Symonston
Symonston is a primarily industrial and agricultural suburb of Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia. Symonston is named after Sir Josiah Symon a Legislator, Federalist and one of the Founders of the Constitution of Australia.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Suburb with 640 residents
- Description: suburb of Canberra, Australia
- Also known as: “Symonston, Australian Capital Territory” and “Symonston, Australian Capital Territory, Australia”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Narrabundah Ballpark and ACT Heritage Library.
Narrabundah Ballpark
Pitch
Photo: Peter Ellis, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Narrabundah Ballpark is a 2,250 capacity baseball complex in the south-central Canberra suburb of Narrabundah, ACT, Australia. It was redeveloped in 2010 for use by the Canberra Cavalry of the Australian Baseball League.
ACT Heritage Library
Library
The ACT Heritage Library is the state library of the Australian Capital Territory. It is the heritage section of the ACT Library and Information Services.
Narrabundah College
School
Narrabundah College is a government college that teaches the last two years of secondary education in the Australian Capital Territory. It was the first school in Australia to offer the International Baccalaureate, starting the programme in February 1978.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Manuka and South Canberra.
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 4 km northwest of Symonston.
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…
Russell Offices
Neighborhood
Photo: Nick Dowling, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Russell Offices, also referred to as Russell or RO, is a complex of office buildings located in Russell, a suburb of Canberra, constituting the seat of the Australian Department of Defence and part of the administrative headquarters of the Australian Defence Force. Russell Offices is situated 6 km north of Symonston.
Symonston
- Category: locality
- Location: Australian Capital Territory, Australia, Oceania
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
-35.34884° or 35° 20′ 56″ southLongitude
149.16009° or 149° 9′ 36″ eastPopulation
640Elevation
581 metres (1,906 feet)Open location code
4RPFM526+F2OpenStreetMap ID
node 900476231OpenStreetMap feature
place=suburbGeoNames ID
8349190Wikidata ID
Q538134
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Satellite Map
Discover Symonston from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From French to Persian—“Symonston” goes by many names.
- French: “Symonston”
- Irish: “Symonston”
- Japanese: “シモンストン (オーストラリア首都地域)”
- Persian: “سیمونستون، قلمرو پایتختی استرالیا”
Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Yarning Circle and Canberra International Golf Centre - Pitch ‘n’ Putt.
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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 “Symonston”. Photo: Kyle Taylor, CC BY 2.0.