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Forrest was originally called Blandfordia and was gazetted as a suburb in 1928. It was built to the original Canberra plans and many of its streets are named after explorers and governors.

Forrest contains several heritage precincts, including the Blandfordia 4 Precinct, the Forrest Housing Precinct, the Forrest Fire Station Precinct, and St Christopher’s Cathedral Precinct. These areas are protected for their Garden City design and early 20th‑century architecture.

Manning Clark House is about 0.3 km away, Collins Park is roughly 0.2 km distant, and St Christopher’s Cathedral is around 0.6 km from the property. The Greater Union Manuka cinema and the Free Serbian Orthodox Church are also within 0.6 km.

Forrest’s streets follow circular and geometric patterns derived from Walter Burley Griffin’s 1913 plan, which can make navigation confusing. Major axes radiate from Capital Hill with concentric circles forming the suburb’s grid.

According to the 2021 census, 42.5 % of Forrest’s residents work as professionals and the median weekly personal income is $1,816, well above the Australian average. The suburb has a high proportion of public‑service workers, with 20.5 % employed in central government administration.

The suburb sits on Mount Painter Volcanics, mainly dark‑grey to green‑grey dacitic tuff, with outcrops of shale and sandstone. In the north‑north‑east, Ordovician Pittman Formation greywacke and Black Mountain Sandstone are also found.