Acton

Acton is a small affluent suburb west of and is university district, mostly taken up by the Australian National University. Right next to the ANU is the Australian National Botanic Gardens, containing some of the most diverse ranges…
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  • Type: Suburb with 2,350 residents
  • Description: suburb of Canberra, Australia
  • Also known as: “Acton, ACT”, “Acton, Australia”, “Acton, Australian Capital Territory”, “Acton, Australian Capital Territory, Australia”, and “Acton, Canberra”
  • Neighbors:

Places of Interest

Highlights include National Botanic Gardens and Springbank Island.

Garden
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The Australian is a heritage-listed botanical garden located in Acton, , in the , Australia.

Islet
Photo: Percita Dittmar, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is an island located on in , . is named after a former agricultural property that was partially submerged to create Lake Burley Griffin.

School
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The is a scientific academy. It was founded in 1954 by a group of distinguished Australians, including Australian Fellows of the Royal Society of , after its forerunner, the Australian National Research Council had been dissolved.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Civic and Acton Peninsula.

Photo: JJ Harrison, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Canberra's downtown area, is what is now Walter Burley Griffin's design for a Centre. Established in 1927, this is Canberra's central business district and one of its oldest centres, surrounded by the rest of , Acton and Lake Burley Griffin.

Locality
The is located on the northern shore of , in the centre of , the capital of Australia. It was created when the lake was artificially built by damming the and excavating around it to create the desired shape.

Locality
, located in Acton, Australian Capital Territory, a suburb of the capital , is a prominent area on the western region of . It is popular for water recreation and picnics.

Acton

Latitude
-35.28523° or 35° 17′ 7″ south
Longitude
149.11297° or 149° 6′ 47″ east
Population
2,350
Elevation
566 metres (1,857 feet)
Open location code
4RPFP477+W5
Open­Street­Map ID
node 3638796795
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­suburb
Geo­Names ID
9973368
Wiki­data ID
Q482055
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In Other Languages

From Belarusian to Western Armenian—“Acton” goes by many names.
  • Belarusian: “Эктан”
  • Bengali: “অ্যাকটন”
  • Cebuano: “Acton”
  • Chinese: “亞克頓”
  • Chinese: “坎培拉”
  • Chinese: “新南威尔士州”
  • Chinese: “新南威爾士州”
  • Chinese: “阿克頓”
  • Chinese: “阿克顿”
  • Dutch: “Acton”
  • French: “Acton”
  • Galician: “Acton”
  • Hungarian: “Acton”
  • Irish: “Acton”
  • Japanese: “アクトン”
  • Korean: “액턴”
  • Korean: “액튼”
  • Persian: “اکتون، قلمرو پایتختی استرالیا”
  • Persian: “اکتون”
  • Russian: “Актон”
  • Russian: “Эктон (Канберра)”
  • Serbian: “Acton”
  • Serbian: “Актон”
  • Slovenian: “Acton”
  • Spanish: “Acton (Territorio de la Capital Australiana)”
  • Spanish: “Acton”
  • Swahili: “Acton”
  • Swedish: “Acton, Canberra”
  • Swedish: “Acton”
  • Ukrainian: “Ектон (Канберра)”
  • Ukrainian: “Ектон”
  • Urdu: “ایکٹن، آسٹریلوی دارالحکومت علاقہ”
  • Welsh: “Acton”
  • Western Armenian: “Աքթոն”

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