Weetangerra

Postcode: 2614

Weetangera is a suburb in the Canberra, Australia district of Belconnen.

It is next to the suburbs of Hawker, Page and Macquarie. The Canberra Nature Park of The Pinnacle Nature Reserve borders it to the south across Springvale Drive. It has a primary school, Weetangera primary, and Weetangera neighbourhood oval.

It is named after the property purchased by Samuel Shumack in 1861. It was also the name for the Weetangera parish, which included the land from Ginninderra Creek to the Molonglo River.

Weetangera is in the federal electorate of Fraser and the ACT electorate of Gininderra.

Weetangera has a small shopping centre.

Educational institutions:

* Weetangera Primary School

* Weetangera Preschool

Silurian age green grey rhyodacite of the Walker Volcanics underlie the whole suburb.

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