Braddon, Australian Capital Territory

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The construction of the Braddon Garden City heritage precinct the area bounded by Donaldson, Elimatta, Batman and Currong streets began in 1921 and 1922. This was the only completed example of a design for a residential area in Canberra by Walter Burley Griffin. The suburb was gazetted as a division name in September 1928.{{cite web|url=http://apps.actpla.act.gov.au/neighbourhood_plans/reflect/reflect_braddon.pdf |title=Reflecting Braddon: a summary |date=11 July 2002 |publisher=ACT Government |accessdate=7 October 2013 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140313130036/http://apps.actpla.act.gov.au/neighbourhood_plans/reflect/reflect_braddon.pdf |archivedate=13 March 2014}}

Braddon is named after Edward Braddon, a Federalist, legislator and a participant in the writing of the Australian Constitution.{{cite web|title=Braddon|url=http://www.actpla.act.gov.au/tools_resources/maps_land_survey/place_names/place_search?sq_content_src=%2BdXJsPWh0dHAlM0ElMkYlMkYyMDMuOS4yNDkuMyUyRlBsYWNlTmFtZXMlMkZQbGFjZURldGFpbHMuYXNweCUzRm9iamVjdElEJTNENTM1MjcmYWxsPTE%3D|publisher=ACT Planning and Land Authority|accessdate=14 April 2013|author=ACT Planning and Land Authority|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120404090425/http://www.actpla.act.gov.au/tools_resources/maps_land_survey/place_names/place_search?sq_content_src=+dXJsPWh0dHAlM0ElMkYlMkYyMDMuOS4yNDkuMyUyRlBsYWNlTmFtZXMlMkZQbGFjZURldGFpbHMuYXNweCUzRm9iamVjdElEJTNENTM1MjcmYWxsPTE%3D|archivedate=4 April 2012|url-status=dead}} Streets in Braddon were named for Aboriginal words, legislators and pioneers. The first light-industrial area in Canberra was established in Braddon in the 1920s and subsequently became the centre of automotive trades, before these businesses were established in the service areas of Phillip, Belconnen and Tuggeranong and in Fyshwick and Mitchell. In recent years the light-industrial area has begun to be redeveloped as an entertainment and residential precinct. Most of the residential areas of the suburb have been redeveloped with flats.

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The following areas are heritage listed:

• The Braddon Garden City heritage precinct, bounded by Donaldson, Elimatta, Batman and Currong streets.{{cite web|url=http://client14.matrix01.act.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0010/148294/391.pdf|title=20013. Braddon Housing Precinct (Entry to the ACT Heritage Register) |publisher=ACT Heritage Council |accessdate=10 March 2014}}
• Gorman House
• Hotel Ainslie (Mercure Canberra)
• Ainslie Primary{{cite web|url=http://client14.matrix01.act.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0010/148285/62.pdf|title=20050. Ainslie Primary and Public Schools (Entry to the ACT Heritage Register) |publisher=ACT Heritage Council |accessdate=11 March 2014}}
• The Whitley House at the corner of Limestone Avenue and Ipima Street, a modernist house built in 1939, considered by the ACT Heritage Council to be "among the first government designed and built single-storey detached houses in the Functionalist style in Australia."{{cite web|url=http://client14.matrix01.act.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0004/148288/156.pdf|title=20072. Whitley Houses (Entry to the ACT Heritage Register) |publisher=ACT Heritage Council |accessdate=11 March 2014}} The Heritage Council has permitted flats to be built behind the house, but the view of the house from Limestone Avenue has been preserved.
• Haig Park.{{cite web|url=http://client14.matrix01.act.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0011/148295/393.pdf | title=20049. Northbourne Oval (Entry to the ACT Heritage Register) |publisher=ACT Heritage Council |accessdate=11 March 2014}}
• Northbourne Oval.{{cite web|url=http://client14.matrix01.act.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0007/148291/387.pdf | title=20063. Haig Park (Entry to the ACT Heritage Register) |publisher=ACT Heritage Council |accessdate=11 March 2014}}
• The former Coggan's Bakery, 36 Mort Street, Braddon.

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Braddon contains a commercial area centred on Mort and Lonsdale streets, which run parallel to Northbourne Avenue. The area includes several small art galleries, car rental agencies, a few mid-market restaurants, cafes and bars, trendy gift and clothes shops, as well as liquor stores and a Centrelink office. It formerly contained many car dealerships and businesses providing automotive services, but some of these are being redeveloped with six-storey apartment buildings with commercial uses on the ground floor. There are also a number of popular pubs and low-rise office blocks in the suburb.

Away from the commercial areas, much of the previously suburban housing in Braddon has been replaced with apartment buildings that are popular due to their relatively close proximity to the city. The old Fenner Hall, a residence of the Australian National University, is located along Northbourne Avenue, now as the Canberra Accommodation Centre. The suburb is socially mixed with its population including many younger professionals and students, along with some recipients of public housing assistance. Some traditional single-family homes do remain where the suburb borders Ainslie and Dickson.

Most of the single houses north of Haig Park and in Section 22 (surrounded by Torrens, Girrahween, Fawkner and Elouera streets) have been replaced by two or three-storey flats in recent years as a result of being zoned in the Inner North Precinct.{{cite web|url=http://www.legislation.act.gov.au/ni/2008-27/copy/94776/pdf/2008-27.pdf|title=Inner North Precinct Code |publisher=ACT Planning and Land Authority|date=29 November 2013|accessdate=9 March 2014}} Land adjoining Northbourne Avenue is now zoned to permit redevelopment with 25 metres (about 8 storeys) high flats or 32 metres (about 11 storeys) at the corners of Wakefield Avenue with Northbourne Avenue.{{cite web|url=http://www.legislation.act.gov.au/ni/2008-27/copy/90343/pdf/2008-27.pdf|title=Northbourne Avenue Precinct Code |publisher=ACT Planning and Land Authority|date=18 December 2012|accessdate=9 March 2014}} The area south of Haig Park between Mort and Torrens streets in zoned to allow mixed use developments, generally 22 metres high (6 or 7 storeys), but 16 metres high (5 storeys) facing Torrens street and up to 30 metres high (about 10 storeys) facing Cooyong street.{{cite web|url=http://www.legislation.act.gov.au/ni/2008-27/copy/96560/pdf/2008-27.pdf|title=Braddon Precinct Map and Code |publisher=ACT Planning and Land Authority|date=4 April 2014|accessdate=6 April 2014}}

The area between Ainslie Avenue, Cooyong, Donaldson and Currong street, currently occupied by four and eight-storey government flats (Allawah Court and Currong Apartments) and Catholic church land, is currently proposed for redevelopment with mixed-use buildings, with a range of building heights between 5 and 12 storeys. Originally two buildings at the corners of Ainslie Avenue were proposed to be 15 storeys high.{{cite web|url=http://www.actpla.act.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0020/32942/Appx_1_-_Draft_precinct_code.pdf |title=Cooyong Street Urban Renewal Precinct Code (Public consultation version) |publisher=ACT Planning and Land Authority |date=November 2011 |accessdate=9 March 2014 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140309174113/http://www.actpla.act.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0020/32942/Appx_1_-_Draft_precinct_code.pdf |archivedate=9 March 2014}} The eastern parts of the suburb continue to be zoned for low-rise suburban housing except the sections adjacent to Ainslie Avenue, which are zoned for three-storey flats, except for Gorman House—which is heritage listed{{cite web|url=http://client14.matrix01.act.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0003/148296/394.pdf|title=20105. Gorman House (Entry to the ACT Heritage Register) |publisher=ACT Heritage Council |accessdate=11 March 2014}}—and the Hotel Ainslie (Mercure Canberra) site—which is also heritage listed and zoned for a two-storey hotel.{{cite web|url=http://client14.matrix01.act.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0004/148297/396.pdf|title=20089. Hotel Ainslie (Entry to the ACT Heritage Register) |publisher=ACT Heritage Council |accessdate=11 March 2014}}

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Ainslie School fronts onto Donaldson Street is one of Canberra's oldest schools.{{cite web|url=http://www.ainslies.act.edu.au/our_history|title=Ainslie School: Our History|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130426131256/http://www.ainslies.act.edu.au/our_history|archivedate=26 April 2013|publisher=Ainslie School}} It was opened in 1927 as the first official act of the Prime Minister Stanley Bruce following his arrival in Canberra. It is described by the ACT Heritage Commission as having "a high degree of integrity with intact street and site planting and relatively intact built elements and original internal fittings in the Art Deco style." It is also believed to be "the first in Australia to be planned with a library, a lecture room and a needlework room". The original building was completed in 1927 and, with the opening of a larger building for the primary in 1938, it became the infants school. From 1980, the building was occupied by Questacon (until 1988) and the School Without Walls (until 1997). In recent years it has been occupied by the Ainslie Arts Centre.{{cite web|url=http://www.gormanhouse.com.au/site/arts_centre.php |title=Ainslie Arts Centre |publisher=Gorman House Arts Centre |accessdate=14 March 2014 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140306115530/http://www.gormanhouse.com.au/site/arts_centre.php |archivedate=6 March 2014}}

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The three-storey Allawah Court flats (containing 114 two-bedroom flats) were completed east of Cooyong street and north of Ainslie Avenue in 1956, the three-storey Bega Court was completed south of Ainslie Avenue in Reid in 1957 and the eight-storey Currong Apartments (184 one-bedroom flats and 28 of two bedrooms) were completed east of Allawah Court and west of Currong Street in 1959 in order to cope with a critical lack of accommodation for public servants transferred to Canberra. The ACT Heritage Council described them as having been designed in the Post-War International style "similar to post-war housing in Europe, particularly in English new towns. The fine proportions, crisp detailing and low scale of [the Allawah and Bega Courts]

and their siting continuing the street pattern made them more architecturally successful than the three eight-storey blocks of flats along Currong Street which completed the development." The Heritage Council declined to heritage list the buildings{{cite web| url=http://client14.matrix01.act.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0017/157013/218.pdf |title=Heritage (Decision about Provisional Registration of Allawah and Bega Courts, Braddon and Reid) Notice 2010 |publisher=ACT Heritage Council |accessdate=13 March 2014}} and despite some local opposition it was proposed that they be demolished and replaced by more modern and denser accommodation along with some commercial uses.{{cite press release |url=http://www.cmd.act.gov.au/open_government/inform/act_government_media_releases/corbell/2014/cooyong-street-redevelopment-plan-approved |title=Cooyong Street redevelopment plan approved |publisher=ACT Government |date= 20 February 2014 |accessdate=13 March 2014}}{{cite news |url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-02-20/act-government-gives-approval-for-abc-flats/5271240 |title=ACT Government approves major redevelopment of former public housing blocks known as ABC flats |newspaper=ABC News |date=21 February 2014 |accessdate=9 March 2014}} The demolition was completed in August 2017.

The area bounded by Donaldson, Elimatta, Batman and Currong streets, including the street furniture, are heritage listed as "an early 20th century 'Garden City' planned subdivision" and as an example of early Federal Capital planning philosophy and architecture among other things. This area was originally named the "Ainslie Cottages Project" and the first houses were constructed between 1921 and 1922 to meet the urgent need for housing for lower grade public servants and workmen to build the civic centre and other parts of the city. It is the first expression of the Garden City concept in Canberra and it is the only completed example of a design for a residential area in Canberra by Walter Burley Griffin.

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According to the ACT Heritage Council, the former Coggan's Bakery, 36 Mort Street (actually facing Elouera Street), "has a special association with the cultural phase of early planning and development of the nation's capital in the 1920s." It formed part of the Federal Capital Commission's early planning and was established with the designation of the Braddon area as a light-industrial zone. The Heritage Council said that Coggan's Bakery "remains as the most historically distinctive structure in the Braddon industrial area."{{cite web|url=http://client14.matrix01.act.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0016/220624/41.pdf | title=Heritage (Decision about Registration for former Coggan's Bakery, Braddon) Notice 2011 |publisher=ACT Heritage Council |accessdate=11 March 2014}}

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The Gorman House Arts Centre is a significant heritage complex that has been adapted for arts use.{{cite news|url=http://www.canberratimes.com.au/act-news/gorman-house-to-become-hub-with-heart-20140218-32yna.html|archivedate=18 February 2014|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140218233308/http://www.canberratimes.com.au/act-news/gorman-house-to-become-hub-with-heart-20140218-32yna.html|date=19 February 2014|first=Sally|last=Pryor|title=Gorman House to become hub with heart|newspaper=The Canberra Times}}{{cite web|url=http://www.gormanhouse.com.au|title=Gorman House Arts Centre|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130724123845/http://gormanhouse.com.au/site/|archivedate=24 July 2013|publisher=ACT Government}} It is occupied by some of the ACT's key arts organisations, smaller arts groups and individual artists.

The centre accommodates intimate performance spaces, dance studios and workshops, a gallery, artists' studios, small offices for arts business, meeting rooms and a weekend art, craft and second-hand market.

{{cite web|url=http://www.arts.act.gov.au/pages/page23.asp|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110928122032/http://www.arts.act.gov.au/pages/page23.asp|archivedate=28 September 2011|publisher=ACT Government|title=Gorman House Arts Centre}}

Braddon's theatres and galleries are located within the Gorman House Arts Centre. They are: Bogong Theatre;{{cite web|title=Venue hire |url=http://www.gormanhouse.com.au/site/venuehire.php |publisher=ACT Government |accessdate=14 April 2013 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130418090513/http://www.gormanhouse.com.au/site/venuehire.php |archivedate=18 April 2013}}{{cite book|title=Theatre Australia (Un)limited: Australian Theatre Since the 1950s|year=2004|isbn=90-420-0930-6|page=314|author=Geoffrey Milne}} Canberra Contemporary Art Space;{{cite web|title=Canberra Contemporary Art Space: About Us |url=http://www.ccas.com.au/info/?id=2&pg=About |publisher=Canberra Contemporary Art Space |accessdate=14 April 2013 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140314040238/http://www.ccas.com.au/info/?id=2&pg=About |archivedate=14 March 2014}} Canberra Youth Theatre;{{cite web|title=Where|url=http://www.cytc.net/about-us/where|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110209101623/http://cytc.net/about-us/where|url-status=usurped|archive-date=9 February 2011|publisher=Canberra Youth Theatre|accessdate=14 April 2013}} Currong Theatre Studio; and Ralph Wilson Theatre

{{main|Haig Park}}

Haig Park lies on either side of Northbourne Avenue in Braddon and Turner and comprises fourteen rows of trees planted to form a windbreak and shelterbelt.{{cite web|url=http://www.m2cms.com.au/uploaded/18/ClassifiedPlaces/HAIG%20PARK%20DRAFT%20CITATION.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131014041101/http://www.m2cms.com.au/uploaded/18/ClassifiedPlaces/HAIG%20PARK%20DRAFT%20CITATION.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-date=2013-10-14 |title=ACT INTERIM HERITAGE PLACES REGISTER: DRAFT CITATION |year=1997 |author=Robet Boden }} It is listed on the ACT Heritage register.

{{main|Mercure Hotel Canberra}}

The Hotel Ainslie (currently operating as the Mercure Canberra) was built in the English Arts and Craft style as a government hostel to accommodate the transfer of public servants in 1926 and 1927. Since 1928 it has operated as a hotel (at times called the Ainslie Rex and Olims Canberra Hotel) and has been extended significantly to the southwest. The exterior of the original structure, the garden in front of the hotel, including the Atlas cedars, Mediterranean cypresses and the Atlas cedars along Batman Street and the landscaped central courtyard are heritage listed.{{cite web|url=http://www.mercure.com/gb/hotel-5509-mercure-canberra/index.shtml|title=Mercure Canberra|accessdate=11 March 2014}}

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Historically an industrial area comprising car yards and factories, Lonsdale Street has in recent decades transformed into a cosmopolitan hub and the commercial centre of Braddon.{{cite news|url=http://www.canberratimes.com.au/act-news/transformation-into-a-hipster-hangout-20121026-28bdw.html|title=Transformation into a hipster hangout|author=Stephanie Anderson|date=27 October 2012|accessdate=6 October 2013|newspaper=The Canberra Times}}{{cite news|title=Braddon developments on track|url=http://www.canberratimes.com.au/act-news/braddon-developments-on-track-20130318-2gawv.html|newspaper=The Canberra Times|accessdate=17 April 2013|author=Jodi Scanlon|date=18 March 2013}} Lonsdale Street is home to shops selling items by original Canberra designers, stylish Australian fashions, imported designer shoes and handcrafted gifts and homewares. There is also a mix of restaurants,{{cite news|title=Debacle set to reopen in new Braddon development|url=http://www.canberratimes.com.au/act-news/debacle-set-to-reopen-in-new-braddon-development-20130321-2gi0p.html|newspaper=The Canberra Times|accessdate=17 April 2013|first=Tegan |last=Osborne|date=21 March 2013}} bakeries,{{cite news|title=No bones about it|url=http://www.canberratimes.com.au/good-food/eat-out/no-bones-about-it-20130318-2gato.html|newspaper=The Canberra Times|accessdate=17 April 2013|first=Kirsten|last=Lawson|date=20 March 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130411075350/http://www.canberratimes.com.au/good-food/eat-out/no-bones-about-it-20130318-2gato.html|archive-date=11 April 2013|url-status=dead}} bike shops,{{cite web|title=Fresh taste of capital cuisine|url=http://www.stuff.co.nz/travel/australia/5705597/Fresh-taste-of-capital-cuisine|work=Stuff (company)|accessdate=17 April 2013|first=Sam|last=Vincent|date=29 September 2011}} food vans,{{cite news|url=http://www.canberratimes.com.au/act-news/canberra-life/hamlet-the-new-braddon-home-for-brodburger-and-spit-shack-food-vans-20141107-11itu1.html|title=Hamlet the new Braddon home for Brodburger and Spit Shack food vans|archivedate=11 November 2014|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141111190606/http://www.canberratimes.com.au/act-news/canberra-life/hamlet-the-new-braddon-home-for-brodburger-and-spit-shack-food-vans-20141107-11itu1.html|first=Natasha|last=Rudra|date=7 November 2014|newspaper=The Canberra Times}}{{cite news|url=http://www.canberratimes.com.au/act-news/mandalay-bus-open-again-in-braddon-20140124-31d40.html|title=Mandalay Bus open again in Braddon|archivedate=13 January 2015|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150113083230/http://www.canberratimes.com.au/act-news/mandalay-bus-open-again-in-braddon-20140124-31d40.html|newspaper=The Canberra Times|first=Megan|last=Doherty|date=24 January 2014}}{{cite news|url=http://www.canberratimes.com.au/act-news/foodies-get-back-to-braddons-mandalay-bus-20140124-31e56.html|newspaper=The Canberra Times|first=Megan|last=Doherty|date=24 January 2014|title=Foodies get back to Braddon's Mandalay Bus|archivedate=13 January 2015|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150113083444/http://www.canberratimes.com.au/act-news/foodies-get-back-to-braddons-mandalay-bus-20140124-31e56.html}} camping stores, car yards and hairdressing salons.

During the Summernats car festival, Lonsdale Street is the site of an annual unofficial street parade, the Lonsdale Street Cruise. The parade features all types of cars and draws crowds of spectators.{{cite web|title=Chasing cars: Summernats spectacle in the city|url=http://www.abc.net.au/local/stories/2011/01/10/3109509.htm|publisher=666 ABC Canberra|accessdate=16 April 2013|first=Kim |last=Lester|date=11 January 2011}}{{cite web|title=Summernats 25 Bradden Civic lonsdale st cruise|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x8vlPRZEba4 |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211222/x8vlPRZEba4 |archive-date=2021-12-22 |url-status=live|publisher=V8DOMIN8|accessdate=17 April 2013}}{{cbignore}}{{cite web|url=http://the-riotact.com/the-ride-of-the-summerats-a-new-view-of-summernats/63825|title=The ride of the Summerats. A new view of Summernats|date=17 January 2012|first=John|last=Griffiths|publisher=The RiotACT|accessdate=6 October 2013|archivedate=24 May 2013 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130524184200/http://the-riotact.com/the-ride-of-the-summerats-a-new-view-of-summernats/63825}}

Lonsdale Street was named Canberra's 'hippest hood' by The Sydney Morning Herald in September 2013.{{cite news|url=http://www.smh.com.au/travel/activity/food-and-wine/hippest-hoods-20130912-2tm05.html|newspaper=The Sydney Morning Herald|title=Hippest Hoods: Canberra|first=James |last=Rose|date=16 September 2013|archivedate=14 October 2013|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131014050340/http://www.smh.com.au/travel/activity/food-and-wine/hippest-hoods-20130912-2tm05.html}}

{{Main|Merici College}}

Merici College is a private Roman Catholic girls' high school catering for years 7 to 12.

The Northbourne Flats are located on both sides of Northbourne Avenue in Braddon and Turner. The flats provided the first high-density housing project on Northbourne Avenue, now characterised by high-density living.{{cite web|url=http://www.architecture.com.au/docs/default-source/act-notable-buildings/r088_northbourne_flats_braddon_and_turner_rstca.pdf?sfvrsn=2|title=Register of Significant Twentieth Century Architecture: Northbourne Flats|publisher=Australian Institute of Architects|accessdate=7 October 2013}} In 2011, the ACT Government ran a national design competition to remodel the flats, to make way for the new development current public housing tenants will be relocated to other properties.{{cite news|url=http://www.canberratimes.com.au/act-news/northbourne-flats-reborn-20111108-1v28l.html|title=Northbourne Flats reborn|date= 8 November 2011|newspaper=The Canberra Times|accessdate=7 October 2013}}{{cite news|newspaper=The Canberra Times|date=8 November 2011|title=Northbourne Flats redevelopment a selling point|url=http://www.canberratimes.com.au/act-news/northbourne-flats-redevelopment-a-selling-point-20111108-1v291.html|accessdate=7 October 2013}}{{cite news|author=Michael Inman|date=22 July 2012|title=Development to triple flats|url=http://www.canberratimes.com.au/act-news/development-to-triple-flats-20120721-22h7j.html|newspaper=The Canberra Times|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120910205405/http://www.canberratimes.com.au/act-news/development-to-triple-flats-20120721-22h7j.html|archivedate=10 September 2012}}

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Northbourne Oval was established in 1925, making it North Canberra's oldest enclosed oval.{{cite web|url=http://www.actpla.act.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0018/8361/Braddon_Planning_study_final_report.pdf|page=13|title=Braddon Commercial Area: Planning Study|date=April 2008|publisher=ACT Planning & Land Authority|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130420101602/http://www.actpla.act.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0018/8361/Braddon_Planning_study_final_report.pdf|archivedate=20 April 2013}} It is listed by the ACT Heritage Council. Since 2020 the oval has been in used by the Canberra Raiders as their training ground.

• St Patrick's Catholic Church, built in 1935.{{cite web|title=Braddon Neighbourhood Plan: A sustainable future for Braddon|url=http://www.actpla.act.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0008/2510/braddon-anp.pdf|publisher=ACT Government|accessdate=14 April 2013|author=ACT Planning and Land Authority|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120321051012/http://www.actpla.act.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0008/2510/braddon-anp.pdf|archivedate=21 March 2012|page=15}}
• St Columbus Uniting Church
• Salvation Army Canberra City Temple
• St Mary's Catholic Church
• Sisters of Mercy
• Australian Episcopal Conference

At the {{CensusAU|2021}}, Braddon had a population of 6,383 people, up significantly from a population of 3,574 in 2006.{{Census 2006 AUS|id=SSC81051|name=Braddon (State Suburb)|accessdate=21 January 2009|quick=on}} Braddon residents had a median age of 30, which is younger than the ACT median of 35 and the Australian median of 38. The median weekly household income was $3,029, compared to the median Australian household income of $2,120. 45.3% of the population were professionals, compared to the Australian average of 24.0%. 25.4% worked in central government administration, compared to the Australian average of 1.1%, although the ACT-wide average is a similar 17.1%.

61.5 per cent of Braddon's population were Australian-born on census night 2021. The next most common countries of birth were China 6.8%, England 3.5%, India 3.0%, New Zealand 1.4% and South Korea 1.3%. 63.6% of people spoke only English at home. Other languages spoken at home were Mandarin 8.1%, Cantonese 1.8%, Spanish 1.5%, Korean 1.2% and Hindi 1.1%. 59.5% of the population had no religion, while 13.2% were Catholic, 6.7% not stated, 4.3% Anglican and 2.9% Hindu.

Of occupied private dwellings in Braddon, 11.2 per cent were owned outright, 26.9 per cent were owned with a mortgage and 60.4 per cent were rented. Only 4.9% of dwellings were separate houses (compared to the Australian average of 72.3%), while 14.1% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses (Australian average: 12.6%) and 80.7% were flats, units or apartments (Australian average: 14.2%).

After demographic analysis, Braddon was named one of the hippest places to live in Australia on the 'Urbis Hip List' in 2012.{{cite web|url=http://www.urbis.com.au/?email-article=sydney-pips-melbourne-for-most-suburbs-on-the-hip-list |title=Sydney pips Melbourne for most suburbs on the hip-list |author=Mark Solonsch }}{{dead link|date=November 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}{{cite web|url=http://blogs.crikey.com.au/theurbanist/2012/08/28/where-are-the-hip-suburbs-in-australia/|title=Where are the hip suburbs in Australia?|author=Alan Davies|publisher=Crikey|date=28 August 2012}}

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Braddon is represented in the House of Representatives by Alicia Payne for the Labor Party. In the ACT Legislative Assembly, Braddon is part of the electorate of Kurrajong, which elects five members on the basis of proportional representation, two Labor, one Green, one Liberal and one Independent.{{cite web |publisher= ACT Legislative Assembly |url=

https://www.elections.act.gov.au/elections/previous-assembly-elections/2024-election/2020-list-of-elected-candidates |title=List of elected candidates – 2024 Election|access-date=11 December 2024}} Polling place statistics are shown to the right for the Ainslie polling place at Ainslie School (in Braddon) in the 2022 federal election for Fenner and in the 2024 ACT election.

Braddon's vegetation is predominantly exotic, belonging to the cedar, ash, oak and pine varieties, although there are a significant number of eucalypts which are planted mainly around the perimeter of the suburb (Northbourne Avenue, Limestone Avenue, Ainslie Avenue) and within Haig Park. Most of the neighbourhood's streets are lined with avenues of mature exotic trees. Torrens Street, planted with oak (Quercus palustris), is a particularly fine example of a 'garden city' streetscape. Haig Park has mixed plantings including cedar, eucalypt, pine, cypress, ash and oak (Cedrus deodara, Eucalyptus cinerea, Pinus radiata, Cupressus sempervirens, Fraxinus velutina and Quercus palustris respectively).

Poisonous mushrooms are known to grow in Braddon, including death caps which are commonly found near established oak trees.{{cite news|url=http://news.ninemsn.com.au/national/2012/10/10/17/49/deadly-meal-cooked-in-canberra-restaurant |title=Deadly meal cooked in Canberra restaurant |date=5 January 2012 |publisher=ninemsn |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140310182936/http://news.ninemsn.com.au/national/2012/10/10/17/49/deadly-meal-cooked-in-canberra-restaurant |archivedate=10 March 2014}}{{cite news|title=Deadly mushroom meal was made in a restaurant kitchen|url=http://www.smh.com.au/national/deadly-mushroom-meal-was-made-in-a-restaurant-kitchen-20120105-1pn3g.html|author=Bianca Hall|newspaper=The Sydney Morning Herald|date=6 January 2012|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120427051013/http://www.smh.com.au/national/deadly-mushroom-meal-was-made-in-a-restaurant-kitchen-20120105-1pn3g.html|archivedate=27 April 2012}}{{cite news|url=http://www.canberratimes.com.au/act-news/probe-on-death-cap-restaurant-concerns-20120105-1ucty.html|title=Probe on death cap restaurant concerns|date=5 January 2012|newspaper=The Canberra Times}}

The streets in Braddon are named after Aboriginal words, legislators and pioneers.{{cite web|title=Braddon|url=http://www.actpla.act.gov.au/tools_resources/place_search2?sq_content_src=%2BdXJsPWh0dHAlM0ElMkYlMkYyMDMuOS4yNDkuMyUyRlBsYWNlTmFtZXMlMkZQbGFjZURldGFpbHMuYXNweCUzRm9iamVjdElEJTNENTM1MjcmYWxsPTE%3D|publisher=ACT Planning and Land Authority|archivedate=15 July 2013|date=22 May 2013|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130715065833/http://www.actpla.act.gov.au/tools_resources/place_search2?sq_content_src=+dXJsPWh0dHAlM0ElMkYlMkYyMDMuOS4yNDkuMyUyRlBsYWNlTmFtZXMlMkZQbGFjZURldGFpbHMuYXNweCUzRm9iamVjdElEJTNENTM1MjcmYWxsPTE%3D|url-status=dead}}

• Ainslie Avenue. Named for James Ainslie (1787–1844).{{cite web|title=Ainslie Avenue|url=http://www.actpla.act.gov.au/tools_resources/place_search2?sq_content_src=%2BdXJsPWh0dHAlM0ElMkYlMkYyMDMuOS4yNDkuMyUyRlBsYWNlTmFtZXMlMkZQbGFjZURldGFpbHMuYXNweCUzRm9iamVjdElEJTNENTYyOSZhbGw9MQ%3D%3D|publisher=ACT Planning and Land Authority|archivedate=15 July 2013|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130715064827/http://www.actpla.act.gov.au/tools_resources/place_search2?sq_content_src=+dXJsPWh0dHAlM0ElMkYlMkYyMDMuOS4yNDkuMyUyRlBsYWNlTmFtZXMlMkZQbGFjZURldGFpbHMuYXNweCUzRm9iamVjdElEJTNENTYyOSZhbGw9MQ%3D%3D|date=22 May 2013|url-status=dead}}
• Batman Street. Named for John Batman (1800–1839).{{cite web|title=Batman Street|url=http://www.actpla.act.gov.au/tools_resources/place_search2?sq_content_src=%2BdXJsPWh0dHAlM0ElMkYlMkYyMDMuOS4yNDkuMyUyRlBsYWNlTmFtZXMlMkZQbGFjZURldGFpbHMuYXNweCUzRm9iamVjdElEJTNENTkzMSZhbGw9MQ%3D%3D|publisher=ACT Planning and Land Authority|archivedate=15 July 2013|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130715065110/http://www.actpla.act.gov.au/tools_resources/place_search2?sq_content_src=+dXJsPWh0dHAlM0ElMkYlMkYyMDMuOS4yNDkuMyUyRlBsYWNlTmFtZXMlMkZQbGFjZURldGFpbHMuYXNweCUzRm9iamVjdElEJTNENTkzMSZhbGw9MQ%3D%3D|date=22 May 2013|url-status=dead}}
• Burra Place. Named for an Aboriginal word meaning 'wait' or 'stop'.{{cite web |title=Burra Place |url=http://www.actpla.act.gov.au/tools_resources/place_search2?sq_content_src=%2BdXJsPWh0dHAlM0ElMkYlMkYyMDMuOS4yNDkuMyUyRlBsYWNlTmFtZXMlMkZQbGFjZURldGFpbHMuYXNweCUzRm9iamVjdElEJTNENjM2MiZhbGw9MQ%3D%3D |publisher=ACT Planning and Land Authority |accessdate=7 October 2013 |date=22 May 2013 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131014040843/http://www.actpla.act.gov.au/tools_resources/place_search2?sq_content_src=+dXJsPWh0dHAlM0ElMkYlMkYyMDMuOS4yNDkuMyUyRlBsYWNlTmFtZXMlMkZQbGFjZURldGFpbHMuYXNweCUzRm9iamVjdElEJTNENjM2MiZhbGw9MQ%3D%3D |archivedate=14 October 2013}}
• Chapman Street. Named for Austin Chapman (1864–1926).{{cite web|title=Chapman Street |url=http://www.actpla.act.gov.au/tools_resources/place_search2?sq_content_src=%2BdXJsPWh0dHAlM0ElMkYlMkYyMDMuOS4yNDkuMyUyRlBsYWNlTmFtZXMlMkZQbGFjZURldGFpbHMuYXNweCUzRm9iamVjdElEJTNENjUyMSZhbGw9MQ%3D%3D |publisher=ACT Planning and Land Authority |accessdate=6 October 2013 |date=22 May 2013 }}{{dead link|date=November 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
• Coolac Place. Named for an Aboriginal word meaning 'native bear'.{{cite web|title=Coolac Place |url=http://www.actpla.act.gov.au/tools_resources/place_search2?sq_content_src=%2BdXJsPWh0dHAlM0ElMkYlMkYyMDMuOS4yNDkuMyUyRlBsYWNlTmFtZXMlMkZQbGFjZURldGFpbHMuYXNweCUzRm9iamVjdElEJTNENjcwNCZhbGw9MQ%3D%3D |publisher=ACT Planning and Land Authority |accessdate=6 October 2013 |date=22 May 2013 }}{{dead link|date=November 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
• Cooyong Street. Named for an Aboriginal word meaning 'bandicoot'.{{cite web |title=Cooyong Street |url=http://www.actpla.act.gov.au/tools_resources/place_search2?sq_content_src=%2BdXJsPWh0dHAlM0ElMkYlMkYyMDMuOS4yNDkuMyUyRlBsYWNlTmFtZXMlMkZQbGFjZURldGFpbHMuYXNweCUzRm9iamVjdElEJTNENjQxODMmYWxsPTE%3D |publisher=ACT Planning and Land Authority |accessdate=6 October 2013 |date=22 May 2013 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131222021224/http://www.actpla.act.gov.au/tools_resources/place_search2?sq_content_src=+dXJsPWh0dHAlM0ElMkYlMkYyMDMuOS4yNDkuMyUyRlBsYWNlTmFtZXMlMkZQbGFjZURldGFpbHMuYXNweCUzRm9iamVjdElEJTNENjQxODMmYWxsPTE%3D |archivedate=22 December 2013}}
• Currong Street North. Named for an Aboriginal word meaning ‘silver wattle’. {{cite web|title=Currong Street North |url= https://www.archives.act.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0008/562598/Naming_of_Canberras_Streets_and_Suburbs.pdf |publisher=ACT archives |accessdate=8 April 2025 |date=8 April 2025 }}
• Donaldson Street. Named for Stuart Donaldson (1812–1867).{{cite web|title=Donaldson Street |url=http://www.actpla.act.gov.au/tools_resources/place_search2?sq_content_src=%2BdXJsPWh0dHAlM0ElMkYlMkYyMDMuOS4yNDkuMyUyRlBsYWNlTmFtZXMlMkZQbGFjZURldGFpbHMuYXNweCUzRm9iamVjdElEJTNENzAxOSZhbGw9MQ%3D%3D |publisher=ACT Planning and Land Authority |accessdate=6 October 2013 |date=22 May 2013 }}{{dead link|date=November 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
• Doonkuna Street. Named for an Aboriginal word meaning 'rising ground'.{{cite web|title=Doonkuna Street |url=http://www.actpla.act.gov.au/tools_resources/place_search2?sq_content_src=%2BdXJsPWh0dHAlM0ElMkYlMkYyMDMuOS4yNDkuMyUyRlBsYWNlTmFtZXMlMkZQbGFjZURldGFpbHMuYXNweCUzRm9iamVjdElEJTNENzAyOCZhbGw9MQ%3D%3D |publisher=ACT Planning and Land Authority |accessdate=6 October 2013 |date=22 May 2013 }}{{dead link|date=November 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
• Dooring Street. Named for an Aboriginal word meaning 'the bark of trees'.{{cite web|title=Dooring Street |url=http://www.actpla.act.gov.au/tools_resources/place_search2?sq_content_src=%2BdXJsPWh0dHAlM0ElMkYlMkYyMDMuOS4yNDkuMyUyRlBsYWNlTmFtZXMlMkZQbGFjZURldGFpbHMuYXNweCUzRm9iamVjdElEJTNENzAyOSZhbGw9MQ%3D%3D |publisher=ACT Planning and Land Authority |accessdate=6 October 2013 |date=22 May 2013 }}{{dead link|date=November 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
• Elder Street. Named for Thomas Elder (1818–1897).{{cite web|title=Elder Street |url=http://www.actpla.act.gov.au/tools_resources/place_search2?sq_content_src=%2BdXJsPWh0dHAlM0ElMkYlMkYyMDMuOS4yNDkuMyUyRlBsYWNlTmFtZXMlMkZQbGFjZURldGFpbHMuYXNweCUzRm9iamVjdElEJTNENzE1MiZhbGw9MQ%3D%3D |publisher=ACT Planning and Land Authority |accessdate=6 October 2013 |date=22 May 2013 }}{{dead link|date=November 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
• Elimatta Street. Named for an Aboriginal word meaning 'my home'.{{cite web |title=Elimatta Street |url=http://www.actpla.act.gov.au/tools_resources/place_search2?sq_content_src=%2BdXJsPWh0dHAlM0ElMkYlMkYyMDMuOS4yNDkuMyUyRlBsYWNlTmFtZXMlMkZQbGFjZURldGFpbHMuYXNweCUzRm9iamVjdElEJTNENzE1NiZhbGw9MQ%3D%3D |publisher=ACT Planning and Land Authority |accessdate=6 October 2013 |date=22 May 2013 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131007003229/http://www.actpla.act.gov.au/tools_resources/place_search2?sq_content_src=+dXJsPWh0dHAlM0ElMkYlMkYyMDMuOS4yNDkuMyUyRlBsYWNlTmFtZXMlMkZQbGFjZURldGFpbHMuYXNweCUzRm9iamVjdElEJTNENzE1NiZhbGw9MQ%3D%3D |archivedate=7 October 2013}}
• Elouera Street. Named for an Aboriginal word meaning 'pleasant place'.{{cite web |title=Elouera Street |url=http://www.actpla.act.gov.au/tools_resources/place_search2?sq_content_src=%2BdXJsPWh0dHAlM0ElMkYlMkYyMDMuOS4yNDkuMyUyRlBsYWNlTmFtZXMlMkZQbGFjZURldGFpbHMuYXNweCUzRm9iamVjdElEJTNENzE3MiZhbGw9MQ%3D%3D |publisher=ACT Planning and Land Authority |accessdate=6 October 2013 |date=22 May 2013 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131007003242/http://www.actpla.act.gov.au/tools_resources/place_search2?sq_content_src=+dXJsPWh0dHAlM0ElMkYlMkYyMDMuOS4yNDkuMyUyRlBsYWNlTmFtZXMlMkZQbGFjZURldGFpbHMuYXNweCUzRm9iamVjdElEJTNENzE3MiZhbGw9MQ%3D%3D |archivedate=7 October 2013}}
• Farrer Street. Named for William James Farrer (1845–1906).{{cite web|title=Farrer Street |url=http://www.actpla.act.gov.au/tools_resources/place_search2?sq_content_src=%2BdXJsPWh0dHAlM0ElMkYlMkYyMDMuOS4yNDkuMyUyRlBsYWNlTmFtZXMlMkZQbGFjZURldGFpbHMuYXNweCUzRm9iamVjdElEJTNENzI0OSZhbGw9MQ%3D%3D |publisher=ACT Planning and Land Authority |accessdate=6 October 2013 |date=22 May 2013 }}{{dead link|date=November 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
• Fawkner Street. Named for John Pascoe Fawkner (1792–1869).{{cite web|title=Fawkner Street |url=http://www.actpla.act.gov.au/tools_resources/place_search2?sq_content_src=%2BdXJsPWh0dHAlM0ElMkYlMkYyMDMuOS4yNDkuMyUyRlBsYWNlTmFtZXMlMkZQbGFjZURldGFpbHMuYXNweCUzRm9iamVjdElEJTNENzI1NSZhbGw9MQ%3D%3D |publisher=ACT Planning and Land Authority |accessdate=6 October 2013 |date=22 May 2013 }}{{dead link|date=November 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
• Gilchrist Gardens. Named for John Gilchrist (1938–1998), a Canberran Town Planner.{{cite web|title=Gilchrist Gardens |url=http://www.actpla.act.gov.au/tools_resources/place_search2?sq_content_src=%2BdXJsPWh0dHAlM0ElMkYlMkYyMDMuOS4yNDkuMyUyRlBsYWNlTmFtZXMlMkZQbGFjZURldGFpbHMuYXNweCUzRm9iamVjdElEJTNENjUyMTYmYWxsPTE%3D |publisher=ACT Planning and Land Authority |accessdate=6 October 2013 |date=22 May 2013 }}{{dead link|date=November 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
• Girrahween Street. Named for an Aboriginal word meaning 'place of flowers'.{{cite web|title=Girrahween Street |url=http://www.actpla.act.gov.au/tools_resources/place_search2?sq_content_src=%2BdXJsPWh0dHAlM0ElMkYlMkYyMDMuOS4yNDkuMyUyRlBsYWNlTmFtZXMlMkZQbGFjZURldGFpbHMuYXNweCUzRm9iamVjdElEJTNENzU0MCZhbGw9MQ%3D%3D |publisher=ACT Planning and Land Authority |accessdate=6 October 2013 |date=22 May 2013 }}{{dead link|date=November 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
• Gooreen Street. Named for an Aboriginal word meaning 'wind'.{{cite web|title=Goreen Street |url=http://www.actpla.act.gov.au/tools_resources/place_search2?sq_content_src=%2BdXJsPWh0dHAlM0ElMkYlMkYyMDMuOS4yNDkuMyUyRlBsYWNlTmFtZXMlMkZQbGFjZURldGFpbHMuYXNweCUzRm9iamVjdElEJTNENzU4OSZhbGw9MQ%3D%3D |publisher=ACT Planning and Land Authority |accessdate=6 October 2013 |date=22 May 2013 }}{{dead link|date=November 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
• Helemon Street. Named for an Aboriginal word meaning 'a shield'.{{cite web|title=Helemon Street |url=http://www.actpla.act.gov.au/tools_resources/place_search2?sq_content_src=%2BdXJsPWh0dHAlM0ElMkYlMkYyMDMuOS4yNDkuMyUyRlBsYWNlTmFtZXMlMkZQbGFjZURldGFpbHMuYXNweCUzRm9iamVjdElEJTNENzg0OCZhbGw9MQ%3D%3D |publisher=ACT Planning and Land Authority |accessdate=6 October 2013 |date=22 May 2013 }}{{dead link|date=November 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
• Henty Street. Named for Edward Henty (1810–1878).{{cite web|title=Henty Street |url=http://www.actpla.act.gov.au/tools_resources/place_search2?sq_content_src=%2BdXJsPWh0dHAlM0ElMkYlMkYyMDMuOS4yNDkuMyUyRlBsYWNlTmFtZXMlMkZQbGFjZURldGFpbHMuYXNweCUzRm9iamVjdElEJTNENzg2NSZhbGw9MQ%3D%3D |publisher=ACT Planning and Land Authority |accessdate=6 October 2013 |date=22 May 2013 }}{{dead link|date=November 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
• Ijong Street. Named for an Aboriginal word meaning 'water'.{{cite web|title=Ijong Street |url=http://www.actpla.act.gov.au/tools_resources/place_search2?sq_content_src=%2BdXJsPWh0dHAlM0ElMkYlMkYyMDMuOS4yNDkuMyUyRlBsYWNlTmFtZXMlMkZQbGFjZURldGFpbHMuYXNweCUzRm9iamVjdElEJTNEODAzNiZhbGw9MQ%3D%3D |publisher=ACT Planning and Land Authority |accessdate=6 October 2013 |date=22 May 2013 }}{{dead link|date=November 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
• Ipima Street. Named for an Aboriginal word meaning 'two'.{{cite web|title=Ipima Street |url=http://www.actpla.act.gov.au/tools_resources/place_search2?sq_content_src=%2BdXJsPWh0dHAlM0ElMkYlMkYyMDMuOS4yNDkuMyUyRlBsYWNlTmFtZXMlMkZQbGFjZURldGFpbHMuYXNweCUzRm9iamVjdElEJTNEODA1NSZhbGw9MQ%3D%3D |publisher=ACT Planning and Land Authority |accessdate=6 October 2013 |date=22 May 2013 }}{{dead link|date=November 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
• Limestone Avenue. Named for 'Limestone Plains', an early name of the Canberra district.{{cite web|title=Limestone Avenue |url=http://www.actpla.act.gov.au/tools_resources/place_search2?sq_content_src=%2BdXJsPWh0dHAlM0ElMkYlMkYyMDMuOS4yNDkuMyUyRlBsYWNlTmFtZXMlMkZQbGFjZURldGFpbHMuYXNweCUzRm9iamVjdElEJTNEODQ4OCZhbGw9MQ%3D%3D |publisher=ACT Planning and Land Authority |accessdate=6 October 2013 |date=22 May 2013 }}{{dead link|date=November 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
• Lonsdale Street. Named for William Lonsdale (1800–1864).{{cite web|title=Lonsdale Street |url=http://www.actpla.act.gov.au/tools_resources/place_search2?sq_content_src=%2BdXJsPWh0dHAlM0ElMkYlMkYyMDMuOS4yNDkuMyUyRlBsYWNlTmFtZXMlMkZQbGFjZURldGFpbHMuYXNweCUzRm9iamVjdElEJTNEODU0MyZhbGw9MQ%3D%3D |publisher=ACT Planning and Land Authority |accessdate=6 October 2013 |date=22 May 2013 }}{{dead link|date=November 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
• Mort Street. Named for Thomas Sutcliffe Mort (1816–1878).{{cite web |title=Mort Street |url=http://www.actpla.act.gov.au/tools_resources/place_search2?sq_content_src=%2BdXJsPWh0dHAlM0ElMkYlMkYyMDMuOS4yNDkuMyUyRlBsYWNlTmFtZXMlMkZQbGFjZURldGFpbHMuYXNweCUzRm9iamVjdElEJTNEOTA0MiZhbGw9MQ%3D%3D |publisher=ACT Planning and Land Authority |accessdate=6 October 2013 |date=22 May 2013 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131222021114/http://www.actpla.act.gov.au/tools_resources/place_search2?sq_content_src=+dXJsPWh0dHAlM0ElMkYlMkYyMDMuOS4yNDkuMyUyRlBsYWNlTmFtZXMlMkZQbGFjZURldGFpbHMuYXNweCUzRm9iamVjdElEJTNEOTA0MiZhbGw9MQ%3D%3D |archivedate=22 December 2013}}
• Northbourne Avenue. Name comes from the combination of the words 'north' and 'bourne', north because the road is on the northern side of Canberra and bourne from an old French word meaning limit or boundary.{{cite web |title=Northbourne Avenue |url=http://www.actpla.act.gov.au/tools_resources/place_search2?sq_content_src=%2BdXJsPWh0dHAlM0ElMkYlMkYyMDMuOS4yNDkuMyUyRlBsYWNlTmFtZXMlMkZQbGFjZURldGFpbHMuYXNweCUzRm9iamVjdElEJTNEOTIyNCZhbGw9MQ%3D%3D |publisher=ACT Planning and Land Authority |accessdate=6 October 2013 |date=22 May 2013 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131222021414/http://www.actpla.act.gov.au/tools_resources/place_search2?sq_content_src=+dXJsPWh0dHAlM0ElMkYlMkYyMDMuOS4yNDkuMyUyRlBsYWNlTmFtZXMlMkZQbGFjZURldGFpbHMuYXNweCUzRm9iamVjdElEJTNEOTIyNCZhbGw9MQ%3D%3D |archivedate=22 December 2013}}
• Sulman Gardens. Named for John Sulman (1849–1934).{{cite web|title=Sulman Gardens |url=http://www.actpla.act.gov.au/tools_resources/place_search2?sq_content_src=%2BdXJsPWh0dHAlM0ElMkYlMkYyMDMuOS4yNDkuMyUyRlBsYWNlTmFtZXMlMkZQbGFjZURldGFpbHMuYXNweCUzRm9iamVjdElEJTNENjUyMTUmYWxsPTE%3D |publisher=ACT Planning and Land Authority |accessdate=6 October 2013 |date=22 May 2013 }}{{dead link|date=November 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
• Torrens Street. Named for Robert Torrens (1814–1884).{{cite web|title=Torrens Street |url=http://www.actpla.act.gov.au/tools_resources/place_search2?sq_content_src=%2BdXJsPWh0dHAlM0ElMkYlMkYyMDMuOS4yNDkuMyUyRlBsYWNlTmFtZXMlMkZQbGFjZURldGFpbHMuYXNweCUzRm9iamVjdElEJTNEMTAyMDUmYWxsPTE%3D |publisher=ACT Planning and Land Authority |accessdate=6 October 2013 |date=22 May 2013 }}{{dead link|date=November 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
• Wakefield Avenue. Named for Edward Gibbon Wakefield (1796–1862).{{cite web|title=Wakefield Avenue |url=http://www.actpla.act.gov.au/tools_resources/place_search2?sq_content_src=%2BdXJsPWh0dHAlM0ElMkYlMkYyMDMuOS4yNDkuMyUyRlBsYWNlTmFtZXMlMkZQbGFjZURldGFpbHMuYXNweCUzRm9iamVjdElEJTNEMTAzNTMmYWxsPTE%3D |publisher=ACT Planning and Land Authority |accessdate=6 October 2013 |date=22 May 2013 }}
• Wise Street. Named for Bernhard Ringrose Wise (1858–1916).{{cite web|title=Wise Street |url=http://www.actpla.act.gov.au/tools_resources/place_search2?sq_content_src=%2BdXJsPWh0dHAlM0ElMkYlMkYyMDMuOS4yNDkuMyUyRlBsYWNlTmFtZXMlMkZQbGFjZURldGFpbHMuYXNweCUzRm9iamVjdElEJTNEMTA1NjImYWxsPTE%3D |publisher=ACT Planning and Land Authority |accessdate=6 October 2013 |date=22 May 2013 }}

{{See also|Geology of the Australian Capital Territory}}

Calcareous shales from the Canberra Formation are overlain by Quaternary alluvium.

This rock is the limestone of the original title of Canberra "Limestone Plains".{{cite map|author1=Henderson, G. A. M. |author2=Matveev, G.|title=Geology of Canberra, Queanbeyan and Environs |scale=1:50000 |year=1980}}

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