Delve into Jacka
The district Jacka of in Australian Capital Territory is a subburb in Australia a little north of Canberra, the country's capital town.
If you need a hotel, we compiled a list of available hotels close to the map centre further down the page.
While being here, you might want to pay a visit to some of the following locations: Canberra, Katoomba, Parramatta, Sydney and Hay. To further explore this place, just scroll down and browse the available info.
Local weather forecast
Todays Local Weather Conditions & Forecast: 21°C / 70 °F
Morning Temperature | 11°C / 52 °F |
Evening Temperature | 22°C / 71 °F |
Night Temperature | 15°C / 59 °F |
Chance of rainfall | 0% |
Air Humidity | 42% |
Air Pressure | 1019 hPa |
Wind Speed | Fresh Breeze with 14 km/h (9 mph) from South-West |
Cloud Conditions | Overcast clouds, covering 88% of sky |
General Conditions | Overcast clouds |
Saturday, 16th of November 2024
27°C (81 °F)
17°C (63 °F)
Sky is clear, moderate breeze, clear sky.
Sunday, 17th of November 2024
30°C (85 °F)
16°C (60 °F)
Heavy intensity rain, fresh breeze, clear sky.
Monday, 18th of November 2024
20°C (69 °F)
9°C (49 °F)
Light rain, moderate breeze, clear sky.
Hotels and Places to Stay
Abode Gungahlin
ibis Styles Canberra Eaglehawk
Red Cedars Motel
Canberra Carotel Motel & Caravan Park
University of Canberra Village
Belconnen Way Hotel Motel and Serviced Apartments
Videos from this area
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Cycling around Kaleen District Playing Fields 26 Oct 2014
Australia's capital city (political capital) Canberra, ACT is known as the bush capital. It has many great bike / cycling paths. Here is an example of some of the path around the Kaleen district...
Gungahlin United V's South West Slopes
Blue Devils Tournament 2015 - U14's Gungahlin United V's South West Slopes.
SummerNats 26 Mainline Dyno HorsePower Heroes Compilation part 3
Horsepower Heroes was back at SummerNats 26 as competitors from around the country battled to own the bragging rights for the toughest engine in the land. Hp Heaven is proud to bring you ...
SummerNats 26 Mainline Dyno HorsePower Heroes Compilation part 2
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SummerNats 26 Mainline Dyno HorsePower Heroes Compilation part 1
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Slow Soup for Terra Madre Day 2009
For Slow Food's Terra Madre day celebration the Canberra Capital Country Convivium created a Slow Soup Kitchen. Soups were by members Ian Ryall and Lorraine Bockwinkel. Other soups came ...
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1st Solo Burnout on the new Summernats Pad
Victor Bray got to perform the 1st solo burnout on the new burnout pad at Summnats 26.
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Attractions and noteworthy things
Distances are based on the centre of the city/town and sightseeing location. This list contains brief abstracts about monuments, holiday activities, national parcs, museums, organisations and more from the area as well as interesting facts about the region itself. Where available, you'll find the corresponding homepage. Otherwise the related wikipedia article.
1RPH
Radio 1RPH 1125 kHz Canberra is a volunteer manned AM band radio broadcast station in the Australian Capital Territory serving all of the ACT and surrounding areas of NSW including Queanbeyan, Yass and Michelago, with FM repeaters at Wagga and Junee, and a streaming media on its web site. Radio 1RPH is a member of the Radio Print Handicapped Network.
Gungahlin
For the Canberra suburb of Gungahlin see: Gungahlin, Australian Capital Territory Gungahlin is a name of a district and the northernmost town centre of Canberra, Australian Capital Territory. Gungahlin is situated 10 km north of Canberra's city centre and is one of five satellites of Canberra including Woden, Tuggeranong, Weston Creek and Belconnen. Currently Gungahlin comprises 11 suburbs, including three currently under construction and a further 7 suburbs planned.
Kinlyside, Australian Capital Territory
Kinlyside is a designated suburb in Gungahlin, Canberra. The land designated for the suburb has not yet been released for development by the Australian Capital Territory’s Land and Development Agency. According to the ACT’s Planning and Land Authority, the suburb is named after George Kendall Kinlyside.
Taylor, Australian Capital Territory
Taylor is a designated suburb in Gungahlin, Canberra though the first land release is yet to be announced. The suburb is named after magazine publisher Florence Taylor OBE, who was editor of and writer for several Australian building industry journals including the influential 'Building' magazine. The suburb is approximately 4 km from the Gungahlin Town Centre and 16 km from the centre of Canberra and bounded by Horse Park Drive.
Mitchell, Australian Capital Territory
Mitchell is a light-industrial estate of Canberra, Australia in the district of Gungahlin. Mitchell was named in honour of Major Sir Thomas Livingston Mitchell, an explorer of inland New South Wales and Surveyor-General of New South Wales. The streets in Mitchell are named after Australian industrialists. Despite there being no housing developments, on Census night 2006, Mitchell had a population of 4 people.
Gungahlin, Australian Capital Territory
For the Canberra district of Gungahlin see: Gungahlin Gungahlin is a suburb in the Canberra, Australia district with the same name; Gungahlin. The postcode is 2912. Gungahlin is the name for the entire district, and also the town centre, but it is also the name of the suburb which Gungahlin Town Centre is in. It is next to the suburbs of Ngunnawal, Palmerston, Franklin, Harrison, Throsby, Forde and Amaroo. Burgmann Anglican School is located in the suburb.
Ngunnawal, Australian Capital Territory
Ngunnawal is a suburb in the district of Gungahlin in Canberra, Australia. The suburb is named in tribute to the Ngunnawal people, the original inhabitants of the area. The suburb was gazetted on 18 October 1991. Ngunnawal is adjacent to the suburbs of Nicholls, Casey and Amaroo and Taylor. It is bounded by Gungahlin Drive, Horse Park Drive, Gundaroo Drive and Mirrabei Drive. Ginninderra Creek is situated near Ngunnawal's eastern boundary.
Harrison, Australian Capital Territory
Harrison is a suburb of the district of Gungahlin in Canberra, Australia. The suburb is named after the former city planner Peter Harrison, who was instrumental in reviving Walter Burley Griffin's plan for the National Capital. The suburb is adjacent to the suburbs of Franklin, Gungahlin, Throsby, Kenny and the industrial estate Mitchell. Harrison's place names reflects those of "natural features, waterfalls, plains, tablelands and plateaux".
Nicholls, Australian Capital Territory
Nicholls is a suburb in the Canberra, Australia district of Gungahlin is named after Sir Douglas Nicholls (1906–1988), a former Governor of South Australia. It was gazetted on 18 October 1991. Streets are named after sportsmen and sportswomen. Nicholls adjoins the suburbs of Kinlyside, Casey, Ngunnawal, Crace and Palmerston. The suburb is located approximately 2 km from the Gungahlin Town Centre and about 13 km from the centre of Canberra.
Palmerston, Australian Capital Territory
Palmerston is a suburb in the Canberra, Australia district of Gungahlin. The postcode is 2913. The suburb is named after George Thomas Palmer (1784–1854) who established a settlement in the Canberra region in 1826 called Palmerville, which was later renamed Ginninderra. It was gazetted on 20 March 1991. Streets are named after mountains and mountain ranges of Australia, with the main street called Kosciuszko Avenue. It is next to the suburbs of Nicholls, Gungahlin, Crace and Franklin.
Hall, Australian Capital Territory
Hall is a small village in the north of the Australian Capital Territory (ACT), Australia. As as the 2011 Census, the village had a population of 332 people.
Bonner, Australian Capital Territory
Bonner is a suburb in the district of Gungahlin in Canberra in Australia. The suburb is named in memory after Senator Neville Bonner, Australia's first Indigenous parliamentarian who served the people of Queensland during the years 1971-1984. The suburb is bounded by Horse Park and Gundaroo Drives and is approximately 4 km from the Gungahlin Town Centre and 16 km from the centre of Canberra. It is adjacent to the suburbs of Jacka, Amaroo and Forde.
Crace, Australian Capital Territory
Crace is a suburb of Canberra, Australia in the district of Gungahlin. It was named after Edward Kendall Crace an original settler in the Gungahlin area. Streets in Crace are named after parishes and land divisions from colonial times. It is bounded by the Barton Highway, Gundaroo Drive, Nudurr Drive and Gungahlin Drive. Located in the suburb is the Canberra Nature Park of Gungaderra Grasslands nature reserve.
Casey, Australian Capital Territory
Casey is a suburb in Canberra, Australia, approximately 4 km from the Gungahlin Town Centre and about 13 km from the centre of Canberra. The suburb is named after Richard Casey, Baron Casey an Australian politician, diplomat and later the 16th Governor-General of Australia. It is bound by Horse Park Drive and Clarrie Hermes Drive. Casey is located in north-west Gungahlin, adjacent to the suburbs of Nicholls and Ngunnawal, and the future suburbs of Kinlyside, Taylor and Moncrieff.
Forde, Australian Capital Territory
Forde is a northern suburb of the Canberra, Australia district of Gungahlin. It is named in honour of Frank Forde, who served as Prime Minister of Australia for a week in 1945 following the untimely death of John Curtin. On its completion in 2013 Forde will occupy 131ha and is expected to accommodate approximately 2500 people. The suburb abuts the Mulligans Flat Reserve and is adjacent to the suburbs of Amaroo, Throsby and Bonner.
Franklin, Australian Capital Territory
Franklin is a suburb of Canberra, Australia in the district of Gungahlin. It is named after the novelist Miles Franklin. The streets in Franklin are named after writers. It comprises an area of approximately 256 hectares. It is bounded by Flemington Road to the north and east, Wells Station Drive to the south, and Gungahlin Drive to the west. Franklin is serviced by ACTION bus routes 58 (weekdays) and 958 (weekends).
Moncrieff, Australian Capital Territory
Moncrieff is a designated suburb of Gungahlin, Canberra, the National Capital of Australia. The name was gazetted in April 1991 though no official announcement has to be made about the first land release. It is named after Gladys Moncrieff, an Australian singer of the 1920-30s musical era who was dubbed 'Australia's Queen of Song'. The suburb is located in north Gungahlin adjacent to the existing suburb of to the suburbs of Ngunnawal, Amaroo and the future suburbs of Taylor and Jacka.
Throsby, Australian Capital Territory
Throsby is a designated suburb of Canberra, Australia in the district of Gungahlin. The suburb is adjacent to the suburbs of Kenny and Harrison and is bounded by the Federal Highway to the east, the ACT/NSW border to the north, Horse Park Drive to the south and the Goorooyarroo nature reserve to the west. The suburb is named after the explorer Charles Throsby who was one of the first Europeans to open up the lands west of the Blue Mountains to grazing and agriculture.
Ginninderra
Ginninderra is the name of the former agricultural lands surrendered to urban development on the western and north-western fringes of Canberra, Australia's National Capital. Ginninderra corresponds with the watershed of Ginninderra Creek, which is now in part occupied by the Canberra districts of Belconnen and Gungahlin. The word 'Ginninderra' is one of several - Molonglo, Gold Creek and Monaro are others - that hold longstanding connections to Canberra's local history.
666 ABC Canberra
666 ABC Canberra is an ABC Local Radio station based in Canberra and broadcasting to the Australian Capital Territory and surrounding the New South Wales region. This includes the cities and towns of Queanbeyan, Yass and Bungendore. The station began as 2CN in 1953 originally broadcasting on 1540 AM and later on 1440 AM. In 1983, it changed to the current AM frequency of 666 kHz. The station first broadcast from studios based at the transmitter site at Gungahlin.
Hall Primary School
Hall Primary School was a rural primary school on the northern outskirts of Canberra in the Australian Capital Territory. It was Canberra's oldest continually operating school, having opened in 1911, until its closure was announced on 13 December 2006, by the Education Minister, Andrew Barr as foreshadowed in the 2006-07 Australian Capital Territory budget. Integrated into the school is the Laurie Copping Museum that recreates a school room from 1911.
ACTTAB Radio
ACTTAB Radio (callsign 1TAB) is a narrowcast radio station based in Canberra. It is owned by the Australian Capital Territory Totalizator Agency Board (ACTTAB), the Territory Government’s betting and gaming agency. ACTTAB Radio broadcasts are a relay of Sport 927 in Melbourne. The station broadcasts live commentary of thoroughbred, harness and greyhound racing along with race form and betting information. Other sports are also covered in breakfast and weekend programming.
Gold Creek Homestead
Gold Creek Homestead (1) is a 140-year old stone and brick building located off Gungahlin Drive in Ngunnawal a north-western suburb of Canberra, Australia. The Gold Creek Homestead Complex (2) refers to a group of four buildings including the 697m homestead, a stone and timber cottage, a buggy shed and an entertainment and function centre (formerly a machinery shed).
Mulligans Flat Nature Reserve
Mulligans Flat Nature Reserve is situated in the Gungahlin district on the northern outskirts of Canberra in the Australian Capital Territory in Australia. The Reserve consists of 781 hectares of grassy woodland with some open grassland and a scattering of dams. The reserve is home to about 150 species of wild flowers which grow among stands of red gum and yellow box trees, making it one of the most significant nature reserves in the south east of New South Wales.
Cockington Green Gardens
Cockington Green Gardens is a park of miniatures, situated in Nicholls, Australian Capital Territory. Gardens were opened in 1979.