Macarthur
Macarthur is a suburb in the Canberra district of Tuggeranong. The suburb is named after John Macarthur, one of the founders of Australia's Merino wool industry.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Suburb with 1,400 residents
- Description: suburb of Canberra, Australia
- Also known as: “Macarthur, Australian Capital Territory” and “Macarthur, Australian Capital Territory, Australia”
- Historically known as: “McArthur”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Mugga Lane Solar Park and Mount Wanniassa.
Mugga Lane Solar Park
Power station
Photo: Grahamec, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Mugga Lane Solar Park is a photovoltaic solar power station at Hume in the Australian Capital Territory. Construction of the Mugga Lane Solar Park at Mugga Lane was completed in March 2017.
Mount Wanniassa
Peak
Mount Wanniassa is a mountain peak located in Canberra, Australia, nestled between the suburbs of Wanniassa, Farrer, Isaacs and Fadden. The mountain is part of the Wanniassa Hills Nature Reserve, a Canberra Nature Park and adjacent to the Farrer Ridge Nature Reserve.
Viking Park
Stadium
Photo: Dfadden, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Viking Park is an 7,000 capacity multi-sport stadium located in the Tuggeranong Valley suburb Wanniassa, Canberra, Australia. It has a rectangular playing surface which is used primarily to host rugby union matches but additionally has hosted rugby league, Association football and baseball. Viking Park is situated 3½ km west of Macarthur.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Tuggeranong and Country ACT and Manuka.
Tuggeranong and Country ACT
Photo: Kgbo, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Country ACT is a large rural area surrounding the urban areas of Canberra in all directions by the north, where the kookaburra's head hits the New South Wales border.
Manuka
Neighborhood
Manuka is an area in the Inner South district of Canberra, Australia covering parts of the suburbs of Griffith and Forrest. Manuka Shops, Manuka Oval, Manuka Swimming Pool, and Manuka Circle take their name from the park in the area. Manuka is situated 9 km north of Macarthur.
South Canberra
Photo: JJ Harrison, CC BY-SA 3.0.
If it's your first time in Canberra and you're time limited to only exploring one part of Canberra, it has to be South Canberra. Sometimes referred to as the inner south, South Canberra houses some of Canberra's most important landmarks: Parliament House, and…
Macarthur
- Category: locality
- Location: Australian Capital Territory, Australia, Oceania
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
-35.40513° or 35° 24′ 19″ southLongitude
149.13167° or 149° 7′ 54″ eastPopulation
1,400Elevation
643 metres (2,110 feet)Open location code
4RPFH4VJ+WMOpenStreetMap ID
node 291498192OpenStreetMap feature
place=suburbGeoNames ID
7302189Wikidata ID
Q6722652
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Macarthur” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Macarthur”
- French: “Macarthur”
- Irish: “Macarthur”
- Italian: “Macarthur”
- Italian: “MacArthur”
- Persian: “مکآرتور، قلمرو پایتختی استرالیا”
- Russian: “Макартур”
- Swedish: “Macarthur”
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Macarthur”. Photo: Kyle Taylor, CC BY 2.0.