Banks (Canberra, ACT)

Australia / Australian Capital Territory / Canberra / Canberra, ACT
Banks (postcode 2906) is a suburb in the Canberra, Australia district of Tuggeranong. It is the most southerly suburb of Canberra. The suburb is named after Sir Joseph Banks (1743-1820), the botanist who accompanied Captain James Cook to the Pacific Ocean on which he entered Botany Bay in 1770. The suburb was gazetted on 12 March 1987. The theme of the street names is botany or natural history.
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banks,_Australian_Capital_Territory
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Coordinates:   35°28'5"S   149°6'11"E
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