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Forrest

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Unincorporated ACT, 177 Rokeby Rd, Forrest, ACT 2603

Description

Forrest is a suburb of Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia.

Forrest is a suburb of Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia. Forrest is named after Sir John Forrest, an explorer, legislator, federalist, premier of Western Australia, and one of the fathers of the Australian Constitution. Streets in Forrest are named after explorers and governors. According to the Australian Bureau of Statistics Forrest is the second most Socio-Economic advantaged location in Australia after the neighbouring suburb of Barton.

Forrest is one of the few suburbs in Canberra built to the original Canberra plans. It contains many circular and geometric patterns in its streets and can be quite confusing to drive in. Forrest was renamed from the earlier suburb Blandfordia (the name of the Christmas Bell) and gazetted as a suburb in 1928.

South Blandfordia became part of the new suburb of Griffith at the same time.

The original residents of Forrest were mostly senior public servants who were moved from Melbourne.

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Type: Suburbs

Population: 1001-10000

Time zone: UTC +11:00

Area: 1.59 km2

Elevation: 501-1000 metres

Town elevation: 590 m

Population number: 1,615

Local Government Area: Unincorporated ACT

Location

Unincorporated ACT, 177 Rokeby Rd, Forrest, ACT 2603

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This article contains content imported from the English Wikipedia article on Forrest, Australian Capital Territory

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