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Campbell, Canberra — Area Guide & Where to Stay
Campbell is a suburb of Canberra at the base of Mount Ainslie, holding the Australian War Memorial at the head of ANZAC Parade.
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Where to stay in Campbell
Each area has its own feel; here's who each one suits.
The Australian War Memorial is the reason most visitors end up in Campbell, and a bed in this suburb puts that building, ANZAC Parade and the slope of Mount Ainslie inside an easy walk. Canberra's centre is close. Campbell suits a stay built around the memorials along ANZAC Parade, with Blundells Cottage and the Mount Pleasant Nature Reserve filling the hours either side of them. Wider Canberra still holds more beds.
Few places to stay in Campbell — most visitors book in Canberra nearby.
About Campbell
What are the main landmarks in Campbell?
Few suburbs carry this much commemorative weight. The Australian War Memorial stands at the head of ANZAC Parade, and the parade itself is lined with the Australia-New Zealand Memorial, the Royal Australian Navy Memorial, the Royal Australian Air Force Memorial and the Australian Service Nurses National Memorial. Blundells Cottage sits apart from the memorials.
Simpson and his donkey stands at the Australian War Memorial, the Peacekeeping Memorial and the National Workers Memorial add two more, and St John the Baptist Church sits over in neighbouring Reid. The Canberra Korean Uniting church is listed here too.
What is the history of Campbell?
Campbell was laid out in 1928. The ground below Mount Ainslie has since taken on a role that has little to do with ordinary suburban settlement, because the Australian War Memorial and the length of ANZAC Parade behind it turned this corner of Canberra into a place of national commemoration. Memorials outnumber everything else.
The Peacekeeping Memorial and the Australian Service Nurses National Memorial sit in the same company, and Campbell holds all of them without ceasing to be a suburb of the Australian Capital Territory where people live.
Where is Campbell?
Campbell covers ground south-east of Canberra's central business district, at the base of Mount Ainslie and bounded by the Mount Pleasant Nature Reserve.
Common questions
What is the best area to stay in Campbell?
Canberra: trips wanting the whole Canberra spread rather than the ANZAC Parade end of it.
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Updated September 2026