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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  • Suburb with 2,350 residents
  • …lies at an elevation of 566 metres (1,857 feet)
  • Description: suburb of Canberra, Australia
  • Also known as
    “Acton, ACT”
    “Acton, Australia”
    “Acton, Australian Capital Territory”
    “Acton, Australian Capital Territory, Australia”
    “Acton, Canberra”
  • Neighbors:

Places of Interest

Highlights include National Botanic Gardens and Springbank Island.

Garden
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The Australian …

Islet
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is an island located…

School
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The is a scientific academy.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Civic and Acton Peninsula.

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Canberra's downtown area, is what is now Walter Burley Griffin's design for a Centre.

Locality
The is located on the northern shore…

Locality
, located…

Acton

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Latitude
-35.28523° or 35° 17′ 7″ south
Longitude
149.11297° or 149° 6′ 47″ east
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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Canberra: Highlights

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