Other notable facilities are the Jamison branch of the Canberra Southern Cross Club and the Big Splash Water Park.

[2] It was named after Thomas Jamison (1752/53–1811), a First Fleet surgeon and prominent landowner, government official and mercantile trader of the colonial era.

For many years the Jamison Centre played a significant role in servicing the adjacent area, but decreased in importance and became increasingly neglected.

The final plan, released in 2002, mapped out a number of methods of achieving this, including improving traffic flow and building new shops and restaurants facing the adjacent streets.

Though the government provided assurances that the centre would remain open throughout the process, much of the complex was vacant for some time with many long-term retailers moving temporarily to nearby locations.