Beard is a suburb of Canberra in the district of
Jerrabomberra named after ex-convict Timothy
Beard, the first recorded settler in the vicinity of
modern-day Queanbeyan] Beard is located in the
Harman area between Fyshwick and Oaks Estate,
immediately north of the border with New South
Wales and city of Queanbeyan and approximately
9 km (5.6 mi) east of the city centre. Beard consists
almost entirely of a small light industrial estate.