Mawson District Playing Fields

Mawson District Playing Fields is a recreation area in Australian Capital Territory, Australia. Mawson District Playing Fields is situated nearby to the sports venue Southlands Tennis Club, as well as near Wilkins Street Central Community Playground.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Mount Taylor and Melrose High School.

Mount Taylor

Peak

Photo: Matilda, Public domain.

Mount Taylor is a prominent hill with an elevation of 856 metres AHD that is located between the Woden Valley, Weston Creek district and Tuggeranong Valley, in Canberra, within the Australian Capital Territory, Australia.

Melrose High School is a government school located in the Canberra suburb of Pearce. It serves years 7 through to 10. The school's name is taken from an old property that was located in the Woden area, which in turn was named after the town called Melrose in Scotland. Melrose High School is situated 1 km northwest of Mawson District Playing Fields.

Marist College Canberra

School

Marist College Canberra is an independent Roman Catholic primary and secondary day school for boys, founded in 1968 by the Marist Brothers. The college is situated on 15 hectares and located in the Canberra suburb of Pearce, in the Australian Capital Territory, Australia. Marist College Canberra is situated 1¼ km northwest of Mawson District Playing Fields.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Chifley and Tuggeranong and Country ACT.

Chifley

Suburb

Chifley is a suburb of Canberra, Australia, in the district of Woden Valley. The suburb's area is 1.6 square kilometres. It was named after Joseph Benedict Chifley, Prime Minister of Australia from July 1945 to December 1949. Chifley is situated 2½ km northwest of Mawson District Playing Fields.

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.

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.

Mawson District Playing Fields

Type: Recreation area
Categories: tourist attraction and tourism
Location: Australian Capital Territory, Australia, Oceania
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Latitude

-35.36969° or 35° 22′ 11″ south

Longitude

149.09544° or 149° 5′ 44″ east

Open location code

4RPFJ3JW+45

OpenStreetMap ID

way 30162699

OpenStreetMap feature

landuse=recreation_ground

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Southlands Tennis Club and Wilkins Street Central Community Playground.

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