Belconnen

Belconnen Canberra, Australian Capital Territory
Tablet at Aranda playing fields marks the beginning of the development of Belconnen in 1966.
Location of Belconnen, shaded.
Coordinates	35°14′19″S 149°03′58″E / 35.2386°S 149.0661°E / -35.2386; 149.0661Coordinates: 35°14′19″S 149°03′58″E / 35.2386°S 149.0661°E / -35.2386; 149.0661
Population	92,444 (2011 census)
• Density	1,201/km2 (3,109/sq mi)
Gazetted	12 May 1966
Area	77 km2 (29.7 sq mi)
Location	7 km (4 mi) NW of Canberra City
Territory electorate(s)	Ginninderra Yerrabi
Federal Division(s)	Fenner
Localities around Belconnen: New South Wales Hall Gungahlin Coree / New South Wales Belconnen Canberra Central Stromlo Molonglo Valley Canberra Central

The District of Belconnen is one of the original eighteen districts of the Australian Capital Territory (ACT), used in land administration. The district is subdivided into 25 divisions (suburbs), sections and blocks. The district of Belconnen lies entirely within the bounds of the city of Canberra, the capital city of Australia.

As at the 2011 census, the district had a population of 92,444 people; and was the most populous district within the Australian Capital Territory (ACT).

Belconnen is situated approximately 7 kilometres (4.3 mi) to the north-west of the central business district of Canberra, and surrounds an artificially created, ornamental lake, Lake Ginninderra. Lake Ginninderra was made possible by building a dam at an elbow of Ginninderra Creek. Exiting the lake, via a simple overflow, Ginninderra Creek continues, and runs north-west to its confluence with the Murrumbidgee River just beyond the north-western ACT border.

The traditional custodians of the district are the indigenous people of the Ngunawal tribe.

Following the transfer of land from the Government of New South Wales to the Commonwealth Government in 1911, the district was established in 1966 by the Commonwealth via the gazettal of the Districts Ordinance 1966 No. 5 (Cth) which, after the enactment of the Australian Capital Territory (Self-Government) Act 1988 (Cth), became the Districts Act 1966 No. 5 (ACT). This Act was subsequently repealed by the ACT Government and the district is now administered subject to the Districts Act 2002 (ACT).