The suburb was named after Sir James Dickson (1832-1901) who was one of the founders of the Constitution. Sir James was also a Legislator, Federalist and was the Premier of Queensland from 1898-1899. He was among the leading advocates in the State for Federation, attending several Federal Councils as a delegate.
The suburb name "Dickson" was gazetted on 20 September 192
Streets are named after Educationists, Premiers, Pioneer Pastoralists and many street names are Aboriginal words.
Distance to City GPO: 0.3 km
Closest Major Shopping Centre:
CANBERRA CENTRE - 3.1 km
Closest Hospital:
CALVARY PRIVATE HOSPITAL - 4.8 km
Primary School:
NORTH AINSLIE PRIMARY SCHOOL, AINSLIE - 0.5 km
High School:
LYNEHAM HIGH, LYNEHAM - 1.0 km
College:
DARAMALAN COLLEGE - 0.3 km
University:
AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY - 3.7 km
| Average age: | 35 years |
| Houses: | 60.2% |
| Townhouses: | 21.4% |
| Flats & units: | 18.4% |
| Other: | 0.0% |
| Population: | 1,948 |