South Canberra is a central district of Canberra, the capital city of Australia.
South Canberra is located to the south of Canberra's city centre, on the south bank of Lake Burley Griffin.
It is one of the oldest parts of Canberra, and is built in part in accordance to Walter Burley Griffin's designs. Unlike the later districts in Canberra that are built as separate satellite cities, South Canberra is only seperated from North Canberra by Lake Burley Griffin. The two districts combined form the district of Central Canberra and share Civic as their central commercial area.
Places of Note and Interest
Australia's Parliament House.
Parkes contains the Parliamentary Triangle area.
Government House the official residence of the governor general.
Suburbs
Barton
Capital Hill
Deakin
Forrest
Fyshwick
Griffith
Kingston
Narrabundah
Parkes
Pialligo
Red Hill
Symonston
Yarralumla
External links
Canberra region map (http://www.suburbs.canberra.net.au/html/fsregion.htm) - all districts
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Canberra's name comes from the Aboriginal word "Kamberra", meaning 'meeting place', apt for the city that became the nation's capital as a solution to the dispute between rivals Melbourne and Sydney.
In 1954, as Canberra (now with a population of 39,000) was hit with a housing shortage, a Senate Select Committee was established to inquire into the development of the city.
New town centres to the north and southwest of Griffin's Canberra were commenced with residents moving into the first new town, Woden, in 1964, followed by the establishment of Belconnen to the north in 1967, and Tuggeranong in the south in 1973.
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