Weston
Weston is a suburb of Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia. At the 2021 census, Weston had a population of 4,000 people. Weston was named after a former homestead built in the area sometime around 1835.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Suburb with 3,480 residents
- Description: suburb of Canberra, Australia
- Also known as: “Weston, Australian Capital Territory” and “Weston, Australian Capital Territory, Australia”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Oakey Hill and Orana Steiner 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.
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.
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. Royal Australian Mint is situated 3½ km northeast of Weston.
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.
Black Mountain Peninsula
Locality
Black Mountain Peninsula, located in Acton, Australian Capital Territory, a suburb of the capital Canberra, is a prominent area on the western region of Lake Burley Griffin. It is popular for water recreation and picnics. Black Mountain Peninsula is situated 6 km northeast of Weston.
Weston
- Category: locality
- Location: Australian Capital Territory, Australia, Oceania
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
-35.33249° or 35° 19′ 57″ southLongitude
149.05874° or 149° 3′ 31″ eastPopulation
3,480Elevation
594 metres (1,949 feet)Open location code
4RPFM395+2FOpenStreetMap ID
node 26763866OpenStreetMap feature
place=suburbGeoNames ID
8349397Wikidata ID
Q7989345
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From French to Russian—“Weston” goes by many names.
- French: “Weston”
- Irish: “Weston”
- Italian: “Weston”
- Japanese: “ウェストン”
- Russian: “Уэстон”
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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 “Weston”. Photo: Tdmalone, CC BY-SA 2.5.