Griffith, Australian Capital Territory
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| Griffith Canberra, Australian Capital Territory |
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| Population: | 4257 (2001 census) | ||||||||||||
| Established: | 1927 | ||||||||||||
| Postcode: | 2603 | ||||||||||||
| Property Value: | AUD $400,000 (2005)[1] | ||||||||||||
| District: | South Canberra | ||||||||||||
| Assembly Electorate: | Molonglo | ||||||||||||
| Federal Division: | Canberra | ||||||||||||
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Griffith (postcode: 2603) is an early inner-south suburb of Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia. Griffith is named after Sir Samuel Griffith, who was chosen in 1903 as the first Chief Justice of the High Court of Australia. Streets in Griffith are named after explorers.
Griffith contains the Manuka Shopping Centre, one of the earliest shopping areas built in Canberra. Noted buildings in the suburb include the Russian Embassy and St Paul's Anglican Church.
Griffith is one of Canberra's oldest suburbs, with several of its streets designed according to Walter Burley Griffin's original designs for Canberra.
[edit] Geology
Rocks in Griffith are from the Silurian age. Mount Painter Volcanics dark grey to green grey dacitic tuff is found to the south west of the Deakin Fault. Canberra Formation, calcareous shale is in the north east of the Deakin Fault. The Deakin Fault is named after the suburb, and in the suburb runs from Canberra Ave at Manuka to Frome Street. The Deakin fault is an important fault running in the north west direction across most of Canberra.
[edit] Notable places
Griffith is home to Canberra's first private Catholic boys school, St Edmund's College, a Christian Brothers school which was opened in 1954.
The Canberra South Bowling Club on the corner of Austin and La Perouse Streets was designed by the architect Harry Seidler completed in 1959.[2][3]
Griffith is also known for the street of Flinders way, which appears as the second most expensive street in the Australian version of Monopoly at the price of $350.
