Curtin
Curtin is a suburb in Canberra, Australia, part of the Woden Valley district. Curtin is named after John Curtin, Australian Prime Minister between 1941 and 1945.- Type: Suburb with 5,160 residents
- Description: suburb of Canberra, Australia
- Also known as: “Curtin, Australian Capital Territory” and “Curtin, Australian Capital Territory, Australia”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Royal Australian Mint and Oakey Hill.
Royal Australian Mint
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Royal Australian Mint is the national mint of Australia, and the primary production facility for the country’s circulating coins. The mint is a Commonwealth Government entity operating within the portfolio of the Treasury, and is situated in the Australian capital city of Canberra, in the suburb of Deakin.
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.
Orana Steiner School
School
Orana Steiner School is an independent, co-educational, Steiner school in the Canberra suburb of Weston, Australian Capital Territory, Australia. It is administered by the Association of Independent Schools of the ACT, with an enrolment of 441 students and a teaching staff of 49 as of 2024.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Weston Creek, Molonglo Valley and Woden and Chifley.
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.
Chifley
Suburb
Chifley is a suburb of Canberra, Australia, in the district of Woden Valley. The suburb's area is 1.6 square kilometres. It was named after Joseph Benedict Chifley, Prime Minister of Australia from July 1945 to December 1949. Chifley is situated 3 km south of Curtin.
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.
Curtin
- Category: locality
- Location: Australian Capital Territory, Australia, Oceania
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Latitude
-35.32463° or 35° 19′ 29″ southLongitude
149.07738° or 149° 4′ 39″ eastPopulation
5,160Elevation
581 metres (1,906 feet)Open location code
4RPFM3GG+4XOpenStreetMap ID
node 44934398OpenStreetMap feature
place=suburbGeoNames ID
8349171Wikidata ID
Q538592
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Urdu—“Curtin” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “科廷”
- French: “Curtin”
- Hungarian: “Curtin”
- Irish: “Curtin”
- Persian: “کورتین، قلمرو پایتختی استرالیا”
- Urdu: “کرٹن، آسٹریلوی دار الحکومت علاقہ”
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