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North Canberra is a district of Canberra, the capital city of Australia, comprised of 15 suburbs with 15,150 dwellings housing 40,455 people of the 311,518 people in the Australian Capital Territory (June 2001 Census). Many of the oldest dwellings are in the inner-north suburbs.

North Canberra is located to the north and east of Canberra's city centre, to the north of Lake Burley Griffin and west of Mount Majura and south of Mount Ainslie, and is bounded to the north by the Barton Highway and Federal Highway.

It is one of the oldest parts of Canberra, and is built in part in accordance to Walter Burley Griffin's designs.

1 Places of Note and Interest

Civic is the major shopping and office complex in Canberra.
Russell has the main headquarters of the Australian Defence Force.
The Australian National University has its campus in the suburb of Acton, and the Australian Defence Force Academy and Royal Military College, Duntroon in the suburb of Campbell.
The Australian War MemorialThe Australian War Memorial is Australia's national memorial to the members of all its armed forces and supporting organizations who have died in the wars of the modern state of Australia. The Memorial is located in Australia's capital, Canberra. It is th is sited close to Civic in Campbell.

2 Suburbs

Acton
Ainslie
BraddonBraddon ( postcode: 2612) is an inner north suburb of Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia. Located north of the Canberra CBD, Braddon contains a popular commercial area. The population count of Braddon on census night 2001 was 3611 people.
Campbell
City CentreCity Centre or Civic ( postcode: 2601) is the Central Buisness District of Canberra, Australia's capital city. The city centre was officially established in 1927. It was meant to be called Civic Centre, but then Prime Minister Stanley Bruce vetoed the ide (Civic)
Dickson - Dickson Centre
Downer
Hackett
Lyneham
O'Connor
ReidReid ( postcode: 2612) is a suburb of Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia. Located directly next to Civic, Canberra's central buisness district, Reid is one of the oldest suburbs in Canberra. The population of Reid on census night 2001 was 1
Russell
TurnerTurner ( postcode: 2612) is an inner north suburb of Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia. The population of Turner on cenesus night 2001 was 1918 people. Turner is named after George Turner, a Federalist, legislator and one of the founders o
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