List of Canberra suburbs explained

This is a list of suburbs in the Australian Capital Territory, in Australia.

Suburbs are listed according to the districts in which they are located. Town centres, Group Centres, or suburbs containing group centres, appear in bold. (Some group centres or town centres have names differing from those of the suburbs in which they are located, in which case there may be a separate article listed beside the suburbs.) The date of gazettal of the suburb is appended to its entry.

For a description of Australian Capital Territory's suburbs and urban hierarchy, including districts, town centres and suburbs, see Suburbs of the Australian Capital Territory

Belconnen

Canberra Central

Gungahlin

^ denotes suburbs which have been planned, but not yet been opened or settled

Jerrabomberra

Majura

Molonglo Valley

Planned suburbs as of 18 June 2012[1] [2]

^ denotes suburbs which have been planned, but not yet been opened or settled

Tuggeranong

Weston Creek

Woden

Former suburbs

In 1927 the provisional suburbs of the Australian Capital Territory were renamed to honour the leaders of Federation, and to retain the earlier names in the district; with the exception of Mugga (the proposed renaming of Red Hill) the new names were gazetted in 1928.[3]

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Notes and References

  1. First three suburbs of Molonglo named . Barr, Andrew . Andrew Barr . 25 July 2013.
  2. Canberra's heritage reflected in new suburb names . 25 July 2013. Corbell, Simon . Simon Corbell .
  3. News: The Suburbs – Proposed New Names . . 16 December 1927 . 7 July 2010.