Civic
Canberra's downtown area, Civic is what is now Walter Burley Griffin's design for a Civic Centre. Established in 1927, this is Canberra's central business district and one of its oldest centres, surrounded by the rest of North Canberra, Acton and Lake Burley Griffin.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Nick-D, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Photo: JJ Harrison, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Suburb with 4,840 residents
- Description: city center of Canberra, Australia
- Also known as: “Canberra”, “Canberra City”, “City”, “City Centre”, “City, Australian Capital Territory”, “City, Australian Capital Territory, Australia”, “Civic Centre”, and “Civic, Australian Capital Territory”
- Neighbors: Acton
Places of Interest
Highlights include Embassy of Ukraine and Canberra Theatre Centre.
Embassy of Ukraine
Government office
Photo: Hawkeye7, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Embassy of Ukraine in Australia is the diplomatic mission of Ukraine in Australia, located in Canberra. The embassy also holds non-resident accreditation for New Zealand.
Canberra Theatre Centre
Theater building
Photo: Peter Ellis, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Canberra Theatre Centre, also known as the Canberra Theatre, is the Australian Capital Territory’s central performing arts venue and Australia's first performing arts centre, the first Australian Government initiated performing arts centre to be completed.
Australian Academy of Science
School
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Australian Academy of Science is a scientific academy. It was founded in 1954 by a group of distinguished Australians, including Australian Fellows of the Royal Society of London, after its forerunner, the Australian National Research Council had been dissolved.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Acton and North Canberra.
Acton
Acton is a small affluent suburb west of Civic and is Canberra's 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…
North Canberra
Photo: Thennicke, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Memorials, military sites, and parks all characterise North Canberra, a district comprised of several neighbourhoods in the District of Canberra Central.
Parliamentary Triangle
Neighborhood
The National Triangle, also known as the Parliamentary Triangle, is the ceremonial precinct of Canberra, containing some of Australia's most significant buildings.
Civic
- Categories: central business district and locality
- Location: Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia, Oceania
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
-35.28127° or 35° 16′ 53″ southLongitude
149.12919° or 149° 7′ 45″ eastPopulation
4,840Open location code
4RPFP49H+FMOpenStreetMap ID
node 4577053693OpenStreetMap feature
place=suburbWikidata ID
Q4421073
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Spanish—“Civic” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “喜美”
- Chinese: “坎培拉市中心”
- Chinese: “堪培拉市中心”
- French: “Civic”
- Hebrew: “העיר קנברה”
- Hebrew: “לב קנברה”
- Hebrew: “מרכז העיר קנברה”
- Hebrew: “מרכז העסקים הראשי של קנברה”
- Hebrew: “מרכז קנברה”
- Hebrew: “סיוויק סנטר”
- Hebrew: “סיוויק, טריטוריית הבירה האוסטרלית”
- Hebrew: “סיוויק”
- Hebrew: “סיטי, טריטוריית הבירה האוסטרלית, אוסטרליה”
- Hebrew: “סיטי, טריטוריית הבירה האוסטרלית”
- Hebrew: “סיטי”
- Hebrew: “קנברה סי בי די”
- Hebrew: “קנברה סיטי סנטר”
- Hebrew: “קנברה סיטי”
- Hebrew: “קנברה”
- Hebrew: “רובע העסקים המרכזי של קנברה”
- Hebrew: “רובע העסקים הראשי של קנברה”
- Irish: “City”
- Persian: “سیویک، قلمرو پایتختی استرالیا”
- Persian: “سیویک”
- Russian: “Сити (Канберра)”
- Russian: “Сити”
- Slovenian: “City”
- Spanish: “Civic”
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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 Wikivoyage page “Civic”. Photo: JJ Harrison, CC BY-SA 3.0.