History

Hawker was named in honour of Charles Allan Seymour Hawker (1894-1938). Charles was a pastoralist and politician; Member of the Commonwealth Board of Trade 1927; Member of House of Representatives 1929-1938; Minister for Markets and for Repatriation, January-April 1932; Minister for Commerce April-September 1932.

The suburb name "Hawker" was gazetted on 15 April 1971

Street Naming Theme

Hawker has a street naming theme of Northern Territory Pastoral Stations.

Facilities

Distance to City GPO:

0.7 km

Closest Major Shopping Centre

BELCONNEN MALL - 2.8 km

Closest hospital

CALVARY PRIVATE HOSPITAL - 4.7 km

Closest Educational Institutions:

Primary School

HAWKER PRIMARY - 0.4 km

High School

BELCONNEN HIGH SCHOOL, HAWKER - 0.3 km

College

HAWKER COLLEGE - 0.5 km

University

UNIVERSITY OF CANBERRA, BRUCE - 4.5 km

(approximate straight line distances)

Profile

Average age:	43 years
Houses:	77.2%
Townhouses:	8.6%
Flats & units:	14.2%
Other:	0.0%
Population:	2,826

Map

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