Pearce ACT
Pearce is named in honour of George (Foster) Pearce, West Australian Member of the Senate form 1901-38. He was responsible for a number of portfolios during his 37 years in Federal Parliament and served under Prime Minister’s Fisher and Hughes.Nearby suburbs
Pearce is next to the suburbs of Torrens, Mawson, Chifley and behind it is the Canberra nature park of Mount Taylor.
Surrounding shops, restaurants, amenities, schools and places of interest
Marist College
Melrose High School
Sacred Heart Primary School
Mount Taylor
Torrens-Pearce Newsagency
Pearce Community Centre
Torrens Takeaway
Ethiopia Down Under, 2006 Winner Restaurant and Catering Awards for Excellence Best Ethiopian Restaurant
Ramas Fiji Indian Restaurant
Cons Seafood Restaurant, Mawson
Mawson Club
Panthong Thai Restaurant, Mawson
The Plaka Restaurant, Mawson
Imperial Inn Restaurant Mawson
Restaurant 57, Mawson
SInghs Indian Restaurant, Torrens
Taste of Asia, Mawson
Gundaroo Growers, Mawson
Did you know?
Mount Taylor is part of Canberra Nature Park which comprises 30 separate reserves around the Capital. The reserves contain some of the best examples of Yellow Box-Red Gum Grassy Woodland left in Australia. This type of woodland is an endangered ecological community. It is home to a number of rare or threatened species such as the Hooded Robin, Striped Legless Lizard and the Button Wrinklewort.