Higgins, Australian Capital Territory
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Higgins Location in Canberra | |||||||||||||
| Coordinates: 35°13′56″S 149°01′38″E / 35.23222°S 149.02722°E | |||||||||||||
| Country | Australia | ||||||||||||
| State | Australian Capital Territory | ||||||||||||
| City | Canberra | ||||||||||||
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| Established | 1969 | ||||||||||||
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• Total | 1.7 km2 (0.66 sq mi) | ||||||||||||
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| • Total | 3,321 (SAL 2021) | ||||||||||||
| Postcode | 2615 | ||||||||||||
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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 (1851–1929). It was gazetted on 6 June 1968. The streets of Higgins are named after judges.
Higgins had two government-run schools, Higgins Primary and Higgins Preschool (both now closed). The supermarket, built by Philippos Christodoulou, Tom and Tim Efkarpidis in 1968 was, by 2024, reported to be abandoned.