Giralang
Giralang | |||||||||||||
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Giralang Primary | |||||||||||||
Giralang Location in Canberra | |||||||||||||
| Coordinates: 35°12′43″S 149°05′50″E / 35.21194°S 149.09722°E | |||||||||||||
| Country | Australia | ||||||||||||
| State | Australian Capital Territory | ||||||||||||
| City | Canberra | ||||||||||||
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| Established | 1974 | ||||||||||||
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• Total | 2.4 km2 (0.93 sq mi) | ||||||||||||
| Elevation | 599 m (1,965 ft) | ||||||||||||
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| • Total | 3,372 (SAL 2021) | ||||||||||||
| Postcode | 2617 | ||||||||||||
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Giralang (/ɡɪrəlæŋ/) is a suburb of the Belconnen district of Canberra, located within the Australian Capital Territory, Australia.
The suburb is named after the word in the language of the Wiradhuri Aboriginal tribe of the Central West of New South Wales, meaning star. The suburb name was gazetted on 15 January 1974. Streets in Giralang are named after Aboriginal words for stars, astronomers and constellations seen from the southern hemisphere.
In the suburb is the Giralang District Playing fields and adjacent Giralang Primary School. The suburb is bordered by Baldwin Drive, Gundaroo Drive and the Barton Highway.