Banks
Banks is a suburb in the Canberra, Australia district of Tuggeranong. It is the most southerly suburb of Canberra. The suburb is named after Sir Joseph Banks, the botanist who accompanied Captain James Cook to Botany Bay in 1770.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Graeme Bartlett, CC BY 3.0.
- Type: Suburb with 4,870 residents
- Description: suburb of Canberra, Australia
- Also known as: “Banks, Australian Capital Territory” and “Banks, Australian Capital Territory, Australia”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Tuggeranong Hill and Lanyon High School.
Tuggeranong Hill
Peak
Photo: Nick-D, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Tuggeranong Hill is located in Tuggeranong, Canberra. It is sometimes referred to as Mount Tuggeranong due to its prominence. Lanyon Valley is almost completely surrounded by hills and mountains and consequently television transmissions from Black Mountain are affected.
Lanyon High School
School
Lanyon High School is a secondary school located in Conder, Australian Capital Territory. It serves the Lanyon Valley and surrounding rural areas in the Tuggeranong district of Canberra, Australia.
Sacred Heart Church
Church
Photo: Nick-D, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Sacred Heart Church is situated 3½ km northeast of Banks.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Tuggeranong and Country ACT.
Tuggeranong and Country ACT
Photo: Kgbo, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Country ACT is just 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.
Banks
- Category: locality
- Location: Australian Capital Territory, Australia, Oceania
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
-35.47189° or 35° 28′ 19″ southLongitude
149.09966° or 149° 5′ 59″ eastPopulation
4,870Elevation
627 metres (2,057 feet)Open location code
4RPFG3HX+6VOpenStreetMap ID
node 291496094OpenStreetMap feature
place=suburbGeoNames ID
8348388Wikidata ID
Q291305
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From French to Persian—“Banks” goes by many names.
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Wilson Crescent Neighbouhood Playground and Menzies Court Neighbouhood Playground.
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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 “Banks”. Photo: Graeme Bartlett, CC BY 3.0.