Rivett
Rivett is a residential suburb of Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia, established in the late 1960s. At the 2021 census, Rivett had a population of 3,354.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Suburb with 3,110 residents
- Description: suburb of Canberra, Australia
- Also known as: “Rivett, Australian Capital Territory” and “Rivett, Australian Capital Territory, Australia”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Oakey Hill and Mount Stromlo High School.
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. Oakey Hill is situated 3 km east of Rivett.
Mount Stromlo High School
School
Photo: Junky James, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Mount Stromlo High School is a public co-educational secondary school in the Canberra suburb of Waramanga, Australian Capital Territory, Australia. It is administered by the ACT Education Directorate, with an enrolment of 835 students and a teaching staff of 66 as of 2024.
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. Orana Steiner School is situated 3 km northeast of Rivett.
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.
Tuggeranong and Country ACT
Photo: Kgbo, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Country ACT is a large rural area surrounding the urban areas of Canberra in all directions by the north, where the kookaburra's head hits the New South Wales border.
Rivett
- Category: locality
- Location: Australian Capital Territory, Australia, Oceania
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Latitude
-35.34707° or 35° 20′ 50″ southLongitude
149.03798° or 149° 2′ 17″ eastPopulation
3,110Elevation
612 metres (2,008 feet)Open location code
4RPFM23Q+55OpenStreetMap ID
node 26763864OpenStreetMap feature
place=suburbGeoNames ID
8349189Wikidata ID
Q7338840
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In Other Languages
From French to Irish—“Rivett” goes by many names.
- French: “Rivett”
- Irish: “Rivett”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Rivett Community Park Playground and Reformed Church of Canberra.
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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 “Rivett”. Photo: Kyle Taylor, CC BY 2.0.