Macarthur
Macarthur is a suburb in the Canberra district of Tuggeranong. The suburb is named after John Macarthur, one of the founders of Australia's Merino wool industry.- Type: Locality with 1,410 residents
- Description: suburb of Canberra, Australia
- Also known as: “Macarthur, Australian Capital Territory” and “Macarthur, Australian Capital Territory, Australia”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Mugga Lane Solar Park and Mount Wanniassa.
Mugga Lane Solar Park
Power station
Photo: Grahamec, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Mugga Lane Solar Park is a photovoltaic solar power station at Hume in the Australian Capital Territory. Construction of the Mugga Lane Solar Park at Mugga Lane was completed in March 2017.
Mount Wanniassa
Peak
Mount Wanniassa is a mountain peak located in Canberra, Australia, nestled between the suburbs of Wanniassa, Farrer, Isaacs and Fadden. The mountain is part of the Wanniassa Hills Nature Reserve, a Canberra Nature Park and adjacent to the Farrer Ridge Nature Reserve.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Tuggeranong and Country ACT and Queanbeyan.
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.
Queanbeyan
Queanbeyan is a city of 36,000 people in New South Wales that could almost be considered a suburb of Canberra. It is a 15-minute drive from Canberra.
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 9 km north of Macarthur.
Macarthur
- Category: suburb
- Location: Australian Capital Territory, Australia, Oceania
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Macarthur” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Macarthur”
- French: “Macarthur”
- Irish: “Macarthur”
- Italian: “Macarthur”
- Italian: “MacArthur”
- Persian: “مکآرتور، قلمرو پایتختی استرالیا”
- Russian: “Макартур”
- Swedish: “Macarthur”
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Highlights include Mugga Lane Landfill and South Jerrabomberra Town Park.
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