Business categories in Fyshwick, ACT

Welcome to Fyshwick, ACT

Fyshwick is a retail and light industry suburb of Canberra and is located east of the South Canberra district, approximately 9km from Civic (Canberra’s city centre).

Fyshwick was named after Sir Philip Fysh, a Tasmanian politician who assisted in bringing about Australia’s Federation. The suffix ‘wick’ means ‘village’ and is an old English style of naming. Fyshwick consists mainly of light industrial and retail developments. The streets of the suburb are named for prominent Australian industrial towns and regions. These names include Isa Street, Townsville Street and Geelong Street, amongst others. The only railway line into Canberra runs through the middle of Fyshwick dividing the area into two halves.

Fyshwick Markets are a Canberra institution and Canberra’s oldest markets. Fyshwick Fresh Food Markets were Canberra’s first farmers markets beginning when farmers, many of them Italian and Greek immigrants, would gather on the block where the markets are now located to literally ‘circle the wagons’ every Friday, selling their produce off the back of their trucks.