Deakin
Deakin is a suburb of Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia. Development began in the 1920s, although the vast majority of the suburb was built after 1945. It is a largely residential suburb. It includes The Lodge and the Royal Australian Mint.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Suburb with 2,940 residents
- Description: suburb of Canberra, Australia
- Also known as: “Deakin, Australian Capital Territory” and “Deakin, Australian Capital Territory, Australia”
Places of Interest
Highlights include High Commission of Tonga in Australia and Royal Australian Mint.
High Commission of Tonga in Australia
Government office
High Commission of Tonga in Australia is a government office.
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.
Deakin Stadium
Stadium
Deakin Stadium is an association football ground located in the south-central Canberra suburb of Deakin, ACT. It is the home ground of Canberra Croatia FC in the NPL ACT.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Canberra and South 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.
South Canberra
Photo: JJ Harrison, CC BY-SA 3.0.
If it's your first time in Canberra and you're time limited to only exploring one part of Canberra, it has to be South Canberra. Sometimes referred to as the inner south, South Canberra houses some of Canberra's most important landmarks: Parliament House, and…
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 2½ km east of Deakin.
Deakin
- Category: locality
- Location: Australian Capital Territory, Australia, Oceania
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
-35.31928° or 35° 19′ 9″ southLongitude
149.10308° or 149° 6′ 11″ eastPopulation
2,940Elevation
597 metres (1,959 feet)Open location code
4RPFM4J3+76OpenStreetMap ID
node 903619495OpenStreetMap feature
place=suburbGeoNames ID
8349172Wikidata ID
Q671784
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Slovenian—“Deakin” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “迪肯”
- French: “Deakin”
- Hungarian: “Deakin”
- Irish: “Deakin”
- Italian: “Deakin”
- Japanese: “ディーキン (オーストラリア首都地域)”
- Persian: “دیکین، قلمرو پایتختی استرالیا”
- Slovenian: “Deakin”
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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 “Deakin”. Photo: Kyle Taylor, CC BY 2.0.