Florey, Australian Capital Territory
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Florey (/ˈflɔːri/) is a residential suburb of the Belconnen district of Canberra, located within the Australian Capital Territory, Australia. Florey was gazetted on 5 August 1975 and most houses were constructed in the mid-1980s.
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Florey Canberra, Australian Capital Territory | |||||||||||||||
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Coordinates | 35°13′33″S 149°02′58″E | ||||||||||||||
Population | 4,781 (SAL 2021)[1] | ||||||||||||||
Established | 1980 | ||||||||||||||
Postcode(s) | 2615 | ||||||||||||||
Area | 2.8 km2 (1.1 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
District | Belconnen | ||||||||||||||
Territory electorate(s) | Ginninderra | ||||||||||||||
Federal division(s) | Fenner | ||||||||||||||
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The suburb itself is named after Howard Florey, Baron Florey, who shared the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1945 for his role in the extraction of penicillin. The streets of Florey are named after Australian scientists.[2]