Harrison

Harrison is one of the newest of the Gungahlin Suburbs.

Harrison is named after Peter Harrison (b. 1918) who was the chief Planner of the National Capital Development Commission from 1959 to 1967. He was also a member of the National Capital Planning Committee from 1979 to 1984 and a Fellow of the Urban Research Unit of the National Australian University from 1967. Peter Harrison died in 1990.

The street names of Harrison are based on the themes of Natural Features, Waterfalls, Plains, Tablelands and Plateaux