Isaacs, Australian Capital Territory
Isaacs is a suburb in the district of Woden in Canberra, Australian Capital Territory.
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 O'Malley, Mawson and 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, politician, Chief Justice and the first Australian-born Governor-General of Australia.
Demographics
In the, the population of Isaacs was 2,379, including 40 Indigenous persons and 1,466 Australian-born persons.Theme for streets
The suburb's theme is 'educationists': the streets are therefore named after people associated with Australian education. Some of the main streets in Isaacs, and their honorees, are:- Alexander Mackie Circuit: Alexander Mackie, academic who was first principal of the Sydney Teacher Training College and first Professor of Education at the University of Sydney
- Buntine Crescent: Walter Murray Buntine, teacher and campaigner for public education
- Dorsch Street: Agnes Maria Johanna Dorsch, private teacher at Government House; teacher at Concordia College, 1923-43
- Julia Flynn Avenue: Julia Teresa Flynn, secondary school teacher and school inspector
- Maclagan Street: James B Maclagan, educationist who pioneered correspondence education
- Rowntree Crescent: Amy Rowntree, OBE, teacher, school inspector and historian
- Whitty Crescent: Ellen Whitty, social worker and missionary who established 26 Mercy schools and teacher training colleges
- William Wilkins Crescent: William Wilkins, educational reformer and administrator, including Principal of Fort Street Model School