Hughes, Australian Capital Territory

Infobox Australian Place | type = suburb
name = Hughes
state = Australian Capital Territory
city = Canberra

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caption =
lga = Woden Valley
postcode = 2605
est = 1963
propval = [http://allhomes.com.au/c/ah?a=uisu&i=387 $412,000] (2005)
pop = 2898 ( [http://www.abs.gov.au/Ausstats/[e-mail]/Lookup2001Census/F09E081BE1C8C2A5CA256BBF0001CE17 2006 census)]
ACTgov = Molonglo
fedgov = Canberra
near-nw = Curtin
near-n = Deakin
near-ne = Deakin
near-e = Red Hill
near-w = Curtin
near-sw = Phillip
near-s = Garran
near-se = Garran

Hughes is a suburb in the Canberra, Australia district of Woden. The postcode is 2605. The area of the suburb is 1.81 km².

History

Hughes is named after The Right Honourable William Morris "Billy" Hughes, seventh Prime Minister of Australia from 1915-1923. Streets in the suburb are named with the theme of World War I armed services personnel and contemporaries of William Hughes. The suburb was gazetted on 20 September 1962, with a population of nine. Residential construction began in 1963, and by 1974 Hughes had a population of 4050.

Geography

Hughes adjoins the suburbs of Deakin, Garran, Philip and Curtin. It is bounded by Carruthers Street to the North, Yarra Glen and Yamba Drive to the West, and the Red Hill area of Canberra Nature Park to the East and South.

Demographics

At the time of the 2001 Australian census, the population of Hughes was 2866.

uburb amenities

hopping

A small shopping centre consists of a take-away restaurant, chemist/sub-newsagency, bakery/cafe, supermarket, post office/DVD rental store, dry cleaner, hairdresser, real estate agent, and service station.

Recreation

Sporting facilities are North Woden Tennis club and Clarrie Hermes park, as well as three local area playgrounds.

Walking trails commence in the north-east of the suburb which run to the north of Federal Golf Course through to . Parts of the suburb have views over the Woden valley and the Woden town centre to the northern reaches of the Brindabellas.

Education

Located in the suburb are Hughes primary school [http://www.hughesps.act.edu.au/] and Hughes pre-school.

Religion

There are three Christian centres in Hughes. A Baptist Church [http://www.hughesbaptist.org/] and a Jehovah's Witnesses kingdom hallhttp://www.actpla.act.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0015/2517/hughes-anp.pdf] And the Woden Valley Bible Church held in Hughes Primary school. [http://www.wvbc.com.au/]

Other

St Andrews village is a retirement village, that was controversially built next to Yarra Glen, the highway bounding the west side of the suburb.

External links

Reference