Location of North Canberra

Aerial view of North Canberra shown from the east

North Canberra is located to the north and east of Canberra's city centre, to the north of Lake Burley Griffin and west of Mount Majura and south of Mount Ainslie, and is bounded to the north by the Barton Highway and Federal Highway.

It is one of the oldest parts of Canberra, and is built in part in accordance to Walter Burley Griffin's designs.

Places of Note and Interest

• Civic is the major shopping (by its own standards) and office complex in Canberra.
• Russell has the main headquarters of the Australian Defence Force.
• The Australian National University has its campus in the suburb of Acton, and the Australian Defence Force Academy and Royal Military College, Duntroon in the suburb of Campbell.
• The Australian War Memorial is sited close to Civic in Campbell.

External links

• Canberra region map - all districts
• Australian Bureau of Statistics
  • 80505 North Canberra (Statistical Subdivision)
  • ACT - Basic Community Profile and Snapshot - 2001 Census

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