64-542: Belconnen ( / ˈ b ɛ l k ɒ n ɪ n / ) is a district in the Australian Capital Territory in Australia . The district is subdivided into 27 divisions (suburbs), sections and blocks. As at the 2021 census , the district had a population of 106,061 people; and was the most populous district within the Australian Capital Territory (ACT). Belconnen is situated approximately 7 kilometres (4.3 mi) to
128-607: A broadcasting tower rising a further 195 metres (640 ft) above the summit. The Australian National Botanic Gardens and the CSIRO share the eastern base of Black Mountain, next to the Australian National University. Black Mountain was originally named Black Hill at the same time as the naming of nearby Red Hill . The original name explains why the mountain is not named Mount Black, like nearby Mount Majura and Mount Ainslie . The early European settlers referred to
192-577: A land administration county. However, there have been some land administration counties which did have county councils: Cumberland (1945–63), Northumberland (1948–63) and Rous (1940-pres., with trading name of Rous Water There were only five counties in the Northern Territory, which were divided into hundreds. Darwin is located in the Hundred of Bagot in the Palmerston County : usually only
256-570: A larger population than all the other counties in South Australia combined. Another reason is that many of the counties' borders follow rivers, having been proclaimed before settlements developed, which means that towns which typically grow up on rivers often find themselves in more than one county. Wangaratta , for instance, is located at the junction of the Ovens and King rivers, and is thus in three counties; Moira , Delatite and Bogong . Some of
320-450: A marginally higher than average proportion (26.6 per cent) where a non-English language was used (national average was 24.8 per cent); and a similar proportion (72.4 per cent) where English only was spoken at home (national average was 72.0 per cent). The primary mode of transport within the District is by private vehicle. The District of Belconnen was planned in the 1960s and was guided by
384-524: A philosophy of reliance on private personal transport and an abundance of roads. Public buses serve the district with local and express services; the primary interchange is off Benjamin Way in the town centre . Belconnen is well served by a network of near-freeway-quality roads located between suburbs and intersecting the district. The main roads between suburbs are typically landscaped with mounds of earth and vegetation to form 'parkways'. The main roads connecting
448-426: A suburb, called Emu Ridge consists entirely of town house and unit developments, such as UniGardens, Belconnen accommodation for University of Canberra students (run by UniGardens Pty). The most recent suburb to be gazetted is Lawson in 1986, where infrastructure works have commenced and residential development is in progress. Within the district of Belconnen, there is almost no 'heavy' industry; however there
512-724: A town and then divided into sections and these subdivided into crown allotments. However, many parishes do not follow county borders, some being located in more than one county. The county with the largest population is the County of Bourke , which contains Melbourne . Legal documents can describe the county, parish, township (if there is one), section, crown allotment number, and certified plan number. For example: " County of Dalhousie , Parish of Lauriston, being 2 hectares, being Crown Allotment 2, Section 40" or "Parish of Ballarat, County of Grant .. Crown Allotment 29, Section 101, Township of Ballarat East.. as shown on Certified Plan No. 105127" At
576-591: A variety of licensed premises within the Belconnen Town Centre, many close to the shores of Lake Ginninderra. The Belconnen Markets are a fresh food market area within this commercial district operating from Tuesday to Sunday during business hours. Smaller retail shopping centres are located at the Jamison Centre in the suburb of Macquarie ; the Kippax Centre in the suburb of Holt ; and shopping centres in
640-400: Is a haven to native wildlife. Galambary (Black Mountain) is a sacred Aboriginal meeting and business site, predominantly for men’s business. Black Mountain and adjacent Mount Ainslie are referred to as women’s breasts. Galambary was also used by Ngunnawal people as an initiation site, with the mountain itself said to represent the growth of a boy into a man. The mountain is located west of
704-508: Is also the home to the ACT's only government operated Year 7–12 school, with the dual campus Melba Copland Secondary School located in the North-Eastern suburb of Melba . [REDACTED] Media related to Belconnen, Australian Capital Territory at Wikimedia Commons Lands administrative divisions of Australia#Australian Capital Territory Lands administrative divisions of Australia are
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#1732845127461768-453: Is described with the Section number, hundred and county, for example "Section 53, Hundred of Borda , County of Carnarvon ", or the allotment number within government towns. Sometimes a combination is used, such as "allotment 1 (DP 25326), Hundred of Munno Para ". Often only the hundred name is used, not the county, as each hundred has a unique name making the county name redundant. Tasmania
832-409: Is divided into 20 land districts, subdivided into 480 parishes. These include the former 18 counties, which were renamed land districts and retained the same borders. In addition Flinders Island and King Island are now also districts. In the nineteenth and early twentieth century Tasmania had 18 counties. The original counties were divided into hundreds (containing four parishes) but this distinction
896-568: Is located in the suburb of Bruce and has a student population of approximately 10,000. A Canberra Institute of Technology (CIT) campus is also in Bruce. The Australian Capital Territory Government operates 23 Preschools, 19 Primary Schools, 5 High Schools and 3 Colleges (Senior Secondary Schools) within the District of Belconnen. There are also 8 religious schools and one Government special school for students with disabilities. Prominent High schools include Radford College and Canberra High . Belconnen
960-488: Is some light industry and manufacturing, including automotive repair, plumbing, electrical, building, and similar services as well as small arts and crafts manufacturing and sales outlets. A variety of medical practitioners and veterinarians also service the region. There is an established artistic community which includes aspiring performing musicians, theatre groups and visual artists. A recycling industry, involving organic as well as plastic and metals collection takes place at
1024-456: The 2011 census was 13.6 per cent; and in the subsequent ten years to the 2021 census, the population grew by 14.7 per cent. When compared with total population growth of Australia for the same periods, being 14.6 per cent and 18.2 per cent respectively, population growth in Belconnen district was lower than the national average. The median weekly income for residents within the Belconnen district
1088-711: The ACT Legislative Assembly , most of Belconnen is within the Ginninderra electorate , but the suburbs of Giralang and Kaleen are in Yerrabi . The Belconnen district is a set of 27 contiguous residential suburbs that surround the Belconnen Town Centre , set on the western shore of the artificially established Lake Ginninderra. In addition to the residential development, the district contains some pastoral leasees on its western and south-western boundaries with
1152-670: The Australian Communications and Media Authority . The Australian Taxation Office had offices located in the Belconnen Town Centre in the Cameron Offices . The Calvary Hospital is a privately operated public hospital , located in the suburb of Bruce . Also in the suburb of Bruce are a number of sporting and education facilities including the University of Canberra (UC), the Canberra Institute of Technology (or CIT),
1216-467: The Australian Institute of Sport (AIS), and Canberra Stadium . At the 2021 census , there were 106,061 people in the Belconnen district, of these 49.5 per cent were male and 50.5 per cent were female. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people made up 2.1 per cent of the population, which was lower than the national and territory averages. The median age of people in the Belconnen district
1280-689: The County of Yancowinna . Similar award examples exist in the other states and territories that have been subdivided into counties. The County of Yancowinna is also the only part of New South Wales which is in a different time zone to the rest of the state, as mentioned in the Australian Standard Time Act of 1987. Counties are also used on paperwork for mortgage securities in banks. Parishes and counties are also mentioned in definitions of electoral districts. Counties have since gone out of use in Australia, and are rarely used or even known by most of
1344-695: The County of Yungnulgra in New South Wales, and County of Croajingolong in Victoria. The use of counties, hundreds and parishes was popular in Australia in the 19th century, with many maps of Australian colonies showing these divisions, and towns and cities often listed in their county. Legal cases referenced counties, and many genealogical records for Australia in the 19th century list the county and parish for location of birth, deaths and marriages. The 1911 Britannica also describes Australian towns and cities as being in their respective county, including most of
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#17328451274611408-470: The National Library of Australia is located in Section 27, Blocks 4, 5 and 8, Division of Parkes, District of Canberra Central. There are 141 counties and 7,459 parishes within New South Wales. The County of Cumberland , in which Sydney is located, has the largest population. The original Nineteen Counties were the limits of settlement in the early part of the 19th century. Legal documents describe
1472-566: The Ngunnawal people, is a small mountain with an elevation of 812 metres (2,664 ft) AHD that is situated to the west of the Canberra central business district on the northern shore of Lake Burley Griffin , in the Australian Capital Territory of Australia . Black Mountain is protected from development by the Canberra Nature Park and is predominantly covered in native bushland and
1536-470: The cadastral divisions of Australia for the purposes of identification of land to ensure security of land ownership. Most states term these divisions as counties , parishes , hundreds , and other terms. The eastern states of Queensland , New South Wales , Victoria , and Tasmania were divided into counties and parishes in the 19th century, although the Tasmanian counties were renamed land districts in
1600-499: The 19th century there were 109 counties, which were later divided into 319 in 1901. The counties which contain the largest population are those on the east coast with the County of Stanley containing Brisbane ; the County of Ward containing the Gold Coast and the County of Canning containing Caboolture . Several of these were counties in New South Wales before Queensland became a separate colony in 1859. Legal documents used to list
1664-688: The 20th century. Parts of South Australia (south-east) and Western Australia (south-west) were similarly divided into counties, and there were also five counties in a small part of the Northern Territory . However South Australia has subdivisions of hundreds instead of parishes, along with the Northern Territory, which was part of South Australia when the hundreds were proclaimed. There were also formerly hundreds in Tasmania. There have been at least 600 counties, 544 hundreds and at least 15,692 parishes in Australia, but there are none of these units for most of
1728-711: The ACT. Murray lies east of the Murrumbidgee River , with Cowley to the west of the river. Parishes and counties are not currently used in ACT titles. Instead, the Districts Act 1966 divided the ACT into 18 districts: Canberra Central , Woden Valley , Belconnen , Jerrabomberra , Majura , Tuggeranong , Weston Creek , Gungahlin , Stromlo , Kowen , Hall , Coree , Paddys River , Cotter River , Tennent , Rendezvous Creek , Booth and Mount Clear . The parts of these located in Canberra itself are divided into divisions (i.e. suburbs ), sections and blocks. For example,
1792-517: The Aboriginal names suggested at the time were rejected. At various times 3 other Hundred names were proposed but never adopted. All 561 (535+5+10+8+3) current, obsolete or proposed Hundred names are listed in South Australia's official online gazetteer Placenames Online . The city of Adelaide is located in the Hundred of Adelaide in the County of Adelaide . The County of Adelaide held at least 60% of South Australia's population between 1855 and 1921;
1856-732: The Lot number, Deposited Plan number, Parish and County. For example, the Sydney Opera House is described as being in Lot 5 in Deposited Plan 775888 at Bennelong Point , Parish of St. James , County of Cumberland , city of Sydney Note that the land administration counties are not the same as the county councils that have been used to administer water and electricity, such as the Goldenfields Water County Council. or Central Tablelands County Council which do not correspond with
1920-531: The Lot number, Registered Plan number, County and Parish. For instance, government land near the Brisbane Cricket Ground was described as "Lot 2 on Registered Plan B31553, County of Stanley , Parish of South Brisbane". However, since the digitisation and renumbering of the cadastre of Queensland, parishes are no longer used on title documents. While they have never officially been abolished, they are no longer used except in historical contexts. In 2006,
1984-653: The Parkwood Road Recycling Estate, on the outermost western boundary of the district, within the suburb of Holt. A poultry farm is situated nearby and is a significant primary industry producer providing eggs to Canberra and the surrounding region. The predominant shopping centre of the district is Westfield Belconnen , located within the Belconnen Town Centre. Additional local commerce activity includes large and smaller department stores , clothes retailers, car dealerships, homeware, supermarkets, and specialist grocery outlets. There are numerous restaurants and
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2048-648: The Queensland Department of Natural Resources, Mines and Water was considering abolishing Counties and Parishes and using only Lot and Plan numbers to identify parcels of land. There are 49 counties in South Australia, mostly in the south-east part of the state. All except 3 of the counties are subdivided into a total of 535 Hundreds . 5 further Hundreds proclaimed between 1853 and 1860 were annulled in 1870. Additionally, 10 Hundreds with names of German origin were renamed after Allied commanders or battles in 1918, 8 of these 10 had been slated for renaming in 1916, but
2112-467: The capital cities: Melbourne , County of Bourke ; Sydney , County of Cumberland ; Brisbane , County of Stanley ; Adelaide , County of Adelaide ; and Hobart , County of Buckingham . However it is not mentioned that Perth was located in the County of Perth , as even by this time county names were infrequently used in Western Australia, where they did not cover all of the settled areas, unlike
2176-677: The county name, such as Argyle County, while the County of Cadell (roughly in the Murray Shire area) is still the name for a vineyard and motor lodge in the same area. The land which became the Australian Capital Territory was made from land in the New South Wales counties of Murray and Cowley . This includes four former parishes of Canberra , Yarrolumla , Narrabundah and Gigerline in Murray and 15 former parishes in Cowley, while land in parts of other parishes of these counties also became part of
2240-445: The county names live on by being the same name of present-day local government areas, general region names, towns or establishments in the area. For instance, the current Shire of Plantagenet and Shire of Victoria Plains in Western Australia are in the similar area to the County of Plantagenet and County of Victoria , respectively. The modern city of Devonport in Tasmania is located in the County of Devon . Some regions do promote
2304-446: The district is now administered subject to the Districts Act 2002. Belconnen was previously occupied by Ginninderra , the former agricultural lands that corresponds with the watershed of Ginninderra Creek . The Belconnen district is named after one of the earliest land grants made in the district during colonial times. Belconnen a land grant totalling 800 hectares (2,000 acres) was made to explorer Charles Sturt who eventually sold
2368-519: The district with North Canberra and the city centre are Belconnen Way and Ginninderra Drive. These roads are 6 lane parkways for the majority of their length and run in an east–west direction. Belconnen is situated south of the Barton Highway which leads to Yass , where it connects with the Hume Highway to Sydney and Melbourne . To the south of the district is William Hovell Drive which connects
2432-481: The districts of Molonglo Valley and Stromlo , its north-western boundary with the state of New South Wales, and its northern and north-eastern boundaries with the districts of Hall and Gungahlin . The natural features of the district are constrained to the east and to the south-east by the Bruce Ridge and the northern slopes of Black Mountain , much of which has been preserved as nature reserves . The majority of
2496-766: The earliest British settlement in Australia, with the County of Cumberland proclaimed by Captain Phillip on 4 June 1788. In 1804 Governor King divided Van Diemen's Land into two counties; Buckingham in the south and Cornwall in the north. The parishes date to the surveys conducted after 1825, with the instructions given to Governor Brisbane on 23 Jun 1825 to divide the colony into counties, hundreds and parishes. At this time there were five counties already proclaimed in New South Wales: Cumberland , Westmoreland , Camden , Argyle and Northumberland . The Nineteen Counties in south-eastern New South Wales were
2560-454: The figure rose to 70.6% in 1966. All of the existing counties had been proclaimed by 1900, except for Le Hunte (proclaimed 1908), Bosanquet (proclaimed 1913), and Hore-Ruthven (proclaimed 1933). Parcels of land in most residential areas are identified with the Deposited Plan or Filed Plan number with an allotment number, for example: "Allotment 20 in Deposited Plan (DP) 11270". In many rural areas and historically in residential areas, land
2624-454: The first commercial centre in the district, opened in 1969. The Belconnen Town Centre located on the shore of Lake Ginninderra opened in the late 1970s. For the purposes of Australian federal elections for the House of Representatives , the District of Belconnen is contained within the electoral divisions of Fenner and Canberra . For the purposes of Australian Capital Territory elections for
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2688-632: The hundred name, not the county, is mentioned. This is divided into sections. An example of the way locations are described for Darwin is Darwin International Airport listed as being in "Section 3381, Hundred of Bagot from plan LT089/067A" In Alice Springs , where there are no hundreds or counties, legal documents give the lot number, town and plan number, for example "Lot 8721 Town of Alice Springs, plan(s) LTO96/016" There are currently 322 counties in Queensland, subdivided into 5,319 parishes. In
2752-506: The limits of location of the colony in a period after 1829, with the area outside them originally divided into districts, and later also into counties and parishes. Counties were established soon after the foundation of other Australian colonies. Many of the counties have English names, often the names of counties in England, such as Devon , Dorset , Cornwall and Kent Counties in Tasmania. Less frequently, some have Aboriginal names such as
2816-575: The main campus of the Australian National University and, together with the Bruce ridge, forms a natural west and northwestern boundary for Canberra city. Black Mountain rises 256 metres (840 ft) above the water level of Lake Burley Griffin that lies at its base. Situated close to the highest point on the mountain is Black Mountain Tower (previously known as Telstra Tower, and Telecom Tower),
2880-616: The mountain formation as the Canberry Ranges. The bulk of Black Mountain consists of the white quartz Black Mountain Sandstone . This was deposited in the late Early Silurian age. On the south-east slopes and north-west west there are exposures of State Circle shale . The Black Mountain Peninsula contains mudstone in the north and greywacke from the Ordovician age Pittman Formation in
2944-422: The nineteenth century, land districts sometimes served as the region name for parts of the state where counties had not been proclaimed yet. Below these are groups of land parcels known as deposited plans, registered plans or title plans (depending on the state). Queensland has registered plans; New South Wales and Western Australia have deposited plans; while Victoria has certified plans. Land can be identified using
3008-419: The north-west of the central business district of Canberra , and surrounds an artificially created, ornamental lake, Lake Ginninderra . Lake Ginninderra was made possible by building a dam at an elbow of Ginninderra Creek . Exiting the lake, via a simple overflow, Ginninderra Creek continues, and runs north-west to its confluence with the Murrumbidgee River just beyond the north-western ACT border. Following
3072-527: The number of this plan of subdivision held with the lands department, rather than with a named unit such as a parish (or both can be used); it has become more common to use only the plan number. Within these are individual land parcels such as lots; in total there are estimated to be about 10.2 million of these in Australia. The various cadastral units appear on certificates of title, which are given volume and folio numbers; these numbers by themselves are sometimes used to identify land parcels, or in combination with
3136-481: The other states. Instead the system of land divisions and land districts was used, with most of Perth located in the land districts of Swan , Canning and Cockburn Sound , all in the South West Land Division of Western Australia. Counties and parishes are also still referenced in property law , and in industrial relations instruments , for example in a New South Wales award, which excludes people from
3200-437: The other town centres to Canberra's south. Some services travel to Gungahlin . There are also express services which connect directly with Tuggeranong . The bus interchange is spread across the Belconnen town centre in three different locations. The previous interchange, which is now one of those locations, was connected by footbridge to large shopping centre and to office buildings occupied by major Government departments. It
3264-532: The other units. Detailed maps of these divisions have been required since the introduction of the Torrens title system of a central register of land holdings in South Australia in 1858, which spread to the other colonies. While cadastral data since the 1980s has been digitalised, there remain many old maps showing these divisions held in collections of Australian libraries such as the National Library of Australia , as well as in state libraries. Counties were used since
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#17328451274613328-449: The population today. Part of the reason is that counties are based on the size of land, rather than population, so in a large country where most of the population live in cities on the coast while the countryside has a very low population density , they have little relevance. The counties which contain the capital cities have millions of people, while those in remote areas have a very small population. The County of Adelaide, for instance, has
3392-621: The property to Robert Campbell who owned the nearby Duntroon Estate. A stone plaque located at the sport fields in Aranda , Belconnen's first suburb, commemorates the commencement of urban development of the Belconnen district, inscribed: "This tablet marks the inauguration of development of the district of Belconnen by the Minister of State for the Interior The Honourable J. D. Anthony, M.P. 23rd June 1966" The nearby Jamison Centre ,
3456-413: The residential suburbs are predominantly characterised by detached single family homes on suburban blocks, with pockets of medium density housing units or town houses . This is most pronounced in the suburbs of Belconnen , Bruce , Cook , Hawker , Holt , Kaleen , Macquarie , Melba , Page and Scullin . Within the suburb of Belconnen, a medium density estate, often mistaken as
3520-521: The southern and western suburbs of Belconnen with Parkes Way and the Tuggeranong Parkway which lead to the city centre and Canberra's southern districts respectively. The ACTION bus service which provides public transport throughout Canberra is the only form of regularly scheduled public transport in Belconnen. Services from the various suburbs generally pass through a bus interchange at Belconnen Town Centre from where they continue to Civic and
3584-554: The sparsely inhabited central and western parts of the country. Counties in Australia have little administrative and no political function, unlike those in England or the United States . Australia instead uses local government areas , including shires , districts , city councils , and municipalities according to the state, as the second-level subdivision. Some other states were also divided into land divisions and land districts; in
3648-688: The start of the 20th century, Western Australia had six land divisions which cover the whole state, divided into 80 land districts. The land districts were further subdivided into locations and lots. Western Australia also had 26 counties, all located in the south-west corner of the state, around Perth . The counties were designated in 1829, the year of the foundation of the Swan River Colony , with Governor Stirling instructing that counties were to be approximately 40 miles square (1,600 square miles). The counties appear on some nineteenth century maps of Australia along with counties in other states, however it
3712-625: The suburbs of Charnwood , Hawker , and Kaleen . The surrounding suburbs were designed each to have their own smaller shopping areas, with small supermarkets, chemists, hairdressers etc. Within the Belconnen Town Centre is a number of Australian Government department head offices including the Department of Immigration and Border Protection , the Australian Bureau of Statistics , the Australian Broadcasting Authority and
3776-697: The transfer of land from the Government of New South Wales to the Commonwealth Government in 1911, the district was established in 1966 by the Commonwealth via the gazettal of the Districts Ordinance 1966 (Cth) which, after the enactment of the Australian Capital Territory (Self-Government) Act 1988, became the Districts Act 1966. This Act was subsequently repealed by the ACT Government and
3840-409: Was 35 years, which was lower than the national median of 38 years. Children aged 0 – 14 years made up 18.1 per cent of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 15.1 per cent of the population. Of people in the area aged 15 years and over, 46.6 per cent were married and 10.5 per cent were either divorced or separated. Population growth in the Belconnen district between the 2001 census and
3904-528: Was an ageing facility which was criticised for being unsafe, particularly at night, and for being dirty and prone to vandalism. For these reasons it was subject to major renovations. The ACT Government plans to construct a busway to connect the Belconnen Town centre with the hospital and CIT precinct in Bruce and the city centre . The Belconnen Bikeway goes through the district. The University of Canberra
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#17328451274613968-517: Was seldom observed . Legal documents list Lot numbers, Plan numbers, Parishes and Land Districts. For example, "Lot No. 2 on Plan No. P.14486, Parish of Sorell, Land District of Pembroke " The cadastral divisions of Victoria are called counties and parishes. Victoria is divided into 37 counties, roughly 40 mi × 40 mi (64 km × 64 km) in size, subdivided into 2,914 parishes. Parishes were subdivided into sections of various sizes for sale as farming allotments, or designated as
4032-409: Was significantly higher than the national average, and slightly lower than the territory average. At the 2021 census, the proportion of residents in the Belconnen district who stated their ancestry as Australian or English was 65.5 per cent of all residents (national average was 62.9 per cent). Meanwhile, as at the census date, compared to the national average, households in the Belconnen district had
4096-556: Was the land districts which were used for cadastral purposes, and were the equivalent of the counties used in the eastern states. Around the end of the twentieth century, legal documents usually wrote them in the order: land district, location, number. For example: " Swan Location 2301". These are further divided into lots. More recently, Western Australia uses only the lot and deposited plan numbers, such as "Lot 853 on Deposited Plan 222626". Black Mountain (Australian Capital Territory) Black Mountain , also known as Galambary to
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