Higgins
Higgins is a suburb in the Belconnen district of Canberra, in the Australian Capital Territory, Australia. The suburb is named after politician and judge Henry Bournes Higgins.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Suburb with 2,960 residents
- Description: suburb of Canberra, Australia
- Also known as: “Higgins, Australian Capital Territory” and “Higgins, Australian Capital Territory, Australia”
Places of Interest
Highlights include St Francis Xavier College and Hawker College.
St Francis Xavier College
School
St Francis Xavier College is a coeducational, systemic Catholic high school and college in Florey, Australian Capital Territory, Australia. The college caters for years 7 to 12 from the Belconnen and Gungahlin areas and is part of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Canberra and Goulburn Catholic Education System.
Hawker College
School
Hawker College is a senior secondary college in Hawker, Australian Capital Territory, a suburb of Canberra. It caters to students completing their final two years of secondary education, and offers a wide range of curriculum choices.
Westfield Belconnen
Shopping center
Photo: Bidgee, CC BY-SA 2.5 au.
Westfield Belconnen, also known colloquially as Belconnen Mall, is managed by Scentre Group and located in the Canberra suburb of Belconnen, Australia. The shopping centre is the largest in Canberra, featuring around 270 specialty stores. Westfield Belconnen is situated 3½ km east of Higgins.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Cook and Hall.
Cook
Suburb
Cook is a suburb of the Belconnen district of Canberra, located within the Australian Capital Territory, Australia. At the 2021 census, Cook had a population of 2,965 people. Cook is situated 4½ km southeast of Higgins.
Hall
Photo: Sheba Also 43,000 photos, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Have you ever wondered whether there were any settlements in the Australian Capital Territory before it was established? Hall is one of the last few remnants of what was New South Wales bushland before the capital was established.
Belconnen
Photo: Bidgee, CC BY-SA 2.5 au.
Belconnen is a largely residential outer district of Canberra in the northern part of the Australian Capital Territory. For shopping enthusiasts, Belconnen has an abundance of shopping precincts, restaurants, and clubs, making it a quieter alternative for those who don't want to mingle with the crowd in the city.
Higgins
- Category: locality
- Location: Australian Capital Territory, Australia, Oceania
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Latitude
-35.23241° or 35° 13′ 57″ southLongitude
149.02723° or 149° 1′ 38″ eastPopulation
2,960Elevation
593 metres (1,946 feet)Open location code
4RPFQ29G+2VOpenStreetMap ID
node 294103790OpenStreetMap feature
place=suburbGeoNames ID
8349181Wikidata ID
Q730334
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Spanish—“Higgins” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “هيغينز”
- French: “Higgins”
- Hungarian: “Higgins”
- Irish: “Higgins”
- Persian: “هیگینز، قلمرو پایتختی استرالیا”
- Spanish: “Higgins (Territorio de la Capital Australiana)”
- Spanish: “Higgins”
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Higgins”. Photo: Kyle Taylor, CC BY 2.0.