Palmerston, Australian Capital Territory
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Kosciusko Avenue | |||||||||||||
Palmerston Location in Canberra | |||||||||||||
| Coordinates: 35°11′40″S 149°06′50″E / 35.19457°S 149.11400°E | |||||||||||||
| Country | Australia | ||||||||||||
| State | Australian Capital Territory | ||||||||||||
| City | Canberra | ||||||||||||
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| Established | 1994 | ||||||||||||
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• Total | 1.9 km2 (0.73 sq mi) | ||||||||||||
| Elevation | 622 m (2,041 ft) | ||||||||||||
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| • Total | 5,579 (SAL 2021) | ||||||||||||
| Postcode | 2913 | ||||||||||||
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Palmerston (/ˈpɑːmərstən/) is a suburb in the Canberra, Australia district of Gungahlin. The suburb is named after George Thomas Palmer (1784–1854) who established a settlement in the Canberra region in 1826 called Palmerville, which was later renamed Ginninderra. It was gazetted on 20 March 1991. Streets are named after mountains and mountain ranges of Australia, with the main street called Kosciuszko Avenue. It is next to the suburbs of Nicholls, Gungahlin, Crace and Franklin. It was the second suburb to be developed in the Gungahlin district, after the industrial suburb of Mitchell. It is bounded by Gungahlin drive and Gundaroo drive.