NATIONAL MEMORIALS ORDINANCE 1928
SUBSECTION 8A (1)
NAMING OF THE DIVISION OF CANBERRA AIRPORT AND SCHERGER DRIVE
I, Jamie Edward Briggs, Assistant Minister for Infrastructure and Regional Development pursuant to subsection 8A(1) of the National Memorials Ordinance 1928, hereby:
- determine the name of:
Canberra Airport
for that division of the Australian Capital Territory as shown on the attached location Plan 1, and currently identified as rural blocks 587, 594, 595, 614 and 660 in the District of Majura, ACT.
2. determine the name of the hatched area as shown on the attached Plan 2 and currently identified as Fairbairn Avenue and Glenora Drive, Majura, ACT, to be:
Scherger Drive,
the origin and significance of the names being described in attached schedule.
The naming comes into operation upon the date of publication of this notice in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette. Section 8B of the National Memorials Ordinance 1928 provides that if notice in writing objecting wholly or in part to the determination is lodged with the Minister within twenty one days of the date of publication of this notice in the Gazette, the Minister shall forthwith refer the determination or the part of the determination objected to, to the Canberra National Memorials Committee for a determination by the Committee.
Dated this 22nd day of January 2014.
Hon Jamie Briggs MP
Assistant Minister for Infrastructure
and Regional Development
SCHEDULE
NAME | ORIGIN | SIGNIFICANCE |
CANBERRA AIRPORT | Canberra Airport | The Canberra Airport is an important built asset to the ACT. It is increasingly becoming the first experience visitors have when coming to Canberra. Overseas dignitaries such as the Queen, President of the United States of America and other high profile foreign visitors disembark at Canberra Airport on their way to the National Capital.
The area is widely recognised by local residents and visitors as ‘Canberra Airport’. |
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SCHERGER DRIVE | Air Chief Marshal Sir Frederick Rudolph William Scherger KBE, CB, DSO, AFC (1904-84) | Sir Frederick Scherger was the first Australian four-star RAAF officer.
He entered Royal Military College Duntroon in 1921, served the Royal Australian Air Force as a senior officer during World War II, and rose to become Chief of the Air Staff from 1957 until 1961, and Chairman of the Chiefs of Staff Committee (forerunner of the role of Australia's Chief of the Defence Force) from 1961 until 1966.
Following Sir Frederick Scherger’s retirement from uniform he chaired the Australian National Airlines Commission 1966-75 and the Commonwealth Aircraft Corporation 1968-75 |
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