Molonglo Valley

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Molonglo Valley

Coordinates-35.30°, 149.03°

Demographic figures from Australian Bureau of Statistics. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

Overview

Molonglo Valley is a district in the Australian Capital Territory in Australia. The district is subdivided into divisions (suburbs), sections and blocks and is the newest district of the ACT. The district is planned to consist of thirteen suburbs, planned to contain 33,000 dwellings, with an expected population of between 50,000 and 73,000. To be developed in three stages over more than ten years, the district will contain a principal town centre and a secondary group centre, with residential suburbs located to the south and north of the Molonglo River; located to the west of Lake Burley Griffin.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Wildlife & biodiversity

Citizen-science & research observations from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).

Earthquake history

Events from the USGS Earthquake Catalog (global) (FDSN Event Web Service).

Notable people from here

Christoph M. Schmidt

German economist

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Brent Larkham

Australian tennis player

Benjamin Williams

Australian association football referee

Mia Wasikowska

Australian actress (born 1989)

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Matthew Kemp

Australian soccer player

Josip Šimunić

Croatian footballer

Andrés Mack

Australian-born Argentine footballer (1876-1936)

Paul Crake

Australian racing cyclist

Patricia Hewitt

British politician (born 1948)

Adam Phelan

Australian cyclist

Alex O'Loughlin

Australian film and television actor

Carl Valeri

Australian association football player

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Lincoln Hall

Australian mountaineer (1955–2012)

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Lara Cox

Australian actress

Katy Gallagher

6th Chief Minister of the Australian Capital Territory (born 1970)

Andrew Barisic

Australian soccer player (born 1986)

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in Australian Capital Territory

• Weston Creek
  2.8 mi away · pop. 22,700
• Canberra
  3.9 mi away · pop. 466,566
• Woden
  4.7 mi away · pop. 33,000
• Belconnen
  5.3 mi away · pop. 8,502
• South Canberra
  5.6 mi away · pop. 31,592
• Canberra
  5.7 mi away
• Uriarra Village
  6.1 mi away · pop. 349
• North Canberra
  6.3 mi away
• Tuggeranong
  8.7 mi away · pop. 86,900
• Hall
  9.5 mi away · pop. 298
• Gungahlin
  10.1 mi away
• Tharwa
  14.3 mi away

Browse all places in Australian Capital Territory →

Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Recently spotted species

small-leaf parrot-pea

Dillwynia phylicoides

Seen 2026-09-24

nodding blue lily

Stypandra glauca

Seen 2026-09-24

Waxlip Orchid

Glossodia major

Seen 2026-09-24

Australian Magpie

Gymnorhina tibicen

Seen 2026-09-24

Cotton Tipworm Moth

Crocidosema plebejana

Seen 2026-09-24

Brown Shield Bug

Poecilometis strigatus

Seen 2026-09-24

Australian Wood Duck

Chenonetta jubata

Seen 2026-09-24

Welcome Swallow

Hirundo neoxena

Seen 2026-09-24

Striated Pardalote

Pardalotus striatus

Seen 2026-09-24

Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).