| Weetangera Canberra, Australian Capital Territory |
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| Population: | 2,544 (2006 census)[1] | ||||||||||||
| Postcode: | 2614 | ||||||||||||
| District: | Belconnen | ||||||||||||
| Assembly Electorate: | Ginninderra | ||||||||||||
| Federal Division: | Fraser | ||||||||||||
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Weetangera is a suburb in the Canberra, Australia district of Belconnen.
It is next to the suburbs of Hawker, Page and Macquarie. The Canberra Nature Park of The Pinnacle Nature Reserve borders it to the south across Springvale Drive. It has a primary school, Weetangera primary, and Weetangera neighbourhood oval.
It is named after the property purchased by Samuel Shumack in 1861. It was also the name for the Weetangera parish, which included the land from Ginninderra Creek to the Molonglo River.
Weetangera is in the federal electorate of Fraser and the ACT electorate of Ginninderra.
Weetangera has a small shopping centre containing a bakery, beauty salon, jewellery shop and a publishing company.