Hawker, Australian Capital Territory
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| Hawker Canberra, Australian Capital Territory |
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| Population: | 2,817 (2006 census) | ||||||||||||
| Established: | 1972 | ||||||||||||
| Postcode: | 2614 | ||||||||||||
| Property Value: | AUD $305,000 (2005)[1] | ||||||||||||
| LGA: | Belconnen | ||||||||||||
| Assembly Electorate: | Ginninderra | ||||||||||||
| Federal Division: | Fraser | ||||||||||||
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Hawker (postcode: 2614, is a suburb of Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia. Hawker is in the district of Belconnen.
The suburb of Hawker is named after Charles Hawker (1894-1938), Member of the House of Representatives from 1929-1938 and Federal minister in 1932. Streets in the suburb are named according to the theme of Northern Territory pastoral stations.
The centrepiece of the suburb is a group centre where there are many small businesses and shops like take aways, newsagents, a hotel, and a KFC. The area supports three schools: Hawker Primary, Belconnen High, and Hawker College (a specialist senior high school). Combined, these schools cover students from preschool to Year 12.
Hawker is a popular location for sport, and includes the multi-purpose Hawker Playing Fields; Hawker Enclosed Oval, a small football (soccer) stadium, centres for tennis and lawn bowls; and the Hawker International Softball Centre.
In 2006 Hawker was listed as one of the highest earning suburbs in Canberra.
[edit] Geology
Silurian age Green grey rhyodacite of the Walker Volcanics underlie the whole suburb. Off the south west of the suburb and south east of the Pinnacle is a lens of limestone and shale underneath the rhyodacite.
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