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O'Connor is a suburb of Canberra, Australia in the North Canberra district. It was named after Richard Edward O'Connor (1851–1912), who was a judge in the High Court and a founder of the Australian constitution. Street names in O'Connor are named after explorers, Australian flora, legislators and pioneers. The suburb name was gazetted on 20 September 1928.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 Suburb Name search results )〕 O'Connor is bounded by Wattle and David streets, and also includes the Bruce/O'Connor ridge nature reserve, the hilly area with many trees that lies between the houses in O'Connor, and the Australian Institute of Sport (in the suburb of Bruce). Sports such as soccer, rugby and cricket are often played at the ovals at O'Connor district playing fields. O'Connor has a small shopping centre with a pub/bar, supermarket, a couple of restaurants and a pharmacy. == Character == The suburb is characterised by leafy streets and detached single dwelling houses. In the central part of O'Connor are a series of cul de sacs which contain houses which are known as Tocumwal Houses. These are heritage listed ex-government housing which were transported from RAAF Station Tocumwal after the Second World War to cover the housing shortage in Canberra in the 1950s.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 The Tocumwal Archive )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=20043. Tocumwal Housing Precinct (Entry to the ACT Heritage Register) )〕 The ACT Heritage Council has also listed the Scout Hall at the corner of Hovea Street and Boronia Drive. It was originally built as a mess hall for construction workers at Old Parliament House and was later moved to Kingston and used as an office of the United Friendly Society. In 1959, it was moved to O'Connor to become a Scout Hall.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Heritage (Decision about Registration of 13th Canberra Scout Hall, O’Connor) Notice 2010 )〕 A number of Aboriginal places on the Bruce and O’Connor Ridges are also on the heritage list.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=20130. Aboriginal Places – Bruce and O’Connor Ridges (Entry to the ACT Heritage Register) )〕 The small part of the suburb to the east of Sullivans Creek is beginning to be redeveloped under a policy permitting two and three-storey flats. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「O'Connor, Australian Capital Territory」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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