Woden is a suburb situated in a valley of
Canberra, the capital of Australia. First developed in the 1950s. Famous for housing the headquarters of several
Australian federal public service organisations, including the
Department of Health and Aged Care,
Department of Veterans Affairs,
Centrelink,
Investment Property (IP) Australia and
ATSIC (
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission). Also contains a large shopping centre, housing estates and some
pokie clubs.
Actually it is not famous for those things; those are the only noteworthy features of the place that comes to mind. How it got named after a Storm Giant beats me, but the Vikings also named Greenland. Drive on.