Pearce
Pearce is a suburb in the Canberra, Australia district of Woden. It was named after the longest-serving Senator and longest-serving Minister in Australia's federal history, Sir George Pearce.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Suburb with 2,500 residents
- Description: suburb of Canberra, Australia
- Also known as: “Pearce, Australian Capital Territory” and “Pearce, Australian Capital Territory, Australia”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Mount Taylor and Marist College Canberra.
Mount Taylor
Peak
Photo: Matilda, Public domain.
Mount Taylor is a prominent hill with an elevation of 856 metres AHD that is located between the Woden Valley, Weston Creek district and Tuggeranong Valley, in Canberra, within the Australian Capital Territory, Australia.
Marist College Canberra
School
Marist College Canberra is an independent Roman Catholic primary and secondary day school for boys, founded in 1968 by the Marist Brothers. The college is situated on 15 hectares and located in the Canberra suburb of Pearce, in the Australian Capital Territory, Australia.
Melrose High School
School
Melrose High School is a government school located in the Canberra suburb of Pearce. It serves years 7 through to 10. The school's name is taken from an old property that was located in the Woden area, which in turn was named after the town called Melrose in Scotland.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Weston Creek, Molonglo Valley and Woden and Tuggeranong and Country ACT.
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.
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.
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 6 km northeast of Pearce.
Pearce
- Category: locality
- Location: Australian Capital Territory, Australia, Oceania
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
-35.36217° or 35° 21′ 44″ southLongitude
149.08359° or 149° 5′ 1″ eastPopulation
2,500Elevation
632 metres (2,073 feet)Open location code
4RPFJ3QM+4COpenStreetMap ID
node 27286725OpenStreetMap feature
place=suburbGeoNames ID
8349379Wikidata ID
Q302921
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From French to Persian—“Pearce” goes by many names.
- French: “Pearce”
- Hungarian: “Pearce”
- Irish: “Pearce”
- Japanese: “ピアース”
- Persian: “پیرس، قلمرو پایتختی استرالیا”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Kemsley Place Neighbourhood Playground and Pearce Neighbourhood Oval.
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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 “Pearce”. Photo: Kyle Taylor, CC BY 2.0.