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{{Short description| Retail and light industry suburb of Canberra, Australia }}

{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2021}}
{{Use Australian English|date=March 2018}}
{{Infobox Australian place
| type      = suburb 
| name      = Fyshwick
| state     = act
| city      = Canberra
| image     = Fyshwick_viewed_from_Mount_Pleasant_in_March_2013.jpg
| caption   = Fyshwick viewed from Mount Pleasant {{ca.}} 2013
| map_type  =
| lga       = South Canberra
| postcode  = 2609
| alternative_location_map = Australia ACT districted Canberra
| pushpin_map_caption = Location in [[Canberra]]
| coordinates   ={{coord|-35.329|149.174|region:AU_type:city_source:GNS-enwiki|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
| est       = 
| gazetted  = 20 September 1928
| pop       = <!--leave blank to draw the latest automatically from Wikidata-->
| elevation = 577
| area      = 9.76
| stategov  = [[Kurrajong electorate|Kurrajong]]
| fedgov    = [[Division of Canberra|Canberra]]
| dist1     = 9
| dir1      = SE
| location1 = [[Civic, Australian Capital Territory|Canberra CBD]]
| dist2     = 9
| dir2      = W
| location2 = [[Queanbeyan]]
| dist3     = 93
| dir3      = SW 
| location3 = [[Goulburn, New South Wales|Goulburn]]
| dist4     = 290
| dir4      = SW 
| location4 = [[Sydney]]
| near-nw   = [[Barton, Australian Capital Territory|Barton]]
| near-n    = [[Campbell, Australian Capital Territory|Campbell]]
| near-ne   = [[Pialligo, Australian Capital Territory|Pialligo]]
| near-e    = [[Beard, Australian Capital Territory|Beard]]
| near-w    = [[Kingston, Australian Capital Territory|Kingston]]
| near-sw   = [[Griffith, Australian Capital Territory|Griffith]]
| near-s    = [[Narrabundah, Australian Capital Territory|Narrabundah]]
| near-se   = [[Symonston, Australian Capital Territory|Symonston]]
}}

'''Fyshwick''' ({{IPAc-en|f|ɪ|ʃ|w|ɪ|k}}) is a retail and light industrial suburb of [[Canberra]], Australia,  east of the South Canberra district. At the {{CensusAU|2016}}, Fyshwick had a population of 56.<ref name="Census">{{Census 2016 AUS|id=SSC80059|name=Fyshwick (state suburb)|accessdate=28 June 2017|quick=on}}</ref>

It has many motor vehicle dealers, stores selling home furnishings and hardware, and stores that sell goods wholesale. Fyshwick also has the [[Canberra Outlet Centre]] and the [[Fyshwick Fresh Food Markets]]. There are also some cafés and fast-food outlets.

It was named after Sir [[Philip Fysh]], a [[Tasmania]]n politician who assisted in bringing about Australia's Federation. The suffix "wick", from Old English, means "dwelling place"{{snd}}and, by extension, "village" or "district". Its streets are named after Australia's industrial towns and regions{{snd}}for example, [[Mount Isa]] is represented by Isa Street and [[Townsville]] is represented by Townsville Street.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.actpla.act.gov.au/tools_resources/place_search3?sq_content_src=%2BdXJsPWh0dHAlM0ElMkYlMkYyMDMuOS4yNDkuMyUyRlBsYWNlTmFtZXMlMkZQbGFjZURldGFpbHMuYXNweCUzRm9iamVjdElEJTNENTM1OTkmYWxsPTE%3D |title=Suburb Name search results |publisher=ACT Environment and Sustainable Development |access-date=9 February 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140227124859/http://www.actpla.act.gov.au/tools_resources/place_search3?sq_content_src=%2BdXJsPWh0dHAlM0ElMkYlMkYyMDMuOS4yNDkuMyUyRlBsYWNlTmFtZXMlMkZQbGFjZURldGFpbHMuYXNweCUzRm9iamVjdElEJTNENTM1OTkmYWxsPTE%3D |archive-date=27 February 2014}}</ref>

Fyshwick is also known for its adult entertainment industry. Fyshwick and [[Mitchell, Australian Capital Territory|Mitchell]] are the two places in the ACT where strip clubs and [[brothel]]s may operate legally. [[Prostitution]] in the ACT was decriminalised in 1992, but strip clubs and brothels are restricted to those two suburbs. Fyshwick was also known for firework retailers before their 2009 ban from public purchase in the [[Australian Capital Territory]].

The only railway line into Canberra runs through the middle of Fyshwick, dividing the area into halves. Ipswich and Newcastle Streets as well as the [[Monaro Highway]] cross the railway line, uniting both halves of Fyshwick.

The Fyshwick [[sewage treatment]] works was built in 1967 to treat [[waste water]] that could not easily be pumped to the other side of Canberra. It is now used to treat industrial waste water, which is then used to water the [[Royal Military College, Duntroon|Duntroon]] grounds and [[golf course]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.actewagl.com.au/education/water/wastewater/reuse.cfm |title=Actewagl.com.au |access-date=31 October 2004 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040413161714/http://www.actewagl.com.au/education/water/wastewater/reuse.cfm |archive-date=13 April 2004 |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>[http://www.actewagl.com.au/default.aspx?loc=/customers/largebusiness/cranos.htm Actewagl.com.au]</ref>
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File:Fyshwick Markets - 15 May 2020 (49993989286).jpg|[[Fyshwick Fresh Food Markets]]
File:Canberra Outlet Centre-Newcastle Street view.jpg|[[Canberra Outlet Centre]]
</gallery>

==History==
One noteworthy portion of Fyshwick, located between the railway line and Canberra Avenue, was built as an [[internment camp]] during early 1918. It was known as the Molonglo Internment Camp, although it was also referred to as a [[concentration camp]]. The site was intended to accommodate 3,500 German and Austrian nationals being expelled from China, however once the camp had been established in May 1918 these internees were no longer destined for Molonglo. Instead, the camp housed 150 internees transferred from the Bourke Camp in [[New South Wales]]. The camp was closed in late 1919 after the internees were deported to Germany. Most of the camp's buildings were sold off, with the remaining buildings being converted to house construction workers, some of whom were unemployed returned servicemen. It was then called Molonglo Settlement.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://canberracamps.webs.com/power%20house%20etc/MOLONGLO%20SETTLEMENT.pdf |title=Canberra Camps: Molonglo Settlement |access-date=18 April 2021}}</ref> Gradually the camp buildings were moved to other camp sites around Canberra and the roads used to service the camp became the first streets of Fyshwick.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.hotkey.net.au/~jwilliams4/xlabor.htm |title=No 1 Labourers' Camp (c1922-1928) FCT (also known as Daniel's No 1 after Herbert Daniel, Mess Caterer) |publisher=hotkey.net.au |access-date=19 November 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.m2cms.com.au/uploaded/18/The%20Molonglo%20internment%20Camp%20final.pdf |title=The Molonglo internment Camp |author=Alan Foskett |access-date=19 November 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091024150754/http://www.m2cms.com.au/uploaded/18/The%20Molonglo%20internment%20Camp%20final.pdf |archive-date=24 October 2009 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
[[Image:FyshwickSky.jpg|right|230px|thumb|Fyshwick from the northeast]]

The internment camp's hospital at what is now Tennant Street became the Molonglo Public School. This school closed in 1942 and then became a naval auxiliary wireless station. This operated until 1946. The station consisted of one wooden T-shaped building and a [[fibro]] mess hall. This station operated the receivers for the strategic fixed radio links to Australia for [[Whitehall]], [[Halifax, Nova Scotia|Halifax]] and Bombay Fort. During this period 14 [[WRANS]] operated the equipment. Marion Stevens was a Petty Officer in charge of the station from 1943 to 1946. She was notable as the only woman in charge of a transmitting station.

The station was part of the [[Harman, Australian Capital Territory|Harman]] radio network, as was connected via a landline to the main Harman site. Equipment at the Molonglo station included [[teleprinter]]s for use when reception was good. During poorer [[radio propagation]] periods morse code [[radiotelegraphy]] had to be used.

After the war the Molonglo station became a dog training school. In the early 1980s the buildings were demolished.

==Geology==
[[File:Part of Kembla St Fyshwick Dec 2012.jpg|thumb|A typical streetscape in Fyshwick]]
{{See also|Geology of the Australian Capital Territory}}
Most of the north of Fyshwick is underlain by Canberra Formation, calcareous [[shale]].
On top of this to the east and west of Jerrabomberra creek are [[Tertiary period|Tertiary]] pebble gravels, and also [[quaternary]] alluvium.
There are two [[andesite]] dykes intruded across Gladstone Street.

South of the South Fyshwick fault is the dacitic [[andesite]] of the Ainslie Volcanics.

The South Fyshwick Fault starts in Narrabundah, runs east from Lithgow St to Tennant Street, crosses the Molonglo river and heads north east to Dundee Hill to join Sullivans Fault.<ref>Henderson G A M and Matveev G, Geology of Canberra, Queanbeyan and Environs 1:50000 1980.</ref>

==Education==
Fyshwick residents get preference for:<ref>"[http://www.det.act.gov.au/school_education/enrolling_in_an_act_public_school/priority_placement_areas/priority-enrolment-areas-2015-by-suburb Priority Enrolment Areas 2015 by Suburb]" ([https://web.archive.org/web/20160214184237/http://www.det.act.gov.au/school_education/enrolling_in_an_act_public_school/priority_placement_areas/priority-enrolment-areas-2015-by-suburb Archive]). Education Directorate, Australian Capital Territory. Retrieved on 8 February 2016.</ref>
*A shared Priority Enrollment Area (PEA) of Forrest Primary and Red Hill Primary
*[[Telopea Park School]] (for high school)
*[[Narrabundah College]]

==References==
*  ''A History of HMAS Harman and its people: 1943–1993'', by Lieutenant Annette Nelson, RAN, Canberra 1993, pub DC-C Publications.

==Footnotes==
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[[Category:Suburbs of Canberra]]