The District of Canberra Central is one of the 18 districts of the Australian Capital Territory used in land administration. It is subdivided into divisions (suburbs), sections and blocks. It is mentioned in the Districts Act 1966. It includes the Inner North and Inner South. [1] While the other districts in the Canberra area are well known (Belconnen, Weston Creek, Woden Valley, Tuggeranong, Gungahlin) - Canberra Central would less often be thought of as a district outside of its administrative use: more often as the Inner North and Inner South. The district of Canberra Central is mentioned in various ACT legislation.[2]
Canberra Central is bounded on the north by the Gungahlin district, the east by the Majura district, the south by the Jerrabombera district (not the Queanbeyan NSW suburb of Jerrabomberra, but the nearby ACT district), the south-west by the Woden Valley and Weston Creek districts, and the west by the Belconnen district.
It includes the inner south divisions (suburbs) of Barton, Capital Hill, Deakin, Forrest, Fyshwick, Griffith, Kingston, Narrabundah, Parkes, Red Hill (except for the Federal Golf Course which is in Woden Valley district), and Yarralumla.
It includes the inner north divisions (suburbs) of Acton, Ainslie, Braddon, Campbell, City, Dickson, Downer, Hackett, Lyneham, O'Connor, Reid, Russell, Turner and Watson (except for the very north end near the Australian Heritage Village which is in the Majura district). Part of the nature park to the east and south of Mount Majura is also in the district. It also includes Black Mountain and the land south of Lady Denman Drive around Yarramundi Reach, near Lake Burley Griffin.
Note that nearby Pialligo is part of the Majura district, and Symonston is part of the Jerrabomberra district.