===== About Isaacs =====

Isaacs is a suburb in the district of [[area:1:woden]] in [[area:1:canberra]], Australian Capital Territory. The postcode is 2607.

The suburb was gazetted as a Division Name on 12 May 1966 but residential housing was not built until the late 1980s. Isaacs is next to the suburbs of **[[area:1:omalley]]**, **[[area:1:mawson]]** and **[[area:1:farrer]]**. It is bounded by Yamba Drive and Ngunawal Drive. Located in the suburb is the Canberra Nature Park of **Isaacs Ridge** and the Long Gully pine plantation.

The suburb is named after Sir Isaac Isaacs (1855–1948), politician, Chief Justice and the first Australian-born Governor-General of Australia (1931–1936).

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