Griffith, Australian Capital Territory

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Griffith
Canberra,  Australian Capital Territory
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Grant Crescent in 2022
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Griffith
Coordinates 35°19′29″S149°08′14″E / 35.32472°S 149.13722°E / -35.32472; 149.13722
Population5,328 (SAL 2021) [1]
Established1927
Gazetted 20 September 1928
Postcode(s) 2603
Elevation587 m (1,926 ft)
Area2.75 km2 (1.1 sq mi)
Location
District South Canberra
Territory electorate(s) Kurrajong
Federal division(s) Canberra
Suburbs around Griffith:
Forrest Barton Kingston
Red Hill Griffith Fyshwick
Red Hill Narrabundah Narrabundah

Griffith is an early inner-south suburb of Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia.

Contents

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, sized at approximately 3 km², is one of Canberra's oldest suburbs, with several of its streets designed according to Walter Burley Griffin's original designs for Canberra. The suburb has 20 parks covering nearly 12% of the total area.

History

House at corner of Murray and Grant Crescents House at corner of Murray and Grant Crescents, Griffith, ACT.JPG
House at corner of Murray and Grant Crescents

Settlement of the Blandfordia 5 Precinct southwest of Manuka began in 1926 and 1927. In 1928, southern Blandfordia (named after the Christmas Bell) was renamed Griffith and northern Blandfordia became Forrest. Griffith is named after Sir Samuel Griffith, who was chosen in 1903 as the first Chief Justice of the High Court of Australia and retained his position until retirement in 1919. Streets in Griffith are named after explorers. [2]

Griffith includes several areas that are listed by the ACT Heritage Council:

The art deco Whitley House at the corner of Canberra Avenue and Cunningham Street with modern flats behind and to the right Whitley Houses at the corner of Canberra Avenue and Cunningham Street, Griffith.JPG
The art deco Whitley House at the corner of Canberra Avenue and Cunningham Street with modern flats behind and to the right
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Evans Crescent House

Demography

At the 2021 census, Griffith had a population of 5,328 people, including 1.3% Indigenous people. The major industry of Griffith's citizens was central government administration and 41.7% of Griffith workers were professionals, 23.0% were managers and 11.6% were clerical and administrative workers. The median Griffith citizen was 38 years old, earning a mean weekly gross personal income of approximately $1,572 per week, compared to the ACT mean of $1,203 and the Australian mean of $805. [16]

66.9% of people were born in Australia. The next most common country of birth was England at 4.2%. 76.6% of people spoke only English at home. The most common responses for religion were No Religion (48.4%) and Catholic (17.8%). [16]

Politics

2022 Federal Election [17]
  Labor 45.68%
  Liberal 25.95%
  Greens 18.35%
  Independent 5.82%
2020 ACT Election [18]
  Labor 37.3%
  Liberal 32.9%
  Greens 18.4%
 Canberra Progressives5.0%

Griffith is located within the federal electorate of Canberra, which is currently represented by Alicia Payne in the House of Representatives. In the ACT Legislative Assembly, Griffith is part of the electorate of Kurrajong, which elects five members on the basis of proportional representation, currently two Labor, two Greens and one Liberal. [19] Polling place statistics are shown to the right for the Griffith polling place at St Edmund's College in the 2019 federal [17] and 2016 ACT [18] elections.

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 Avenue at Manuka to Frome Street. The Deakin fault is an important fault running in the north west direction across most of Canberra. [20]

Education

Griffith residents get preference for: [21]

Griffith is home to Canberra's first private Catholic boys school, St Edmund's College, a Christian Brothers school opened in 1954. There are 5 other schools located in the suburb.

The Russian Embassy School in Canberra, a Russian primary school operated by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia, is located on the grounds of the Embassy of Russia in Canberra in Griffith. It provides a free education to Russian diplomat families and accepts other children on a tuition basis. [22]

Notable places

The Canberra South Bowling Club on the corner of Austin and La Perouse Streets was designed by the architect Harry Seidler and completed in 1959 and demolished in 2014 to make way for high density apartments. [23] [24]

Footnotes

  1. Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Griffith (ACT) (Suburb and Locality)". Australian Census 2021 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022.  OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
  2. "Place Names". Australian Capital Territory Planning and Land Authority . Retrieved 3 February 2014.
  3. 1 2 "20045. Blandfordia 5 Housing Precinct (Entry to the ACT Heritage Register)" (PDF). ACT Heritage Council. Retrieved 17 March 2014.
  4. "Heritage (Decision about Registration for Griffith Oval No. 1, Griffith) Notice 2010" (PDF). ACT Heritage Council. 19 August 2010. Retrieved 17 March 2014.
  5. "20072. Whitley Houses (Entry to the ACT Heritage Register)" (PDF). ACT Heritage Council. Retrieved 17 March 2014.
  6. "Heritage (Decision about Registration for St Paul's Church, Griffith) Notice 2011" (PDF). ACT Heritage Council. 10 March 2011. Retrieved 17 March 2014.
  7. "20084. Former Petrov Residence - 7 Lockyer Street (Entry to the ACT Heritage Register)" (PDF). ACT Heritage Council. 3 September 2004. Retrieved 17 March 2014.
  8. "20047. Evans Crescent Housing (Entry to the ACT Heritage Register)" (PDF). ACT Heritage Council. Retrieved 17 March 2014.
  9. "20078. Canberra Services Club (Entry to the ACT Heritage Register)" (PDF). ACT Heritage Council. 30 September 1998. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 March 2014. Retrieved 17 March 2014.
  10. "Club rebuild". Canberra Services Club. Archived from the original on 24 January 2014. Retrieved 18 March 2014.
  11. "20042. Manuka Swimming Pool (Entry to the ACT Heritage Register)" (PDF). ACT Heritage Council. Retrieved 17 March 2014.
  12. "20064. Dairy Farmers Co-Operative (Entry to the ACT Heritage Register)" (PDF). ACT Heritage Council. Retrieved 17 March 2014.
  13. "20044. Kingston/Griffith Housing Precinct (Entry to the ACT Heritage Register)" (PDF). ACT Heritage Council. Retrieved 17 March 2014.
  14. "Heritage (Decision about Registration for the former Griffith Child Welfare Centre, Griffith) Notice 2012" (PDF). ACT Heritage Council. 8 March 2012. Retrieved 17 March 2014.
  15. "Heritage (Decision about Registration for the Manuka Oval and Caretaker's Cottage, Griffith) Notice 2012" (PDF). ACT Heritage Council. 8 March 2012. Retrieved 17 March 2014.
  16. 1 2 Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Griffith". 2021 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 1 September 2022. OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
  17. 1 2 "Federal Election 2022 - Griffith Polling Place". Australian Electoral Commission. 10 June 2022. Retrieved 3 September 2022.
  18. 1 2 "2020 Results for Kurrajong Candidates at Griffith Polling Place". ACT Electoral Commission. 11 November 2020. Retrieved 3 September 2022.
  19. "Members of the Assembly". ACT Legislative Assembly . Retrieved 3 September 2022.
  20. Henderson G A M and Matveev G, Geology of Canberra, Queanbeyan and Environs 1:50000 1980.
  21. "Priority Enrolment Areas 2015 by Suburb" (Archive). Education Directorate, Australian Capital Territory. Retrieved 8 February 2016.
  22. "About School" (Archive). Russian Embassy School in Canberra. Retrieved 14 April 2015. " Registered and postal address: 78 Canberra Avenue, Griffith, ACT 2603 "
  23. Milton Cameron. Experiments in Modern Living: Scientists' Houses in Canberra, 1950 - 1970. p. 81. ISBN   9781921862694.
  24. Harry Seidler at archINFORM

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