Towns & cities
Canberra
capital city of Australia
Australia · -35.2931, 149.1269
Canberra is recorded as a filming location for 5 productions. Wikidata records these shoots at town level: somewhere in Canberra, rather than at one identified spot. Wikipedia names it for 4 more.
1 production was filmed at 4 places inside Canberra rather than at Canberra itself: listed below, each with the place it was shot.
Movies and TV series filmed in Canberra
- Blacklight 2022
- The Castle 1997
- The Code 2014–
- Secret City 2016–
- Blue World Order 2017
Filmed here, per Wikipedia
Productions whose English Wikipedia article names Canberra as somewhere it was shot, with no matching statement on Wikidata. Weaker evidence than the statements above, so it gets its own list, each production’s own page links the exact section the claim comes from.
- Home and Away 1988–
- Indian 1996
- Demonstrator 1971
- Passion 1999
Movies and TV series filmed elsewhere in Canberra
1 production shot at 4 places inside Canberra, each named beside it. Separate from the list above, which is what Wikidata records against Canberra itself.
- Outback Vampires Yarralumla per Wikipedia 1987
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Landmarks & buildings
Australian War Memorial
Australia
national war memorial and museum in Canberra, Australia
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Landmarks & buildings
Australian National University
Australia
national research university in Canberra, Australian Capital Territory
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Landmarks & buildings
Parliament House
Australia
house of parliament for Australia
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Towns & cities
Yarralumla
Australia
suburb of Canberra, Australia
Filming locations nearby
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Landmarks & buildings
Old Parliament House
Australia·1 km south
former house of the Parliament of Australia
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Landmarks & buildings
Australian Academy of Science
Australia·1 km north
academy of sciences
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Landscapes & nature
Lake Burley Griffin
Australia·1 km west
man-made lake in Canberra, Australia
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Landmarks & buildings
John Curtin School of Medical Research
Australia·2 km north-west
biomedical research centre in Canberra, Australia
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Landmarks & buildings
Parliament House
Australia·2 km south
house of parliament for Australia
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Landmarks & buildings
Australian National University
Australia·2 km north
national research university in Canberra, Australian Capital Territory
Frequently asked questions
What was filmed in Canberra?
10 productions are recorded as filmed in Canberra, 1 of them at places inside it, including Blacklight (2022), The Castle (1997) and The Code (2014–). 4 of the credits come from Wikipedia articles rather than Wikidata statements and are labelled per Wikipedia.
Which is the best known production filmed in Canberra?
Blacklight (2022), covered by 21 Wikipedia language editions, which is how this atlas ranks fame.
Where is Canberra?
Canberra is in Australia. Its coordinates are -35.2931, 149.1269.
What other filming locations are near Canberra?
Old Parliament House (1 km south), Australian Academy of Science (1 km north), Lake Burley Griffin (1 km west), John Curtin School of Medical Research (2 km north-west) and 2 more, all within 40 km and listed on this page with photographs.
Where does this information come from?
Filming location statements on Wikidata, joined to the place's coordinates and Wikipedia article, plus places named in Wikipedia articles, which are labelled per Wikipedia wherever they appear. The photograph is from Wikimedia Commons, by Tim J Keegan from Lake Macquarie, Australia, CC BY-SA 2.0.