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Canberra
Canberra (pronounced /ˈkænb(ə)rə, ˈkænbɛrə/) is the capital city of Australia. With a population of over 345,000, it is Australia's largest inland city and the eighth largest Australian city overall. The city is located at the northern end of the Australian Capital Territory, 280 km (170 mi) south...
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The Lodge
The Lodge is the official residence of the Prime Minister of Australia in the national capital, Canberra. It is located on Adelaide Avenue, Deakin.
The Lodge is a modest, 40 room Georgian revival style mansion, located in 18,000 square metres (4.4...
National Gallery of Australia
The National Gallery of Australia is the premier art gallery and museum in Australia, holding over 120,000 works of art. It was established in 1967 by the Government of Australia as a national public art gallery.
Tom Roberts, a famous Australian...
Government House, Canberra
Government House, Canberra, commonly known as Yarralumla, is the official residence of the Governor-General of Australia, located in the suburb of Yarralumla, Canberra.
The house is set in 54 hectares of parkland. The suburb of Yarralumla, which has...
High Court of Australia
The High Court of Australia is the highest court in the Australian court hierarchy and the final court of appeal in Australia. It has both original and appellate jurisdiction, has the power of judicial review over laws passed by the Parliament of...
Parliament House, Canberra
Parliament House is the meeting place of the Parliament of Australia. It is located in Canberra, the capital of Australia. It was opened on 9 May 1988 by Queen Elizabeth II, Queen of Australia. Its construction cost was over $1.1 billion. At the...
Australian War Memorial
The Australian War Memorial is Australia's national memorial to the members of all its armed forces and supporting organisations who have died or participated in the wars of the Commonwealth of Australia. The memorial includes an extensive national...
Australian Defence Force Academy
The Australian Defence Force Academy (ADFA) is a tri-service military Academy that provides military and tertiary academic education for junior officers of the Australian Defence Force in the Royal Australian Navy (RAN), Australian Regular Army (ARA...
Canberra Stadium
Canberra Stadium (originally known as Bruce Stadium) is a facility primarily used for rugby league and rugby union games, located adjacent to the Australian Institute of Sport in Canberra, the capital of Australia. Bruce is the Canberra suburb where...
National Museum of Australia
The National Museum of Australia was formally established by the National Museum of Australia Act 1980. The National Museum preserves and interprets Australia's social history, exploring the key issues, people and events that have shaped the nation....
Telstra Tower
Black Mountain Tower (previously known as Telstra Tower and Telecom Tower) is a telecommunication tower that is situated above the summit of Black Mountain in Australia's capital city of Canberra. Rising 195.2 metres above the mountain summit, it is...
Royal Australian Mint
The Royal Australian Mint is situated in the Australian federal capital city of Canberra, in the suburb of Deakin.
Before the opening of the mint, Australian coins were struck at branches of the Royal Mint - the Sydney Mint, Melbourne Mint and Perth...
Centenary House
Centenary House is a building in Canberra, Australia. It is the national headquarters of the Australian National Audit Office (usually known as the ANAO, a Commonwealth Government entity). The building was owned until July 2005 by John Curtin House...
Mount Ainslie
Mount Ainslie or Mount Ainslie-Majura is a part of Canberra Nature Park. It borders on the inner suburbs of Campbell, Ainslie and Hackett. See also Mount Majura.
It has a lookout area surmounted by a rotating aircraft beacon on the summit which...
Lake Burley Griffin
Lake Burley Griffin is an artificial lake in the centre of Canberra, the capital of Australia. It was completed in 1964 after the Molonglo River—which ran between the city centre and Parliamentary Triangle—was dammed. It is named after Walter Burley...
National Library of Australia
The National Library of Australia is the country's largest reference library, responsible under the terms of the National Library Act for "maintaining and developing a national collection of library material, including a comprehensive collection of...
Mount Stromlo Observatory
Mount Stromlo Observatory (MSO) located just outside of Canberra, Australia, is part of the Research School of Astronomy and Astrophysics at the Australian National University (ANU).
The observatory was established in 1924 as The Commonwealth Solar...
Black Mountain
Black Mountain is situated close to the central business district of Australia's capital city Canberra. Like all major hills in Canberra it is protected from development by the Canberra Nature Park. It is covered in native bushland and is a haven to...
Canberra International Airport
Canberra International Airport, now trading as Canberra Airport, (IATA: CBR, ICAO: YSCB) is the airport serving Australia's national capital, Canberra. Although there are no current international flight services, Air Pacific briefly offered a...
Australian National Botanic Gardens
The Australian National Botanic Gardens (ANBG) are located in Canberra and are administered by the Australian Government's Department of the Environment and Heritage.
The botanic gardens are the largest living collection of native Australian flora,...
Lake Ginninderra
Lake Ginninderra is an artificial lake located on the Ginninderra Creek in Canberra. It is adjacent to the Belconnen Town Centre. The lake was constructed in 1974 to collect stormwater discharge from a 98.8km² catchment that includes the surrounding...
Area:
- 1.05 km² (0.405 mi² )
National Carillon
The National Carillon, situated on Aspen Island in central Canberra, Australia is a large carillon managed and maintained by the National Capital Authority on behalf of the Commonwealth of Australia.
The carillon was a gift from the British...
National Portrait Gallery
The National Portrait Gallery of Australia is a collection of portraits of prominent Australians that are important in their field of endeavour or whose life sets them apart as an individual of long-term public interest. On 4 December 2008, its...
Yarralumla brickworks
The Yarralumla brickworks, also known as the Commonwealth Brickworks, was one of the earliest construction projects in Canberra, Australia. It was built in the suburb of Yarralumla to produce the bricks used to build many of Canberra's early...
Hotel Canberra
The Hotel Canberra, also known as Hyatt Hotel Canberra is in Yarralumla, near Lake Burley Griffin and Parliament House, in Canberra. It was built to house politicians when the Federal Parliament moved to Canberra. It was constructed by the...
National Archives of Australia
The National Archives of Australia is a body established by the Government of Australia for the purpose of preserving Commonwealth Government records. It is an Executive Agency of the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet and reports to the...
Albert Hall, Canberra
The Albert Hall is a hall in Canberra, Australia, used for entertainment. It is on Commonwealth Avenue between Commonwealth Bridge and the Hotel Canberra in the suburb of Yarralumla.
The hall was opened on 10 March 1928 by the Prime Minister,...
Old Parliament House, Canberra
Old Parliament House, formerly known as the Provisional Parliament House, was the seat of the Parliament of Australia from 1927 to 1988. The building was opened in 9 May 1927 as a temporary base for the Commonwealth Parliament following its...
National Emergency Services Memorial, Canberra
The National Emergency Services Memorial is a memorial located on the northern shore of Lake Burley Griffin at the southern end of ANZAC Parade in Canberra, the national capital of Australia. It was designed by Aspect Melbourne Pty Ltd, the frieze...
Royal Australian Air Force Memorial, Canberra
The Royal Australian Air Force Memorial is on ANZAC Parade, the principal ceremonial and memorial avenue of Canberra, the capital city of Australia.
The Royal Australian Air Force was formed on 31 March 1921, being preceded by the Australian Flying...
Vietnam Forces National Memorial, Canberra
The Australian Vietnam Forces National Memorial is on ANZAC Parade, the principal ceremonial and memorial avenue in Canberra, the capital city of Australia. The memorial was dedicated on 3 October 1992.
From 1963 until 1973 50,000 Australian Army,...
Royal Australian Navy Memorial, Canberra
The Royal Australian Navy Memorial on ANZAC Parade in Canberra, the national capital of Australia, honours the sailors who have served to protect the nation.
In 10 July 1911, the Commonwealth Naval Forces were renamed the Royal Australian Navy. The...
Australian Army Memorial, Canberra
The Australian Army Memorial on ANZAC Parade commemorates the service of Australian soldiers.
Australian soldiers have fought as a national group in conflicts since the Second Boer War in South Africa. This memorial commemorates their continuing...
Hellenic Memorial, Canberra
The Hellenic (Greek) Memorial is on ANZAC Parade, beside the Australian War Memorial in Canberra, the national capital city of Australia.
On 6 April 1941, the 6th Division (Australian Army) joined Allied forces resisting German advancement in...
Mounted Memorial, Canberra
The Mounted Memorial, Canberra is on ANZAC Parade, the principal ceremonial and memorial avenue in Canberra, the national capital city of Australia.
The memorial shows two Australian Army horse riders. They are wearing the typical uniform of World...
Rats of Tobruk Memorial, Canberra
The Rats of Tobruk Memorial is on ANZAC Parade, the principal ceremonial and memorial avenue of Canberra, Australia.
The German siege of the Libyan Mediterranean Sea port town of Tobruk began on 10 April 1941. After desperate fighting, most of the...
Australian Service Nurses National Memorial, Canberra
The Australian Service Nurses National Memorial is on ANZAC Parade, the principal ceremonial and memorial avenue of Canberra, the capital city of Australia.
The memorial honours past and present nurses of the Australian Defence Force, serving in the...
Korean War Memorial, Canberra
The Australian National Korean War Memorial is on ANZAC Parade, the principal ceremonial and memorial avenue in Canberra, the national capital city of Australia.
The Korean War began on 25 June 1950 when the forces of North Korea invaded South Korea...
Australian Merchant Navy Memorial, Canberra
The Australian Merchant Navy Memorial is located in Kings Park, on the northern shore of Lake Burley Griffin in Canberra, the national capital city of Australia.
Inscription: "In honour of those of the Australian Merchant Navy who gave their lives...
Supreme Court of the Australian Capital Territory
The Supreme Court of the Australian Capital Territory is the superior court for the ACT. It has unlimited jurisdiction within the territory in civil matters (although it usually only hears matters involving more than AUD 50,000), and hears the most...
Manuka Oval
Manuka Oval is a 15,000 capacity stadium (10,000 seated) located in the suburb of Griffith, adjacent to Manuka, a business district of Canberra, Australia's capital. The stadium is home to many events throughout the year, including cricket matches...
Defence Establishment Fairbairn
Fairbairn was a base of the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) located in Australia's national capital, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory. Over the years the name of the establishment, and the use of the land, has changed. The land occupies the ...
Tilley's
Tilley's Devine café Gallery is a well-known café in the suburb of Lyneham in Canberra, Australia. It was named after Matilda 'Tilly' Devine, a gangster and madame from Sydney who lived in the mid-twentieth century.
When the café first opened in...
Gus's
Gus's cafe is a well-known cafe located in Civic, Canberra, Australia. It opened in 1969 and later became the first outdoor pavement cafe in Canberra. It is one of the oldest and best known cafes in Canberra and one of the first European-style cafes...
Commonwealth Place, Canberra
Commonwealth Place is located on the southern shore of Lake Burley Griffin, Canberra. It lies along the ‘water axis’ running along the lake from Black Mountain. Commonwealth Place is the location of the National Portrait Gallery, Reconciliation...
Glebe Park, Canberra
Glebe Park is a public park on the eastern side of Civic, Canberra. The park is bounded by Coranderrk, Ballumbir, Akuna, and Bunda Streets, and to the south, the National Convention Centre.
Glebe Park is a remnant of a hundred acres (40 hectares) of...
Canberra Museum and Gallery
Canberra Museum and Gallery is an art gallery and museum in Canberra, the capital of Australia. It is located on London Circuit, in Civic in the centre of the city. The gallery was opened on 13 February, 1998.
The museum houses a permanent...
City Hill, Canberra
City Hill is a park located in Canberra, Australia on one of the points of the Parliamentary Triangle, a feature of Walter Burley Griffin's plan for the city. The park is surrounded by Vernon Circle, at the south end of Northbourne Avenue but the...
Commonwealth Park
Commonwealth Park is in Canberra, Australia, on the north side of Lake Burley Griffin. The annual spring Floriade festival is held in the park. The gardens were designed by the eminent British landscape designer, Dame Sylvia Crowe in 1964 at the...
Canberra Centre
Canberra Centre is a shopping centre located in Civic, Canberra, Australia. It opened on 6 March 1963 as the Monaro Mall, then underwent a $220 million redevelopment and became the Canberra Centre in 1989. Canberra Centre was the first shopping...
Telopea Park, Canberra
Telopea Park is one of the oldest parks in Canberra, Australia. The name of the park is from Walter Burley Griffin's original plan for Canberra where he planned Telopea Park at the end of Sydney Avenue. The park is named after the floral emblem of...
Kings Park, Canberra
Kings Park is a park in Canberra, Australia on the shore of Lake Burley Griffin.
Kings Park is near Kings Avenue bridge on the North side of Lake Burley Griffin's Central Basin. It is bounded to the north by Parkes Way. The best known feature is the...
Weston Park, Canberra
Weston Park is a park located on a peninsula on the western side of Lake Burley Griffin in Canberra, Australia. In 1963 the park was named after Charles Weston, who had founded the nearby Yarralumla Nursery in 1914. On the western side of the...
Lennox Gardens, Canberra
Lennox Gardens, a park in Canberra, Australia, lying on the south side of Lake Burley Griffin, close to Commonwealth Avenue Bridge and Albert Hall in the suburb of Yarralumla. Before the construction of Lake Burley Griffin a road ran through the...
National Rose Garden, Canberra
The National Rose Gardens are located in Parkes Canberra, Australia, at the sides of Old Parliament House at the side of the Senate and the House of Representatives.
The gardens were officially restored and re-opened in December 2004 following their...
Questacon — the National Science and Technology Centre
Questacon – the National Science and Technology Centre, is located on the southern shore of Lake Burley Griffin in Canberra, Australia. It is a large centre with more than 200 interactive exhibits relating to science and technology.
"The Questacon"...
Casino Canberra
Canberra Casino (or Casino Canberra) is a casino located in Civic in the central part of the Australian capital city of Canberra. It was the first legal casino to open in the city. The casino is relatively small compared with other casinos. It has...
National Convention Centre Canberra
National Convention Centre Canberra, convention centre located in Civic in Canberra, Australia, which opened in 1989. It holds many events and functions, everything from concerts to school functions. It has gallery rooms named Derwent, Fitzroy,...
Mount Taylor
Mount Taylor is a prominent hill located between the Woden Valley, Weston Creek district and Tuggeranong Valley, in Canberra, Australia. Mount Taylor is part of the Canberra Nature Park. The hill is 856 metres above sea level. It is surrounded by...
All Saints Church, Canberra
All Saints Church is an Australian Anglican church located in the suburb of Ainslie, Canberra. It is part of the diocese of Canberra and Goulburn in the Anglican Church of Australia.
The original building started as the First Mortuary station in...
St John the Baptist Church, Reid
St John the Baptist Church is the oldest church in Canberra, Australia, and also the oldest building within Canberra's city precinct. It is sited at the corner of ANZAC Parade and Constitution Avenue in the suburb of Reid.
St John's is an Anglican...
