Palmerston (ACT)
- Local Government Area
- Unincorporated ACT
- Postcode
- 2913
- Population
- 5,579
- Area
- 1.95 km²
- Coordinates
- -35.1945, 149.1194
- Data
- Based on Australian Bureau of Statistics ASGS boundaries, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
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About Palmerston (ACT)
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.
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