History

Named after Herbert Vere Evatt (1894-1965) who was a Justice of the High Court of Australia from 1930-40. He was a Member of the House of Representatives from 1940-60, Attorney General and Minister for External Affairs 1941-49, Deputy Prime Minister from 1946-49, President, United Nations General Assembly 1948-49, Leader of the Opposition from 1951-60 and Chief Justice of New South Wales from 1960-62.

The suburb name "Evatt" was gazetted on 2 November 1972

Street Naming Theme

Streets in Evatt are named after Legal Professionals and those associated with the Parliament.

Facilities

Distance to City GPO:

2.9 km

Closest Major Shopping Centre

BELCONNEN MALL - 2.9 km

Closest hospital

CALVARY PRIVATE HOSPITAL - 4.6 km

Closest Educational Institutions:

Primary School

MILES FRANKLIN PRIMARY - 0.2 km

High School

MELBA COPLAND HIGH SCHOOL, MELBA - 1.8 km

College

MELBA COPLAND COLLEGE, MELBA - 0.9 km

University

UNIVERSITY OF CANBERRA, BRUCE - 3.3 km

(approximate straight line distances)

Profile

Average age:	35 years
Houses:	95.5%
Townhouses:	3.7%
Flats & units:	0.8%
Other:	0.0%
Population:	5,498