James Reay Fraser was a Member of the ACT Advisory Council from 1949-51 and was Vice Chairman of the Joint Committee on the ACT from 1959-70.
The suburb name "Fraser" was gazetted on 15 January 1974
Streets in Fraser are named after Early Australian Capital Territory Residents ranging from those associated with early commercial trading in Canberra to the Manager of the Yarralumla Station dairy in the 1890's.
Distance to City GPO: 1.8 km
Closest Major Shopping Centre:
KIPPAX FAIR - 4.1 km
Closest Hospital:
CALVARY PRIVATE HOSPITAL - 7.6 km
Primary School:
FRASER PRIMARY - 0.2 km
High School:
MELBA COPLAND HIGH SCHOOL, MELBA - 2.5 km
College:
MELBA COPLAND COLLEGE, MELBA - 2.6 km
University:
UNIVERSITY OF CANBERRA, BRUCE - 6.3 km
| Average age: | 38 years |
| Houses: | 97.7% |
| Townhouses: | 1.8% |
| Flats & units: | 0.4% |
| Other: | 0.0% |
| Population: | 2,158 |