Acton, Australian Capital Territory
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| Country | Australia | ||||||||||||
| State | Australian Capital Territory | ||||||||||||
| City | Canberra | ||||||||||||
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| Established | 1928 | ||||||||||||
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| Elevation | 567 m (1,860 ft) | ||||||||||||
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| • Total | 2,848 (2021 census) | ||||||||||||
| Postcode | 2601 | ||||||||||||
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Acton is a suburb of Canberra, ACT, Australia. Acton covers an area west of the CBD, bordered by Black Mountain to the west and Lake Burley Griffin in the south.
The Australian National University campus covers most of Acton, though other sites in the suburb include the National Film and Sound Archive located in the former Institute of Anatomy building, the National Museum of Australia on the Acton Peninsula, and New Acton, which was developed as a unique urban precinct around Acton House in phases from 2006 to 2019.
At the 2021 census Acton had a population of 2,848 people, mostly students living at the Australian National University.