    griffith  is a city in south-western new south wales, australia. it is also the seat of the city of griffith local government area. like the australian capital, canberra and the nearby town of leeton, griffith was designed by walter burley griffin. griffith was named after arthur hill griffith the first new south wales minister of public works.australian dictionary of biography entry for griffith, arthur hill (1861 - 1946) griffith was proclaimed a city in 1987, and had a population of 17,616 in 2011. it can be accessed by road from sydney and canberra via the hume highway and the burley griffin way and from melbourne, victoria via the newell highway and either by using the kidman way or the irrigation way. the city of griffith had contained no traffic lights up until february 2010 when the first set of traffic lights was installed at the intersection of burrell place and wakaden street.{{cite news |url=http://griffith.yourguide.com.au/news/local/general/council-says-no-to-lights/1211794.html |title=council says no to lights |last=tyson |first=ross |accessdate=8 april 2008 |date=28 march 2008 |publisher=[[fairfa
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