Crace, Australian Capital Territory

Crace
CanberraAustralian Capital Territory
View looking East from Percival Hill over Crace
Crace is located in Australian Capital Territory
Crace
Crace
Coordinates35°12′08″S 149°06′23″E / 35.20222°S 149.10639°E / -35.20222; 149.10639
Population4,800 (SAL 2021)[1]
Established2010
Postcode(s)2911
Elevation611 m (2,005 ft)
Area1.7 km2 (0.7 sq mi)
Location
DistrictGungahlin
Territory electorate(s)Yerrabi
Federal division(s)Fenner
Suburbs around Crace:
Nicholls Palmerston Franklin
Percival Hill Canberra Nature Park Crace Canberra Nature Park
Kaleen Giralang Mitchell

Crace (/krs/) is a suburb of Canberra, Australia in the district of Gungahlin. It was named after Edward Kendall Crace an original settler in the Gungahlin area. Streets in Crace are named after parishes and land divisions from colonial times.[2] It is bounded by the Barton Highway, Gundaroo Drive, Nudurr Drive and Gungahlin Drive. Located in the suburb is the Canberra Nature Park of Gungaderra Grasslands nature reserve.[3] At the 2016 census, it had a population of 4,459.[4]

  1. ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Crace (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2021 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022. Edit this at Wikidata
  2. ^ "Suburb Name search results". ACT Planning & Land Authority. Retrieved 7 February 2009. [dead link]
  3. ^ "Canberra Nature Park" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 March 2012. Retrieved 27 August 2014. CRACE GRASSLANDS NATURE RESERVE
  4. ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Crace (State Suburb)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2017. Edit this at Wikidata