Torrens
Torrens is a suburb in the Woden Valley district of Canberra, Australia. It is named after Sir Robert Torrens, a former Premier of South Australia and instigator of the Torrens title system of land registration. The suburb was gazetted on 12 May 1966.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Suburb with 2,150 residents
- Description: suburb of Canberra, Australia
- Also known as: “Torrens, Australian Capital Territory” and “Torrens, Australian Capital Territory, Australia”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Mount Taylor and Melrose High School.
Mount Taylor
Peak
Photo: Matilda, Public domain.
Mount Taylor is a prominent hill with an elevation of 856 metres AHD that is located between the Woden Valley, Weston Creek district and Tuggeranong Valley, in Canberra, within the Australian Capital Territory, Australia.
Melrose High School
School
Melrose High School is a government school located in the Canberra suburb of Pearce. It serves years 7 through to 10. The school's name is taken from an old property that was located in the Woden area, which in turn was named after the town called Melrose in Scotland.
Marist College Canberra
School
Marist College Canberra is an independent Roman Catholic primary and secondary day school for boys, founded in 1968 by the Marist Brothers. The college is situated on 15 hectares and located in the Canberra suburb of Pearce, in the Australian Capital Territory, Australia.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Tuggeranong and Country ACT and Weston Creek, Molonglo Valley and Woden.
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.
Weston Creek, Molonglo Valley and Woden
Photo: Thennicke, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Weston Creek, Molonglo Valley and Woden are three districts of Canberra just west and southwest of Acton and South Canberra. They are just on the edge of Country ACT home to the National Arboretum, some of the most impressive greenery one could find in Canberra.
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 7 km northeast of Torrens.
Torrens
- Category: locality
- Location: Australian Capital Territory, Australia, Oceania
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
-35.37195° or 35° 22′ 19″ southLongitude
149.08788° or 149° 5′ 16″ eastPopulation
2,150Elevation
643 metres (2,110 feet)Open location code
4RPFJ3HQ+65OpenStreetMap ID
node 281677901OpenStreetMap feature
place=suburbGeoNames ID
8348973Wikidata ID
Q7827020
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In Other Languages
From French to Irish—“Torrens” goes by many names.
- French: “Torrens”
- Irish: “Torrens”
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