History

The suburb was named after Sir John Winthrop Hackett (1848-1916). Sir John was a Legislator, editor of the West Australian newspaper and public benefactor and leading worker for Federation. He represented Western Australia at the 1891 and 1897-98 Conventions and was a member of the Constitutional Committee and was eleted to the State Legislative Council in 1894 and remained a Member until his death.

The suburb name "Hackett" was gazetted on 7 April 1960

Street Naming Theme

Streets in Hackett are named after Scientists.

Facilities

Distance to City GPO:

1.5 km

Closest Major Shopping Centre

CANBERRA CENTRE - 4.4 km

Closest hospital

CALVARY PRIVATE HOSPITAL - 6.8 km

Closest Educational Institutions:

Primary School

ROSARY PRIMARY SCHOOL - 0.9 km

High School

LYNEHAM HIGH, LYNEHAM - 3.0 km

College

DICKSON COLLEGE - 1.0 km

University

AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY - 5.4 km

(approximate straight line distances)

Profile

Average age:	40 years
Houses:	75.9%
Townhouses:	14.1%
Flats & units:	9.7%
Other:	0.3%
Population:	2,881