Places of Note and Interest
- The Belconnen Town Centre has a major shopping mall operated by Westfield, surrounded by government and private offices, and a light industrial area.
- Belconnen is home to the Big Mushroom.
- Government offices headquartered in Belconnen include the Australian Taxation Office (ATO), the Department of Immigration and Citizenship (DIAC), the Australian Communication and Media Authority (ACMA), ComSuper and the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS).
- In the suburb of Bruce are:
- University of Canberra campus
- Canberra Stadium
- Australian Institute of Sport
- The Royal Australian Navy established a very low and high frequency radio transmitting station in Belconnen in the 1930s, as part of the naval communications base HMAS Harman. Belconnen Naval Transmitting Station operated until 2005, with its transmitter towers felled in 2006, and part of the site marked for the new suburb of Lawson.
- Belconnen Remand Centre was a remand custody facility in operation until late April 2009 when it was replaced by the Alexander Maconochie Centre.
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