History

The suburb is named after Henry Bournes Higgins (1851-1929). He won a seat of Geelong in 1894 and attended as Member of Federal Convention 1897-1898. Attorney-General in 1904, Justice of the High Court from 1906-29 and was famous for his ruling which established the principle of a basic wage.

The suburb name "Higgins" was gazetted on 6 June 1968

Street Naming Theme

Streets in Higgins are named after Judges, from Richard Ashburner (1904-1963), Judge of the Commonwealth Court of Conciliation and Arbitration to James Francis Brazel (1906-1961), Judge of the Supreme Court of South Australia.

Facilities

Distance to City GPO:

0.1 km

Closest Major Shopping Centre

KIPPAX FAIR - 1.3 km

Closest hospital

CALVARY PRIVATE HOSPITAL - 5.9 km

Closest Educational Institutions:

Primary School

SOUTHERN CROSS EARLY CHILDHOOD SCHOOL, SCULLIN - 0.7 km

High School

KINGSFORD SMITH SCHOOL - 0.8 km

College

HAWKER COLLEGE - 1.4 km

University

UNIVERSITY OF CANBERRA, BRUCE - 5.3 km

(approximate straight line distances)

Profile

Average age:	36 years
Houses:	87.9%
Townhouses:	8.7%
Flats & units:	3.0%
Other:	0.3%
Population:	3,026