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unusual facts about Hawker, Australian Capital Territory


National Tally Room

A former venue, in the late 1970s, was the then newly built hall at Hawker College, a senior high school in the Canberra regional suburban area of Belconnen.


1981–82 Australia rugby union tour of Britain and Ireland

AUSTRALIA: Roger Gould, Mitchell Cox, Andrew Slack (c), Michael Hawker (rep Mick Martin 48 min), Brendan Moon, Paul McLean, John Hipwell (rep Phillip Cox 65 min), Tony D'Arcy, Chris Carberry, Declan Curran, Tony Shaw (c), Peter McLean, Simon Poidevin, Greg Cornelsen, Mark Loane.

AUSTRALIA: Paul McLean, Michael O'Connor, Andrew Slack (c), Michael Hawker, Brendan Moon, Mark Ella, John Hipwell, John Meadows, Chris Carberry, Tony D'Arcy, Steve Williams, Peter McLean, Simon Poidevin, Greg Cornelsen, Mark Loane (c).

Alfred Richard Cecil Selwyn

Selwyn Rock (an exposed Permian glacial pavement) at Inman Valley in South Australia, Selwyn Range in the Canadian Rockies and Selwyn Street in Hackett, a suburb of the Australian Capital Territory are named after him.

Algerian Air Force

Algeria received 18 C-130H Hercules, 12 T-34 Mentor, and 12 Hawker Beechcraft supplied by USA from 1981 to 1989, for transport and training.

Australian Capital Territory Ice Hockey Association

The Australian Capital Territory Ice Hockey Association (ACTIHA) was formed as the Australian Capital Territory's branch for Ice Hockey Australia.

Australian heritage law

Australian heritage laws exist at the national (Commonwealth) level, and at each of Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia state levels.

Beechcraft

In 1994, Raytheon merged Beechcraft with the Hawker product line it had acquired in 1993 from British Aerospace, forming Raytheon Aircraft Company.

Beyondblue

The chairman of beyondblue is Jeff Kennett, former Premier of Victoria, and its CEO is Kate Carnell, former Chief Minister of the Australian Capital Territory.

Brindabella Ranges

The most northerly ski fields in Australia are located in the A.C.T. - in the Brindabella Ranges and include the Namadgi National Park in the A.C.T. and Bimberi Nature Reserve and Brindabella National Park in New South Wales.

Carlton Draught

Carlton Draught is a pale lager which is sold on tap in its home state of Victoria as well as in New South Wales, the Australian Capital Territory, the Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania and Western Australia, and is one of Australia's most popular selling tap beers.

Charles Gosse

On 11 May 1880 he married Mary Blanche Hawker (1858 – 10 December 1945), daughter of George Charles Hawker M.P.

Craig Hawker

Hawker received his B.Sc. degree and University Medal in chemistry from the University of Queensland in 1984 and a Ph.D. in bioorganic chemistry from the University of Cambridge in 1988 under the supervision of Professor Sir Alan R. Battersby.

David Caldicott

Dr. David Caldicott is an Irish Emergency Consultant at the Emergency Department of the Calvary Hospital in Canberra, Australian Capital Territory.

De Havilland Australia

In 2000 Tenix sold HdH to Boeing which merged the company with ASTA to form Hawker de Havilland Aerospace within Boeing Australia.

It was purchased by Boeing and is now Hawker de Havilland Aerospace Pty Ltd, a subsidiary of Boeing Australia Ltd

Electronic referrals

Approximately thirty General practitioners from the Australian Capital Territory used the electronic system to refer to sixty outpatient service specialists.

Geoff Page

From 1974 to 2001 Page was head of the English department at Narrabundah College, a secondary college in the A.C.T..

Geology of South Australia

The state of South Australia, which stretches along the coast of the continent and has boundaries with every other state in Australia, with the exception of the Australian Capital Territory and Tasmania.

Ginini Flats Wetlands Ramsar Site

The Ginini Flats Wetlands Ramsar Site, also known as the Ginini Flats Subalpine Bog Complex, is a wetland in the Australian Capital Territory (ACT) that has been recognised as being of international importance by designation under the Ramsar Convention.

Gynatrix

Gynatrix pulchella (Hemp Bush, Aboriginal Hemp), a shrub to 3 metres in height with white or cream flowers that occurs in New South Wales, the Australian Capital Territory, Victoria and Tasmania.

Harry Kauper

They were the only competiors to start, but had to withdraw after Hawker damaged the purpose-built floatplane when landing near Dublin.

Hawker 800

The fuselage sections, wings and control surfaces are manufactured and assembled in the United Kingdom in a combination of Hawker Beechcraft's own facility and those owned by Airbus UK, which inherited much of BAE Systems's civil aircraft manufacturing capacity.

Hawker Henley

Fairey, Gloster and Hawker all rushed to fulfill this need, and competition was tight to attain the highest performance possible.

Hawker P.V.4

The Hawker P.V.4 was a 1930s British biplane aircraft built by Hawker Aircraft in competition for a government order for a general-purpose military aircraft.

Hawker Siddeley

In 1945, the Hawker Siddeley purchased Victory Aircraft of Malton, Ontario, Canada from the Canadian government, renaming the company A.V. Roe Canada, commonly known as Avro Canada, initially a wholly owned subsidiary of Hawker Siddeley.

HMAS Harman

In addition to its communications role, HMAS Harman provides Navy administrative and logistic functions to all Navy personnel located in the Australian Capital Territory and southern New South Wales.

Kate Carnell

She was appointed an Officer of the Order of Australia (AO) in the Australia Day Honours list of 2006, for her services and contributions to the Australian Capital Territory.

Murrumbidgee District

Some maps show the district included the parts of what is now the Australian Capital Territory that was to the west of the Murrumbidgee River.

No. 116 Squadron RAF

In November 1941 some Hawker Hurricanes were received for simulating dive-bombing and low-level attacks and in June 1942, de Havilland Tiger Moths were allotted for use in AA radar alignment checks.

No. 6 Squadron IAF

In November 1943, flying Hawker Hurricane FR.IIb No 6 Squadron IAF moved to Cox's Bazar as a part of the RAF Third Tactical Air Force (Third TAF) for the Second Arakan Campaign.

NSW/ACT Rams

The team, under the guidance of AFL NSW/ACT represented New South Wales and the Australian Capital Territory and had the moniker of the Ram, partly derived as an acronym from Riverina, ACT, Murrumbidgee and Sydney, the four regions supplying the bulk of the team's squad.

Ommatoiulus moreleti

Since being introduced to Port Lincoln, South Australia in 1953, the millipede has spread to other parts of South Australia, Victoria, Tasmania, Australian Capital Territory, southern New South Wales and Western Australia around Perth

On the Jellicoe Road

The story is set around the life of Taylor Lily Markham, the 17-year-old leader of the boarding school on the Jellicoe Road (country NSW/ACT).

Peeler

The stainless steel handled variant, the Zena Star peeler, was the model popularized by legendary New York City street hawker Joe Ades.

Premiers of the Australian states

Currently South Australia, Tasmania, and the Australian Capital Territory are the three states and territories that are run by Labor governments.

Queanbeyan District Hospital

Prior to the establishment of Royal Canberra Hospital in 1914, Queanbeyan Hospital was the hub for medical services in the Monaro region, and the newly formed Federal Capital Territory still relied in the hospital for services such as obstetrics.

Queanbeyan railway station

Queanbeyan is a railway station located on the border of Queanbeyan, New South Wales and Oaks Estate, Australian Capital Territory, Australia on the Canberra Line.

San Sevaine Flats

In 1874 the Sainsevain brothers purchased land in Hawker Canyon four miles east of Etiwanda and built a large stone house and a reservoir there.

Springbank Island

Springbank included both the river flats of the Molonglo River and Black Mountain plus a sizeable portion of the area now occupied by the Australian National University (ANU).

Stevie Plunder

Born in Canberra, ACT in 1963, Stevie played in bands from his late teens, most notably forming The Plunderers with Nic Dalton, as well as playing with other acts such as The Shouties, No Concept and Hippy Dribble.

Stromlo High School

Stromlo High School has over 700 students and is the only high school in Australian Capital Territory to provide education from grades 6 - 10.

Tertiary Entrance Rank

Although directly equivalent to the Equivalent National Tertiary Entrance Rank (ENTER) in Victoria, and the Universities Admission Index (UAI) in New South Wales and the Australian Capital Territory, the terms ENTER and UAI were only used in their respective states or territories.

Thamnolia

Thamnolia vermicularis is a species found in may parts of the world, including high parts of Namadgi National Park in the Australian Capital Territory and Severnaya Zemlya

Tracked Hovercraft

One thing that did surface was that Hawker Siddeley and Tracked Hovercraft were in the process of entering a bid for the GO-Urban system in Toronto.

University of Canberra

The University of Canberra (UC) is a public university that is located in Bruce, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory.

Whitley plant

The Rootes Group, by then owned by Chrysler Europe, purchased the 187 acre site from Hawker Siddeley Dynamics in 1969 for the purpose of centralising all its design and engineering teams onto one site.

Zhang Hongjie

The Federal Government of Australia wants the Australian Capital Territory (ACT includes Canberra) to cooperate with the Chinese investigation into the murder, as written by a letter from John Howard to Chief Minister Stanhope in May 2005, and another request from Justice Minister Chris Ellison in June.


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