Dickson

Dickson is a suburb in the of , Australia. It is named after Sir James R. Dickson who was a advocate of Australian Federation and one of the founders of the Australian Constitution. There is no specific theme for street names.
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  • Type: Suburb with 2,550 residents
  • Description: suburb of Canberra, Australia
  • Also known as: “Dickson, Australian Capital Territory” and “Dickson, Australian Capital Territory, Australia”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Daramalan College and All Saints Anglican Church.

School
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is a Roman Catholic high school in , Australia, located in the suburb of Dickson. It encompasses Year 7 to Year 12, in a co-educational environment.

Church
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All Saints Church is an Australian Anglican Church in the suburb of . The church is in the Anglican Diocese of Canberra and Goulburn. The parish holds to a liberal Anglo-Catholic style of churchmanship and theology.

Church
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St Margaret's Uniting Church is a Uniting church in , Australia. The church shares a spire with Holy Cross Anglican congregation, and is a major landmark in , at the intersection of the four suburbs of , Dickson, and Hackett.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Ainslie and North Canberra.

Suburb
is a suburb of , in the district. The suburb is bounded by Limestone Avenue and Majura Avenue to the west and north, Phillip Avenue to the north-east, Mount to the east and Quick Street to the south.

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Memorials, military sites, and parks all characterise , a district comprised of several neighbourhoods in the District of Central.

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Canberra's downtown area, is what is now Walter Burley Griffin's design for a Centre. Established in 1927, this is Canberra's central business district and one of its oldest centres, surrounded by the rest of , and Lake Burley Griffin.

Dickson

Latitude
-35.25279° or 35° 15′ 10″ south
Longitude
149.14172° or 149° 8′ 30″ east
Population
2,550
Elevation
579 metres (1,900 feet)
United Nations Location Code
AU DIC
Open location code
4RPFP4WR+VM
Open­Street­Map ID
node 895529291
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­suburb
Geo­Names ID
8348400
Wiki­data ID
Q905081
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In Other Languages

From French to Urdu—“Dickson” goes by many names.
  • French: “Dickson”
  • Hebrew: “דיקסון (טריטוריית הבירה האוסטרלית)”
  • Hungarian: “Dickson”
  • Irish: “Dickson”
  • Japanese: “ディクスン”
  • Japanese: “ディクソン”
  • Japanese: “ディックスン”
  • Japanese: “ディックソン”
  • Persian: “دیکسون”
  • Russian: “Диксон (Канберра)”
  • Russian: “Диксон”
  • Urdu: “ڈکسن، آسٹریلین کیپیٹل ٹیریٹری”

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