| Florey Canberra, Australian Capital Territory | |||||||||||||||
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  Florey | |||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 35°13′33″S 149°02′58″E / 35.22583°S 149.04944°E | ||||||||||||||
| Population | 4,781 (SAL 2021)[1] | ||||||||||||||
| Established | 1980 | ||||||||||||||
| Postcode(s) | 2615 | ||||||||||||||
| Area | 2.8 km2 (1.1 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
| District | Belconnen | ||||||||||||||
| Territory electorate(s) | Ginninderra | ||||||||||||||
| Federal division(s) | Fenner | ||||||||||||||
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Florey (/ˈflɔːri/) is a residential suburb of the Belconnen district of Canberra, located within the Australian Capital Territory, Australia. Florey was gazetted on 5 August 1975 and most houses were constructed in the mid-1980s.
The suburb itself is named after Howard Florey, Baron Florey, who shared the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1945 for his role in the extraction of penicillin. The streets of Florey are named after Australian scientists.[2]
- ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Florey (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2021 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022.
- ^ "Place name search". ACT Environment and Sustainable Development. Retrieved 11 January 2013. (not possible to link directly to search results)
