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| Hawker Canberra, Australian Capital Territory | |||||||||||||||
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  Hawker | |||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 35°14′38″S 149°02′17″E / 35.244°S 149.038°E | ||||||||||||||
| Population | 3,008 (SAL 2021)[1] | ||||||||||||||
| Established | 1972 | ||||||||||||||
| Postcode(s) | 2614 | ||||||||||||||
| Area | 1.9 km2 (0.7 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
| District | Belconnen | ||||||||||||||
| Territory electorate(s) | Ginninderra | ||||||||||||||
| Federal division(s) | Canberra | ||||||||||||||
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Hawker (/ˈhɔːkər/) (postcode: 2614) is a suburb of the Belconnen district of Canberra, located within the Australian Capital Territory, Australia.
The suburb of Hawker is named after Charles Hawker (1894–1938), Member of the House of Representatives from 1929 to 1938 and Federal minister in 1932. Streets in the suburb are named according to the theme of Northern Territory pastoral stations.[2]
- ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Hawker (ACT) (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2021 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022.
- ^ "Suburb Name search results". ACT Environment and Sustainable Development. Retrieved 11 January 2013.
