Canberra suburb named after Whitlam

The late former prime minister Gough Whitlam will have a new Canberra suburb named in his honour.

A portrait of Gough Whitlam with a candle sits across from the memorial service for the former Prime Minister outside of the Town Hall in Sydney Source: AAP

A new Canberra suburb will be named in honour of the late former prime minister Gough Whitlam.

ACT Chief Minister Andrew Barr has announced the name Whitlam has been chosen for land being released in Molonglo Valley and residents will move in by the end of the decade.

Mr Whitlam had strong links to Canberra, moving there in 1926 with his family at age 10 and completing high school in the capital.