Spence
District of Ginninderra
Australian Capital Territory - Australia

Lake Ginninderra

Lake Ginninderra is an artificial lake located on the Ginninderra Creek in Canberra. It is adjacent to the Belconnen Town Centre. The lake was constructed in 1974 to collect stormwater discharge from a 98.8km² catchment that includes the surrounding suburbs of Aranda, Macquarie, Cook, Bruce, Belconnen, McKellar, Giralang, Kaleen in the eastern areas of Belconnen and Gungahlin. The lake is home to much wildlife, such as the Black swan, moorhens, ducks and the Rakali.

Located at -35.2333, 149.067 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Lakes of the Australian Capital Territory, Reservoirs and dams in Australia, Murray-Darling basin, Buildings and structures in Canberra, Dams completed in 1974

Romaldo Giurgola

Romaldo (Aldo) Giurgola AO (born 2 September 1920) is an Italian-American-Australian academic architect, professor, and author. Giurgola was born in Rome, in 1920. After service in the Italian armed forces during World War II, he was educated at the Sapienza University of Rome. He received a master's degree in architecture from Columbia University, and has been a partner in the Philadelphia firm Mitchell/Giurgola Architects since 1958.

Located at -35.2057, 149.032 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3 miles away.
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1920 births, Living people, Australian architects, Italian architects, American architects, Architects from Pennsylvania, Members of the American Academy of Arts and Letters, Columbia University faculty, Sapienza University of Rome alumni, American people of Italian descent, Architecture firms based in Pennsylvania, Recipients of the Royal Australian Institute of Architects’ Gold Medal, Officers of the Order of Australia, Recipients of the Centenary Medal, Architects of Roman Catholic churches

Florey, Australian Capital Territory

Florey is a residential suburb of Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia, in the district of Belconnen. It was gazetted on 5 August 1975 and most houses were constructed in the mid 1980s. A minor industrial area was located in the suburb prior to residential development. The streets of Florey are named after Australian scientists.

Located at -35.2258, 149.049 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3 miles away.
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Suburbs of Canberra

Charnwood, Australian Capital Territory

Charnwood is a suburb in the Belconnen district of Canberra in the Australian Capital Territory.

Located at -35.2, 149.037 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3 miles away.
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Suburbs of Canberra

Melba, Australian Capital Territory

Melba is a suburb of Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia. Melba is in the district of Belconnen. The suburb of Melba is named after Dame Nellie Melba (1861-1931), the first internationally-recognised Australian opera soprano. The streets are named after composers, singers and other musically notable Australians or people with strong Australian connections.

Located at -35.2083, 149.054 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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McKellar, Australian Capital Territory

McKellar is a residential suburb of Canberra, Australia in the Belconnen district. The suburb is named after Colin McKellar who was Minister for Repatriation from 1964-70. The suburb name was gazetted on 15 January 1974. The streets of McKellar are named for journalists with the main street of the suburb called Dumas Street.

Located at -35.2175, 149.076 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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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.

Located at -35.175, 149.082 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Evatt, Australian Capital Territory

Evatt is a suburb in the Belconnen district of Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia. It lies between the suburbs of McKellar, Belconnen, Florey, Melba and Spence. The postcode is 2617. It is named after Herbert Vere Evatt (1894–1965) who was a Justice of the High Court and leader of the opposition in the 1950s. The suburb was gazetted on 2 November 1972. Streets in the suburb are named after people associated with parliament, and law professionals.

Located at -35.2117, 149.068 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Suburbs of Canberra

Fraser, Australian Capital Territory

Fraser is a suburb in the Canberra district of Belconnen. It lies at the north west end of Belconnen. The postcode is 2615. The suburb is named after James Reay Fraser, who was Member of the Australian House of Representatives for the Division of Australian Capital Territory from 1951 to 1970 and Vice Chairman of the Joint Committee of the Australian Capital Territory from 1959 to 1970. It was gazetted on 15 January 1974. Streets are named after early residents of Canberra.

Located at -35.1925, 149.051 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Flynn, Australian Capital Territory

Flynn is a suburb in the Canberra district of Belconnen the postcode is 2615. The suburb is named after John Flynn, who was a Presbyterian Minister and Missionary who was mainly responsible for the formation of the Australian Inland Mission Aerial Medical service in 1928. Flynn was the forerunner of the Flying Doctor Service in Australia. Streets in Flynn are named after workers in the flying doctor service and the suburb name 'Flynn' was gazetted on 9 September 1971.

Located at -35.2025, 149.05 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Giralang, Australian Capital Territory

Giralangis a suburb of Canberra, Australia in the district of Belconnen. The suburb is named after the word in the language of the Wiradhuri Aboriginal tribe of the Central West of New South Wales, meaning star. The suburb name was gazetted on 15 January 1974. Streets in Giralang are named after Aboriginal words for stars, astronomers and constellations seen from the southern hemisphere. In the suburb is the Giralang District Playing fields and adjacent Giralang Primary School.

Located at -35.2119, 149.097 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Suburbs of Canberra, Australian Aboriginal placenames

Latham, Australian Capital Territory

Latham is a residential suburb in the Canberra district of Belconnen. The suburb is named for John Latham, Chief Justice of the High Court of Australia from 1935 to 1952. Streets in Latham have the names of Australian judges. It is next to the suburbs of Charnwood, Flynn, Florey, Higgins, Holt and Macgregor. It is surrounded by Ginninderra Drive on the north, Florey Drive on the west, Southern Cross Drive on the south, and Kingsford Smith Drive on the east.

Located at -35.2172, 149.031 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3 miles away.
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Lawson, Australian Capital Territory

Lawson is a suburb in the Canberra district of Belconnen. The postcode is 2617. It does not have any suburban houses, consisting only of part of Lake Ginninderra, the Belconnen Naval Radio Station, and an open area of grassland where there is a reservoir and substation. A bicycle path runs alongside Ginninderra Drive, another along the shore of the lake. The area is surrounded by Baldwin Drive, William Slim Drive and Ginninderra Drive.

Located at -35.225, 149.088 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Spence, Australian Capital Territory

Spence is a suburb in the Belconnen district of Canberra. The postcode is 2615. The suburb is named after William Spence (1846–1926), one of the founders of the Australian Workers' Union and later a member of the first Australian House of Representatives. It was gazetted on 2 November 1972. Streets are named after trade unionists. It is next to the suburbs of Fraser, Melba and Evatt. Nearby is a CSIRO property.

Located at -35.1989, 149.065 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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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.

Located at -35.186, 149.092 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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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.

Located at -35.17, 149.069 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Towns in the Australian Capital Territory

St Francis Xavier College (Canberra)

St Francis Xavier College (abbreviated SFX) is a coeducational, systemic Catholic high school and college in Florey, Australian Capital Territory, Australia. http://www. sfx. act. edu. au/about. htm The college caters for years 7 to 12 from the Belconnen and Gungahlin areas and is part of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Canberra and Goulburn Catholic Education System.

Located at -35.2246, 149.04 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3 miles away.
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Copland College

Copland College opened in 1978 at Copland Drive, Melba, Australian Capital Territory, Australia It is a supporter of the IB Diploma Program. In 2007, it has been decided by the ACT Government, to merge Copland College and Melba High School. From 2009 the joint school will be called Melba Copland Secondary School.

Located at -35.213, 149.06 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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High schools in the Australian Capital Territory, International Baccalaureate schools in Australia

Kingsford Smith Drive, Canberra

Kingsford Smith Drive, is a main road in the district of Belconnen in Canberra, Australia and is named in honour of Sir Charles Kingsford Smith Primarily a dual carriageway road between the intersection of Drake Brockman Drive in Higgins and a termination point at Kuringa Drive in Spence, Kingsford Smith drive follows an approximate north/south alignment with a distance of around 7.2 km.

Located at -35.192, 149.063 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Streets in Canberra

Ginninderra Creek

Ginninderra Creek, a partly perennial stream of the Murrumbidgee catchment within the Murray-Darling basin, is located in the Capital Country region spanning both the Australian Capital Territory and New South Wales, Australia. Ginninderra is derived from the Aboriginal word, meaning "sparkling" or "throwing little rays of light". The traditional custodians of the land surrounding Ginninderra Creek are the Aboriginal people of the Ngunnawal tribe.

Located at -35.2167, 149.05 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Rivers of the Australian Capital Territory, Rivers of New South Wales, Tributaries of the Murrumbidgee River, Murray-Darling basin

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.

Located at -35.1931, 149.085 (Lat. / Lng.), about 0 miles away.
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Geography of the Australian Capital Territory

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.

Located at -35.1679, 149.069 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Primary schools in the Australian Capital Territory, Public schools in the Australian Capital Territory, Defunct schools in Australia, Educational institutions established in 1911

Mount Rogers (Australian Capital Territory)

Mount Rogers is a large hill, with an elevation of 704 metres, located in Canberra, ACT, Australia. There is a park called the Mount Rogers Reserve at the crest of the hill, and a trig point at the summit. The suburbs of Flynn, Melba, Spence and Fraser are situated on its slopes. Mount Rogers is named after John Core Rogers (c. 1898-1971) who was the Commonwealth Surveyor General from 1949-1963.

Located at -35.1995, 149.057 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Mountains of the Australian Capital Territory

Miles Franklin Primary School

Miles Franklin Primary School is a primary school in Evatt, Canberra. The school is named after Australian author Miles Franklin and was opened in 1980; as Franklin's novel My Brilliant Career had received public acclaim in 1979, it seemed right for the school to be named after her. Each year the school celebrates her birthday with a writing competition and an 'old fashion' dress up day. During this day the students are involved in a variety of activities from yester year.

Located at -35.2131, 149.067 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Public schools in the Australian Capital Territory

Cockington Green Gardens

Cockington Green Gardens is a park of miniatures, situated in Nicholls, Australian Capital Territory. Gardens were opened in 1979.

Located at -35.1918, 149.087 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Miniature parks, Visitor attractions in Canberra, Parks in Canberra