| Name |
Location |
Origin of name |
| Fraser |
North |
James (Jim Fraser-Member of the ACT Advisory Council,
1949-51; MHR for the ACT, 1951-70; Vice-Chairman
of the Joint Parliamentary Committee on the ACT,
1957-70. |
| Dunlop |
North West |
War hero of the Burma railway Edward "Weary"
Dunlop |
| Macgregor |
North West |
WILLIAM MACGREGOR GCMG; CB; Governor of Queensland,
1909-14; first Chancellor of the University of Queensland,
1911 |
| Holt |
West |
Prime Minister Harold Holt 1966 to 1967 |
| Latham |
West |
Chief Justice of the High Court, John Latham |
| Charnwood |
North West |
A former homestead in the Belconnen District;
Henry Hall obtained a grant of 3492 acres of land
which he named `Charnwood', 1833; named after the
Forest of Charnwood in England |
| Flynn |
North West |
Presbyterian Minister John Flynn who set up the
Flying Doctor Service for Outback Australia |
| Spence |
North West |
Prominent Labour Leader; `Father' of the Australian
Workers' Union; Member, first House of Representatives
1901; Postmaster-General 1914-15; Vice-President
Executive Council, 1916-17 |
| Higgins |
West |
Henry Bournes Higgins- Origin: Legislator and
lawyer; won seat of Geelong, 1894, and attended
as Member of Federal Convention, 1897-98; Attorney-General,
1904; Justice of High Court, 1906-29; famous for
his ruling which established the principle of a
basic wage
|
| Scullin |
Central |
James Scullin-Prime Minister, 1929-31; MHR for
Corangamite, Victoria, 1910-13; MHR for Yarra, Victoria,
1922-49; Leader, Federal Labor Party, 1928-35. |
| Melba |
Central North |
Dame Nellie Melba -Opera singer |
| Florey |
Central |
Howard Florey-scientist; shared Nobel Prize for
work in Penicillin research, 1945; awarded Rockefeller
Travelling Scholarship to the USA, 1925; Professor
of Pathology, Sheffield University, England, 1931-35;
President of the Royal Society, 1960-65; Chancellor,
Australian National University, 1965-68 |
| Page |
Central |
Earle Page-Short term Prime Minister and former
leader of the Country Party (now National Party) |
| Weetangara |
South Central |
After the property "Spring Vale", which
in turn had been given a name of Aboriginal origin
(it is also called Weetangerra and Weetangara in
early documents). |
| Hawker |
South Central |
Charles Hawker-Soldier, pastoralist and politician. |
| Evatt |
North Central |
Herbert Evatt-Judge and politician, leader of
Federal ALP 1951 to 1960 and President of the United
Nations General Assembly 1948. |
| McKellar |
North Central |
Geral McKellar-Politician, Senator and Commonwealth
Minister |
| Belconnen Town Centre |
Central |
Name associated with the locality since the days
of the early settlers. The name is taken from a
land grant made in 1837 to the explorer Captain
Charles Sturt in the area. |
| Macquarie |
South |
Lachlan Macquarie-Governor of New South Wales,
1810-21; in his term in office, he encouraged exploration
and constructed 276 miles of public roads. |
| Cook |
South East |
Captain James Cook-Navigator and explorer, discovered
East Coast of Australia 1n 1770 |
| Giralang |
North East |
From the language of the Wiradhuri tribe of the
central west of New South Wales, meaning `star'. |
| Lawson |
Central East |
Henry Lawson-Short story writer and poet. (Suburb
yet to be developed, currently the site of the Australian
Naval Radio Station) |
| Kaleen |
North East |
From the language of the Wiradhuri tribe of the
central-west of New South Wales, meaning `water'. |
| Bruce |
Cenral East |
Stanley Bruce-Former Prime Minister of Australia
and member of the British War Cabinet in the second
world war |
| Aranda |
South East |
Name of aboriginal tribe of Central Australia,
sometimes known as Arunta. Arunta means white cockatoo
(a.w. reed) |
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