Lyons
Lyons is a suburb in the Canberra, Australia district of Woden. The postcode is 2606. The suburb was named after Joseph Lyons, Labor Premier of Tasmania from 1923 to 1928 and a Minister in the James Scullin government from 1929 until his resignation from the Labor Party in March 1931.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Suburb with 3,010 residents
- Description: suburb of Canberra, Australia
- Also known as: “Lyons, Australian Capital Territory” and “Lyons, Australian Capital Territory, Australia”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Oakey Hill and Westfield Woden.
Oakey Hill
Peak
Oakey Hill is a hill near Canberra, Australian Capital Territory. It rises 80 metres above the adjacent south Canberra suburbs of Lyons, Curtin and Weston, and its 66 hectares is one of 33 areas which form Canberra Nature Reserve.
Westfield Woden
Shopping center
Photo: Cfitzart, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Westfield Woden, formerly Woden Plaza, is a large shopping centre in the Woden Town Centre of Phillip of Canberra, Australian Capital Territory. The centre comprises four anchor tenants - David Jones, Big W, Coles and Woolworths - and more than 250 other retail, leisure, and dining outlets.
Lovett Tower
Office building
Photo: Bidgee, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Lovett Tower is a 93-metre-tall building located in the Woden Town Centre, a commercial district in Canberra. The building is a Canberra icon and remains the tallest commercial building in Canberra offering vast 360* views across Woden valley.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Weston Creek, Molonglo Valley and Woden and Canberra.
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.
Canberra
Photo: Kyle Taylor, CC BY 2.0.
Canberra was built to be the capital city of Australia, taking up all of Australian Capital Territory surrounded by the southeast of New South Wales. A planned city with national monuments, museums, and galleries all built around large man-made lakes.
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 6 km northeast of Lyons.
Lyons
- Category: locality
- Location: Australian Capital Territory, Australia, Oceania
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Latitude
-35.34056° or 35° 20′ 26″ southLongitude
149.07394° or 149° 4′ 26″ eastPopulation
3,010Elevation
611 metres (2,005 feet)Open location code
4RPFM35F+QHOpenStreetMap ID
node 26764265OpenStreetMap feature
place=suburbGeoNames ID
8349159Wikidata ID
Q1160037
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In Other Languages
From French to Irish—“Lyons” goes by many names.
- French: “Lyons”
- Hungarian: “Lyons”
- Irish: “Lyons”
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