberra

Curtin, Australian Capital Territory

Curtin is a suburb in the Canberra, Australia district of Woden. The postcode is 2605. Curtin is named after John Curtin, Australian Prime Minister between 1941 and 1945. Its streets are named for state premiers. It is next to the suburbs of Yarralumla, Deakin, Hughes, Lyons and Weston. It is bounded by the Cotter road, Tuggeranong Parkway and Yarra Glen.

Located at -35.325, 149.078 (Lat. / Lng.), about 4 miles away.
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Suburbs of Canberra

Hughes, Australian Capital Territory

Hughes is a suburb in the Canberra, Australia district of Woden. The postcode is 2605. The area of the suburb is 1.81 km².

Located at -35.333, 149.094 (Lat. / Lng.), about 4 miles away.
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Suburbs of Canberra

Lyons, Australian Capital Territory

Lyons is a suburb in the Canberra, Australia district of Woden. The postcode is 2606. The suburb was named after Joseph Lyons, Labor Premier of Tasmania from 1923 to 1928 and a Minister in the James Scullin government from 1929 until his resignation from the Labor Party in March 1931. He subsequently led the United Australia Party and was the tenth Prime Minister of Australia from January 1932 until his death in 1939.

Located at -35.342, 149.076 (Lat. / Lng.), about 5 miles away.
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Suburbs of Canberra

Phillip, Australian Capital Territory

Phillip is a suburb of Canberra, Australia in the district of Woden Valley. It is located in the centre of the district and contains the district's main commercial centre, Woden Town Centre. The suburb is named after Arthur Phillip, the first Governor of New South Wales. The suburb name was gazetted on 12 May 1966. Streets in Phillip use names associated with the First, Second and Third Fleets; streets in the Swinger Hill were named after architects.

Located at -35.3494, 149.09 (Lat. / Lng.), about 5 miles away.
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Suburbs of Canberra

Tuggeranong Parkway

The Tuggeranong Parkway is a major dual carriageway link in Canberra, Australia. Often referred to as "The Parkway" by locals, the Tuggeranong Parkway links Civic to the southern Canberra metro district of Tuggeranong, and is a bypass road to the Woden Valley-Weston Creek district of Canberra. It also links to the Glenloch Interchange, where roads such as Caswell Drive connect to Belconnen.

Located at -35.3085, 149.062 (Lat. / Lng.), about 4 miles away.
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Streets in Canberra

Alfred Deakin High School

Alfred Deakin High School is a government secondary school in Deakin, Australian Capital Territory, covering years 7 to 10 in the Territory's education system. It is named after the second Australian Prime Minister, Alfred Deakin.

Located at -35.324, 149.095 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3 miles away.
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High schools in the Australian Capital Territory

Westfield Woden

Westfield Woden (until recently known as Woden Plaza) is a large shopping centre located in the Woden Town Centre in the suburb of Phillip of Canberra, Australian Capital Territory. Initially constructed in stages during the 1970s, it underwent a major redevelopment in the late 1990s, adding on a new wing to the building called "The Market" as well as a new Hoyts 8-screen cinema complex, and refurbishment of older sections.

Located at -35.3464, 149.087 (Lat. / Lng.), about 5 miles away.
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Shopping centres in the Australian Capital Territory, Westfield Group

Australian Defence College

The Australian Defence College (ADC) comprises three tri-service educational organisations operated by the Australian Defence Force in Canberra, Australian Capital Territory: the Centre for Defence and Strategic Studies (CDSS), the Australian Command and Staff College (ACSC) (both located at Weston Creek), and the Australian Defence Force Academy (ADFA). The ADC is headed by a two-star officer, currently Rear Admiral James Goldrick AM, CSC, RAN.

Located at -35.32, 149.058 (Lat. / Lng.), about 5 miles away.
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Education in the Australian Capital Territory, Australian tertiary institutions, Military education and training in Australia

Orana School

Orana School is a co-educational school in Weston, Canberra, Australia. It was founded in 1981. The teaching curriculum is based on the works of Rudolf Steiner. It currently enrolls children from pre-sessional kindergarten through to year 12. The school offers a wide range of subjects, and has a great focus on art and music.

Located at -35.327, 149.059 (Lat. / Lng.), about 5 miles away.
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Private schools in the Australian Capital Territory, High schools in the Australian Capital Territory, Waldorf schools in Australia, 1981 establishments in Australia

Scrivener Dam

Scrivener Dam, a concrete gravity dam that impounds Molongolo River, is located in Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia. The dam creates Lake Burley Griffin, that was established for recreational and ornamental purposes. Named in honour of surveyor, Charles Scrivener, the dam was officially inaugurated on 20 September 1964 (1964-09-20) and the official filling of the lake commemorated on 17 October 1964 (1964-10-17), by the Prime Minister, Robert Menzies.

Located at -35.2997, 149.072 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3 miles away.
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Reservoirs and dams in Australia, Buildings and structures in Canberra, Dams completed in 1963, Gravity dams, Murray-Darling basin, Water management in the Australian Capital Territory

Canberra Hospital

The Canberra Hospital is a public hospital located in Garran, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory. It is a tertiary level centre with 672 beds and caters to a population of about 550,000. It was formed when the Woden Valley Hospital and the Royal Canberra Hospital were amalgamated in 1991, and was renamed the Canberra Hospital in 1996. It is the major teaching hospital for the Australian National University Medical School.

Located at -35.3454, 149.101 (Lat. / Lng.), about 5 miles away.
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Hospitals in the Australian Capital Territory, Teaching hospitals in Australia, Hospitals established in 1991

AME School

The Association of Modern Education School (or AME School) was opened in early 1972 and ran as an independent community based school in Canberra until late 1996. Planning for the foundation of the school began around 1970 and the school took over the disused government school buildings in the Canberra suburb of Duntroon, which had recently closed. The AME school first opened in 1972 with Robin McConnell as headmaster.

Located at -35.33, 149.06 (Lat. / Lng.), about 5 miles away.
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Private schools in the Australian Capital Territory, High schools in the Australian Capital Territory, 1972 establishments in Australia, Educational institutions established in 1972, Educational institutions disestablished in 1996

Lovett Tower

The Lovett Tower is a 93 metre (305 feet) tall tower in Canberra, the capital city of Australia. It is in Woden Town Centre, a commercial district of Canberra located in the suburb of Phillip. It was formerly known as the MLC Tower but was renamed in 2000 by the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission to honour the Lovett family. The Lovett Tower is a landmark commercial office, last refurbished in 1999, and can be seen towering over the city far away from Canberra.

Located at -35.3453, 149.085 (Lat. / Lng.), about 5 miles away.
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Buildings and structures completed in 1973, Buildings and structures in Canberra, Skyscrapers in Canberra

Women's Australian Open

The Women's Australian Open is a women's professional golf tournament played in Australia, operated by Golf Australia and the ALPG Tour, long co-sanctioned by the Ladies European Tour (LET). Beginning with the 2012 event, it is also co-sanctioned by the U.S. -based LPGA Tour. In 2008, it was the second-richest women's golf tournament on the ALPG Tour, with a prize fund of A$500,000, and was raised to A$600,000 in 2010.

Located at -35.304, 149.09 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3 miles away.
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ALPG Tour events, Ladies European Tour events, LPGA Tour events, Golf tournaments in Australia, Women's golf in Australia, Recurring sporting events established in 1974

Seagull intersection

A seagull intersection or continuous green T-intersection (also known as a turbo-T or High-T intersection) is a common type of three-way road intersection, usually used on high traffic volume roads and dual carriageways. This form of intersection is popular in Australia and New Zealand, and sometimes used in the United States.

Located at -35.3262, 149.054 (Lat. / Lng.), about 5 miles away.
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Road junction types

ACT Heritage Library

The ACT Heritage Library is the 'state' library of the Australian Capital Territory (ACT) and the pre-eminent ACT reference library. The Library is the heritage section of the ACT Library and Information Services and is located on Level 1, Woden Library, Corner Corinna Street and Furzer Street, Phillip ACT. Antoinette Buchanan has been the Manager of the ACT Heritage Library since 2004.

Located at -35.3444, 149.084 (Lat. / Lng.), about 5 miles away.
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Australian Capital Territory, State libraries of Australia, Archives in Australia, Libraries in Canberra

History of Yarralumla, Australian Capital Territory

Settlement[edit] The area now known as Yarralumla is part of two original land grants, which were granted to free settlers for the establishment of farms. In 1828 Henry Donnison, a Sydney merchant who had arrived with his wife and family on the brig Ellen on 29/30 July 1828, was granted an allotment on the western side of Stirling Ridge.

Located at -35.3051, 149.098 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Diplomatic districts, History of the Australian Capital Territory

Woden Cemetery

The Woden Cemetery is the main cemetery in Canberra, the capital of Australia. It is located adjacent to the Woden Town Centre. The cemetery opened in 1936 as the Canberra General Cemetery. It contains the war graves of 30 Australian service personnel of World War II - 10 soldiers and 20 airmen. It closed for burials in 1979, but was re-opened in March 1999. Memorial gardens were opened in 1992, and the Christ the Redeemer Mausoleum, for burial in above-ground vaults, was completed in 2001.

Located at -35.344, 149.093 (Lat. / Lng.), about 5 miles away.
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Cemeteries in the Australian Capital Territory