South Canberra Totally Explained

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South Canberra or the Inner South is a central district of Canberra, the capital city of Australia.
South Canberra is located to the south of Canberra's city centre, on the south bank of Lake Burley Griffin.
It is one of the oldest parts of Canberra, and is built in part in accordance to Walter Burley Griffin's designs. Unlike the later districts in Canberra that are built as separate satellite cities, South Canberra is only separated from North Canberra by Lake Burley Griffin. The two districts combined form the district of Central Canberra and share Civic as their central commercial area.

Places of note

Australia's Parliament House on Capital Hill.
Parkes contains the Parliamentary Triangle area.
Government House the official residence of the governor general.

Sites of significance

In 1984 the National Capital Development Commission commissioned the identification and documentation of sites of significance in the ACT. The results for Inner Canberra were published in 1988. Sites with both natural and cultural significance were identified. Many of these are listed on the ACT Heritage Register. Cultural sites of significance:

Barton: Old Parliament House; Patent Offices (now the Sir Robert Garran Offices housing the Attorney-General's Department); Brassey House; Barton urban conservation area

Deakin: The Lodge

Kingston: Kingston shops (Eastlake Shopping Centre); Kingston Power House; Federal Capital Commission houses

Forrest: Forrest urban conservation area; Street sign; Forrest residences

Manuka: Housing group; St Christopher's school and convent; Manuka swimming pool; Manuka oval - curator's residence

Red Hill: House 67, Arthur Circle; Calthorpes' House

Yarralumla: Bus shelter: Schlich Street (destroyed by fire since identification); Surveyors hut; Albert Hall; Hotel Canberra; Australian Forestry School; Old Canberra Brickworks; Canberra Incinerator; Westbourne Woods; Government House Natural sites of significance:

Deakin anticlines

Rutidosis leptorrhynchoides habitats

State Circle road cutting

Red Hill geological site

Narrabundah Tors

Hindmarsh Drive road cuttings

Suburbs

Suburb	Population (in 2001)	Area (km²)	Density (/km²)	Date first settled as a suburb	Gazetted as a Division Name	Median property prices 2007
Barton	747	2.21	338	1922	20 September 1928	$392,000
Deakin	2,716	3.58	759	1928	20 September 1928	$675,000
Forrest	1,421	1.57	905	1926	20 September 1928	$445,000
Fyshwick	97	9.76	10		20 September 1928
Griffith	4,257	2.75	1,548	1927	20 September 1928	$777,500
Kingston	2,145	1.31	1,637	1922	20 September 1928	$470,000
Narrabundah	5,688	4.00	1,422	1947	20 September 1928	$460,000
Parkes	24	3.03	8		20 September 1928
Pialligo					20 September 1928
Red Hill	3,088	4.87	634	1928	20 September 1928	$865,000
Symonston	672	9.90	68		20 September 1928
Yarralumla	3,026	8.81	343	1922	20 September 1928	$830,000

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