Acton

Acton is located in District of Canberra Central. About 2,086 people live here (as of 2016). Between 2011 and 2021, the population grew from 1,993 to 2,848. The region lies at 566 metres above sea level. Its area extends over around 62.3 square kilometres. Acton has around 566 streets. The region was founded in the year 1928. The postal codes are 2601. The name goes back to Acton (suburb and community) Acton is suburb of Canberra, Australia. Among other things, Acton has public transport, hotels, restaurants, cafés, supermarkets, attractions, hairdressers, doctors and pharmacies.

Acton – Facts

Inhabitants	2086
Area	62.3 km²
Named after	Acton
Inception	1928
Elevation	566 m
Located in	Australian Capital Territory, North Canberra, Canberra Central
Postal code	2601
Country	Australia

Data source: Wikidata (CC0)

Roads in Acton

Roads

Acton Underhill parking, Cubby House on Campus, Acton

Clunies Ross Street

Clunies Ross Street before Barry Drive

The Gods @ Hedley Bull, Black Sun II, Frank Fenner (1914 - 2010)

Ward Road Sullivans Creek Road Daley Road

Daley Road opposite Bruce Hall, Daley Road Bruce Hall, ANU College, Daley Road Anutech House, Daley Road opposite Anutech House

The Coffee Grounds Cafe, What the Pho, Rex Espresso, Gangnam Lane, Urban Tiger, Sushi Smith, Char Char, Chatime, University Pharmacy, National Health Cooperative, Australia Post Parcel Locker, Badger & Co, Milligram, Daily Market Groceries

Fellows Road East Road Kingsley Street

Manning Clark Hall, Kambri Car Park

Eggleston Road Denis Winston Walk

Wow Store, Kriss X Kross, The Campus Bakery

Lennox Crossing

Acton Peninsula, Spirit Levels, Lennox Crossing after roundabout, Lennox Crossing National Museum, Research Library of the National Museum of Australia, National Museum of Australia, Lennox Crossing before roundabout

Garryowen Drive

Black Mountain Peninsula District Park, Two external showers

Bachelors Lane Lawson Crescent

Arch of the Sun, Witness, The Bogong Moths

Parkes Way Onramp Edinburgh Avenue Linnaeus Way Cunningham Close

Commonwealth Avenue

Commonwealth Avenue Opposite Regatta Point

C8 Edinburgh Avenue Offramp McCoy Circuit Julius Road Boathouse Lane Albert Street Barrine Drive LBG

Commonwealth Avenue Opposite Regatta Point

Black Mountain Library

North Science Road Christian Road Corkhill Street Liversidge Street

ARC Cinema, NFSA Cafe, Liversidge Street after Garran Road, Liversidge after Ellery Crescent, National Film and Sound Archive of Australia (NFSA), Liversidge Street before Balmain Crescent, Winston Churchill, Liversidge Street after McCoy Circuit, Liversidge Court Apartments

Fellows Lane McDonald Place Brian Lewis Crescent Science Road Biology Place Services Road Hill Street Middle Road South Road Glasshouse Lane Neilsen Place John Cardiff Close

Black Mountain Peninsula

Barry Drive before Clunies Ross Street

Black Mountain Summit Walk South Science Road John Curtin Road Dryandra Street Burton Close North Road Hales Street Mills Road Kingsley Place Dickson Road Gary Owen Drive Rusty Robertson Place Frith Road Parkes Way West Onramp Lady Denman Drive Lindsay Pryor Walk Ellery Crescent

Savoir French, The ANU School of Art Gallery

College Lane Workshop Road Balmain Crescent

University House, The Licensed Grocer on Balmain

Black Mountain Drive University Avenue

Chatime, Hot-Star Chicken, Harry Hartog, China Plate, Broger, Kambri Cinema, Vodafone, Kebaba, Coffee Lab, STA Travel, Char Char, Nosh, Green with NV

Balmain Lane McCaughey Street Maliyan Lane

Yukeembruk Village

Amenities

CSIROCare Black Mountain Goodstart Early Learning

Buildings

Oliphant Building John Carver Building Cockroft Building Nuclear Physics Building

Apartment buildings

Ursula Hall Laurus Wing

Attraction

CSIRO Discovery Centre

Buildings

Centre for Arab and Islamic Studies Sir Otto Frankel Building Jaeger 5 Vice-Chancellor's Residence Winston Churchill Memorial Trust Sir Roland Wilson Building Radford College Rowing Club ANU Boat Club shed Building 401 Foundation Building ANU Law Link Theatre Australian National Herbarium LInk Building Bike Storage Facility Diversity

Convenience stores

Licensed Grocer on Balmain

Doctor's practice

University Health Service and Counselling Centre

Dormitories

Toad Hall Ursula Hall D C Burton & Garran Hall B A Burgmann College Centre for Mental Health Research Bruce Hall (Packard Wing) Bruce Hall Wright Hall Fenner Hall Yukeembruk Building 168 Yukeembruk Building 166 Yukeembruk Building 164 Yukeembruk Building 165

Government buildings

National Museum of Australia Medical Superintendents’ Building Administration Annexe Limestone House

Grass

Kambri Lawn Paperbark Lawn

Industrial areas

Kindergartens

ANU Preschool & Childcare Centre Heritage Early Childhood Centre Acton Early Childhood Centre

Libraries

JB Chifley Building Hancock Library East Wing Hancock Library West Wing R.G. Menzies Library ANU Law Library CSIRO Black Mountain

Multi-storey car parks

Dickson Parking Building

Office buildings

Pye Laboratories Christian Lab AIATSIS Jaeger 4 Jaeger 2 Jaeger 7 Synergy Building

Parks

Spinnaker Island Springbank Island Henry Rolland Park Yukeembruk Village Green

Public toilets

Black Mountain Peninsula District Park

Retail buildings

Yukeembruk Village Hall

School buildings

RN Robertson Building

Schools

Australian Academy of Science

Service buildings

National Computational Infrastructure ANU Solar Racing

Sheds

Black Mountain Rowing Club Daramalan College Rowing Club

Sports centres

Sport and Recreation Centre Sports Union Extension Sports Centre and Pool Red Shed Rowing Club

Sports pitches

Fellows Oval South Oval Old Canberra House Tennis Court

Streams

Sullivans Creek

University buildings

Haydon-Allen Building Copland Building Crisp Building Leonard Huxley Building College of Business and Economics Engineering Building Ian Ross Building Psychology Science Central Building Gould Building FSES Field Services Fulton Muir Building Physics Building Copland Lecture Theater Drill Hall Gallery Physics Link Building P.AP. Moran Building SRES Geography Building Linnaeus Building A.D. Hope Building Melville Hall H W Arndt Building Chancelry Building Human Resources Division Chancelry Forestry Building ANU College of Law - Building 7 ANU College of Law - Building 6 HC Coombs Lecture Theatre Australian Phenomics Facility ANU Medical School John Curtin School of Medical Research Birch Building Peter Baume Building OHB-A Jaeger 6 Jaeger 1 Jaeger 3 Jaeger 8 Research School of Populaton Health Alumni Relations & Philanthropy Brian Anderson Building Skaidrite Darius Building (former CSIT) Craig Building DNF Dunbar Physics Lecture Theatre Wes Whitten Building Gravity Wave Building Old Canberra House NCEPH Haydon-Allen Lecture Theatre Frank Fenner Building Central Plant Building Gardener's Cottage W.E.H. Stanner Building Chauffeur's Cottage Research School of Chemistry Science Teaching Building JG Crawford Building Australian Centre for China in the World Australian Centre for China in the World - The Lotus Hall Wamburun Hall Di Riddell Building Health and Well-Being Centre ANU College of Law - Building 6A - Moot Court Acacia Greenhouse Robertson Banksia Greenhouse Robertson Controlled Environment Facility Robertson Eucalyptus Greenhouse Robertson Darwinia Greenhouse Robertson Correa Greenhouse Marie Reay Teaching Centre Culture Centre Hanna Neumann Building Robertson Waste Handling Shed ANU College of Law - Building 5 Foyer ANU Law Theatre ANU Fellows Road Theatres Research School of Social Sciences

Other

Civic Zone Substation