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Which Canberra suburbs are named after previous Australian prime ministers?
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- Barton
- Deakin
- Watson
- Reid
- Fisher
- Cook
- Hughes
- Bruce
- Scullin
- Lyons
- Page
- Curtin
- Fadden
- Forde
- Chifley
- Holt
- McMahon
- Fraser
(Sir Robert Gordon Menzies requested that he not have a suburb named after him.)
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Which state is Curtin in?
Curtin is a suburb of Canberra, in the Australian Capital Territory, not a state. Canberra has suburbs named after all of the earlier Prime Ministers of Australia.
What Australian city has the suburb of Barton?
Barton is a suburb of Canberra, in the Australian Capital Territory.Canberra has suburbs named after all of the earlier Prime Ministers of Australia.
What Australian city has the suburb of Curtin?
Curtin is a suburb of Canberra, in the Australian Capital Territory.Canberra has suburbs named after all of the earlier Prime Ministers of Australia.
Where is Curtin Hughes Barton and Deakin?
Curtin, Hughes, Barton and Deakin are all auburbs of Canberra, Australia's national capital. These suburbs are all named after former Australian Prime Ministers.
Is there anything named after John Malcolm Fraser?
No. Many Canberra suburbs are named after former Australian Prime Ministers, but even the Canberra suburb of Fraser is not named after Malcolm Fraser. It is named after James Reay Fraser, Member of the Australian House of Representatives for the Australian Capital Territory from 1951 to 1970 and Vice Chairman of the Joint Committee of the Australian Capital Territory from 1959 to 1970.
What are the Australian Capital Territory cities and towns?
Canberra, Australia's national capital, is the main city of the Australian Capital Territory. Canberra is divided into smaller towns and suburbs. To see a list of these, refer to the related link below.
Has Canberra ever been destroyed how and when?
Canberra has never been "destroyed", but it has been badly damaged. The Canberra bushfires of 2003 caused severe damage to the outskirts of Canberra. Almost 70% of the Australian Capital Territory's pasture, forest and nature parks were severly damaged, and most of the renowned Mount Stromlo Observatory was destroyed. After burning for a week around the edges of the ACT, the fires entered the suburbs of canberra on 18 January 2003.
What direction did the Canberra bushfires go?
The Canberra bushfires in 2003 started to the south west of the city and moved through the southern suburbs of Canberra, heading towards the coast (eastern Australia).
Do Australians refer to Canberra as ACT the way Washington DC is often called DC?
No. Australians tend to refer to Canberra as "Canberra". The ACT is the territory which encompasses Canberra and its suburbs and districts, but when people are visiting Canberra or flying down for business, they never refer to the ACT, but rather, they refer to Canberra..
What is named after Sir Robert Menzies?
Robert Menzies College (a residential college at Macquarie University)Menzies Walkway in Canberra, alongside Lake Burley GriffinThe Australian Electoral Division of Menzies, in the northeastern suburbs of MelbourneMenzies Research Centre, an Australian public policy think tank
Canberra suburbs starting with h?
* Hawker * Higgins * Holt * Harrison * Hackett * Hume * Holder * Hughes
What were Walter barley griffin's plans for Canberra?
Yes. Walter Burley Griffin, a Chicago architect, won first prize in an international competition for the design of the Australian federal capital, in 1912. In 1921, he declined to become a member of the advisory committee after government insistence that he act in a purely advisory capacity on the committee.
