Places of Note and Interest
- City is the major shopping and office precinct in Canberra.
- Russell has the main headquarters of the Australian Defence Force.
- The Australian National University has its campus in the suburb of Acton and the Australian Defence Force Academy and Royal Military College, Duntroon are in the suburb of Campbell.
- The Australian War Memorial is also located in Campbell.
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