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MOLONGLO
ACT Legislative Assembly
The information on this page was obtained from the Australian Capital Territory Electoral Commission/Elections ACT web site and the Australian Bureau of Statistics and was correct at January 2000.
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| Current Members
| Shane RATTENBURY (Australian Greens)
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| Jeremy HANSON (Liberal Party of Australia)
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| Caroline LE COUTEUR (Australian Greens)
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| Simon CORBELL (Australian Labor Party)
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| Katy GALLAGHER (Australian Labor Party)
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| Zed SESELJA (Liberal Party of Australia)
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| Andrew BARR (Australian Labor Party)
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| Description
| Urban Residential |
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| Location
| Molonglo covers the central and northern parts of the ACT, including Canberra City, the Commonwealth Parliament and government offices (including the National Library and National Gallery), the regional areas of Gungahlin, Jerrabombera, Woden Valley and Weston Creek, the light industrial areas of Mitchell, Fyshwick and Hume, and the Canberra Airport. It also includes the Australian National University, the Australian Defence Force Academy and Royal Military College Duntroon, and the Canberra Institute of Technology. To its east is the NSW town of Queanbeyan. |
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| Origin
| The name Molonglo is derived from an Aboriginal word meaning like the sound of thunder, and is also the name of the river flowing through the centre of Canberra, which was dammed to form Lake Burley-Griffin, according to the Architect's original designs. The names for the ACT's electorates were chosen in 1993 with the view that, it being the International Year of the World's Indigenous Peoples, they be given local Aboriginal names. |
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| Products/Industries
| Government, Banking, Insurance, Travel, Retail, Tourism, Entertainment, Communications, The Arts, Light Industry, Wholesale, Farming, Education and Research, Military, Aviation. |
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| State
| ACT |
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| Area
| 510 sq kms (approx) |
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| Population
| 147,004 as at 2007 |
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| Enrolled Electors
| 93,730 as at 30/4/07 |
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