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National Museum of Australia
Canberra's striking postmodern museum exploring Australia's land, nation, and people through immersive storytelling.
8 km · about 15 min drive
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Kaleen
Australian Capital Territory, Australia · Oceania
About Kaleen
Kaleen is worth a stop: 5 minutes from Nicholls, 8km from National Museum of Australia.
Kaleen is in Australian Capital Territory, Australia, with about 7,100 people. You drive on the left here. The nearest town is Nicholls, about 4 km away.
Kaleen ( kay-LEEN or kə-LEEN) is a suburb in the Belconnen district of Canberra, located within the Australian Capital Territory, Australia. The suburb's name is derived from the word for 'water' in the language of the Wiradjuri Aboriginal tribe of the central west region of New South Wales. Kaleen was gazetted as aRead more
suburb on 15 January 1974. The streets are named after Australian rivers.
The suburb is next to Lyneham, Giralang, Lawson and Bruce. It is bordered by Baldwin Drive and Ginninderra Drive. It has several ovals; Kaleen North oval, Kaleen Enclosed oval, Kaleen District Playing Fields and Kaleen South oval, which play host to a number of sports, including soccer, cricket, and rugby. Unusually for a suburb, there are two small shopping centres in Kaleen, both bordering the main street of Maribyrnong Avenue. There is also a larger shopping centre near Kaleen's border with Giralang on Georgina Crescent.
The 2XX transmitting station is also located in Kaleen, near the Barton Highway. On the east side of the suburb is the Lyneham Ridge eucalypt plantation and a horse holding paddock. Kaleen, like most of Canberra, is located on a network of well-maintained bicycle paths. The main track in Kaleen passes under Ginninderra Drive, and runs through the middle of the suburb in a generally north–south direction, exiting the other side to the neighbouring suburb of Giralang.
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Within an hour or so of Kaleen: National Museum of Australia (8 km).
Where is Kaleen?
Kaleen is in Australian Capital Territory, Australia, about 4 km from Nicholls.
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- Population
- 7,092
- Continent
- Oceania
- Country
- Australia
- Region
- Australian Capital Territory
- Timezone
- Australia/Sydney
- Coordinates
- -35.2181, 149.1052
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