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Barton

Barton is a suburb of , , Australia. At the 2021 census, Barton had a population of 1,946 people. Barton is adjacent to .
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  • Type: Suburb with 1,920 residents
  • Description: suburb of Canberra, Australian Capital Territory
  • Also known as: “Barton, Australian Capital Territory” and “Barton, Australian Capital Territory, Australia”

Places of Interest

Highlights include National Gallery of Australia and National Library of Australia.

Arts center
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The , formerly the Australian National Gallery, is the national art museum of Australia as well as one of the largest art museums in Australia, holding more than 166,000 works of art.

Library
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The , formerly the Commonwealth National Library and Commonwealth Parliament Library, is the largest reference library in Australia, responsible under the terms of the National Library Act 1960 for "maintaining and developing…

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is the meeting place of the Parliament of Australia, the legislative body of Australia's federal level of government. The building also houses the core of the executive, containing the Cabinet room and offices of the Prime Minister and other federal ministers.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include South Canberra and Parliamentary Triangle.

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If it's your first time in and you're time limited to only exploring one part of Canberra, it has to be . Sometimes referred to as the inner south, houses some of Canberra's most important landmarks: Parliament House, and…

Neighborhood
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The National Triangle, also known as the , is the ceremonial precinct of Canberra, containing some of Australia's most significant buildings.

Neighborhood
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The , also referred to as Russell or RO, is a complex of office buildings located in , a suburb of , constituting the seat of the Australian Department of Defence and part of the administrative headquarters of the Australian Defence Force.

Barton

Latitude
-35.30726° or 35° 18′ 26″ south
Longitude
149.1405° or 149° 8′ 26″ east
Population
1,920
Elevation
554 metres (1,818 feet)
Open location code
4RPFM4VR+35
Open­Street­Map ID
node 900754046
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­suburb
Geo­Names ID
8349163
Wiki­data ID
Q13420360
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In Other Languages

From Catalan to Slovenian—“Barton” goes by many names.
  • Catalan: “Barton”
  • Chinese: “巴頓”
  • French: “Barton”
  • Hebrew: “ברטון”
  • Irish: “Barton”
  • Italian: “Barton”
  • Japanese: “バートン”
  • Slovenian: “Barton”

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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 “Barton”. Photo: Grahamec, CC BY-SA 3.0.