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McKellar, Australian Capital Territory

Field	Value
type	suburb
name	McKellar
state	act
city	Canberra
image	McKellar aerial west.jpg
caption	Aerial view of McKellar from the west
lga	Belconnen
postcode	2617
est	1983
elevation	603
area	1.4
pop
alternative_location_map	Australia ACT districted Canberra
pushpin_map_caption	Location in Canberra
coordinates
stategov	Ginninderra
fedgov	Fenner
dist1	12
dir1	NW
location1	Canberra CBD
dist2	31
dir2	WNW
location2	Queanbeyan
dist3	94
dir3	SW
location3	Goulburn
dist4	291
dir4	SW
location4	Sydney
near-ne	Giralang
near-e	Lawson
near-w	Evatt
near-s	Belconnen

| near-nw = | near-n = | near-ne = Giralang | near-e = Lawson | near-w = Evatt | near-sw = | near-s = Belconnen | near-se = McKellar () is a residential suburb in the Belconnen district of Canberra, located within the Australian Capital Territory, Australia. The suburb is named after Colin McKellar, who served as the Minister for Repatriation from 1964 until 1970. The suburb name was gazetted on 15 January 1974. The streets of McKellar are named for journalists with the main street of the suburb called Dumas Street. McKellar is bounded by Ginninderra Drive, William Webb Drive, Owen Dixon Drive, and Gundaroo Drive.

Suburb features

McKellar features the McKellar Oval in the centre of the suburb, known as William Palmer Park, and has panoramic prospect from Mount Ainslie to Black Mountain and Mount Majura.

A small football stadium known as McKellar Park, and club are in the north east of the suburb. The McKellar shopping centre closed in 2012 and was later demolished, with only a single smaller commercial building remaining. McKellar Preschool closed in 2006, with the building later reopened as a privately run childcare centre.

Transport

McKellar is serviced by the ACTION bus network along Dumas Street and William Webb Drive. Route 43 travels along Dumas Street to Belconnen Interchange while route 24 travels along William Webb Drive to Belconnen Interchange.

Governance

For the purposes of Australian federal elections for the House of Representatives, McKellar is in the Division of Fenner.

For the purposes of Australian Capital Territory elections for the ACT Legislative Assembly, McKellar is in the Ginninderra electorate.

Geology

A porphyry of Green-grey Dacitic intrusive containing large white feldspar crystals is found in most of McKellar. This is intruded by a band of Glebe Farm Adamellite through the south.

References

"Suburb Name search results". ACT Environment and Sustainable Development.
(2022-05-23). "Three years ago it was agreed this Canberra street would be renamed, but its signs remain standing — albeit covered by tape". ABC News.
[https://www.transport.act.gov.au/getting-around/new_network_preview?sq_content_src=%2BdXJsPWh0dHAlM0ElMkYlMkZmaWxlcy50cmFuc3BvcnQuYWN0Lmdvdi5hdSUyRkF1dG9UVCUyRk5ld19OZXR3b3JrXzE5JTJGcGRmcyUyRnJvdXRlXzQzLnBkZiZhbGw9MQ%3D%3D Route 43] Transport Canberra
[https://www.transport.act.gov.au/getting-around/new_network_preview?sq_content_src=%2BdXJsPWh0dHAlM0ElMkYlMkZmaWxlcy50cmFuc3BvcnQuYWN0Lmdvdi5hdSUyRkF1dG9UVCUyRk5ld19OZXR3b3JrXzE5JTJGcGRmcyUyRnJvdXRlXzQxLnBkZiZhbGw9MQ%3D%3D Route 41] Transport Canberra
(8 February 2016). "Profile of the electoral division of Fenner (ACT)". [[Australian Electoral Commission]].
"Electoral Boundaries Redistribution 2019". Augmented ACT Electoral Commission.
Henderson G A M and Matveev G, Geology of Canberra, Queanbeyan and Environs 1:50000 1980.

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