Casey

Casey is a suburb in Canberra, Australia, approximately 4 km from the Gungahlin Town Centre and about 13 km from the centre of Canberra. The suburb is named after Richard Casey, Baron Casey an Australian politician, diplomat and later the 16th Governor-General of Australia.

Type: Suburb with 5,660 residents
Description: suburb of Canberra, Australia
Also known as: “Casey, Australian Capital Territory” and “Casey, Australian Capital Territory, Australia”

Places of Interest

Highlights include John Paul College, Canberra and National Dinosaur Museum.

John Paul College, Canberra

School

St John Paul II College is a systemic Roman Catholic co-educational high school located in the Canberra suburb of Nicholls in the Australian Capital Territory of Australia.

National Dinosaur Museum

Museum

Photo: Kgbo, CC BY-SA 4.0.

National Dinosaur Museum, located in Gold Creek Village, Nicholls, Canberra, is Australia's largest permanent display of prehistoric specimens. Established in 1993, the museum has grown into one of Canberra's premier tourist attractions. National Dinosaur Museum is situated 3 km south of Casey.

Cockington Green Gardens

Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Cockington Green Gardens is a park of miniatures, situated in Nicholls, Australian Capital Territory. Doug and Brenda Sarah had the idea to create a miniature village in 1972, and Cockington Green was opened on 3 November 1979. Cockington Green Gardens is situated 3 km south of Casey.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Taylor and Hall.

Taylor

Suburb

Photo: Chrisfromcanberra, Public domain.

Taylor is a suburb in Gungahlin, Canberra, Australia. Development of the suburb began in 2017. It is named after magazine publisher Florence Mary Taylor, who was editor of and writer for several Australian building industry journals including the influential Building magazine. Taylor is situated 2½ km northeast of Casey.

Hall

Photo: Sheba Also 43,000 photos, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Have you ever wondered whether there were any settlements in the Australian Capital Territory before it was established? Hall is one of the last few remnants of what was New South Wales bushland before the capital was established.

Gungahlin

Photo: Maxim75, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Gungahlin is Canberra's northernmost district. Many travellers visit the district for the Gold Creek Village, a family-friendly "village", holding nearly all of Gungahlin's important tourist attractions.

Casey

Category: locality
Location: Australian Capital Territory, Australia, Oceania
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Latitude

-35.167° or 35° 10′ 1″ south

Longitude

149.09472° or 149° 5′ 41″ east

Population

5,660

Elevation

656 metres (2,152 feet)

Open location code

4RPFR3MV+5V

OpenStreetMap ID

node 345103644

OpenStreetMap feature

place=suburb

GeoNames ID

8349161

Wikidata ID

Q5048437

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Satellite Map

Discover Casey from above in high-definition satellite imagery.

In Other Languages

From Chinese to Urdu—“Casey” goes by many names.

Chinese: “凯西 (澳大利亚首都特区)”
Chinese: “凯西”
French: “Casey”
Irish: “Casey”
Urdu: “کیسی، آسٹریلوی دار الحکومت علاقہ”

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