Hall, Australian Capital Territory :: 0.5 Kilometres
Hall is a small village in the north of the Australian Capital Territory (ACT), Australia. As as the 2011 Census, the village had a population of 332 people. ▶
Barton, Australian Capital Territory :: 0.5 Kilometres
Barton (postcode: 2600) is a suburb of Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia. Barton is named after Sir Edmund Barton, Australia's first Prime Minister. Streets in Barton are named after Governors. On Census night 2006, Barton had a population of 940 people ▶
Australian Whale Sanctuary :: 0.7 Kilometres
The Australian Whale Sanctuary was established in 1999 to protect dolphins and whales from hunting. The non-contiguous zone includes the Australia's Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ), which is the area surrounding the continent of Australia and its external dependencies such as Christmas Island (in the ▶
Constitution Place, Canberra :: 0.7 Kilometres
Constitution Place is a park in Canberra, the capital of Australia. The area was named in February 1998 by Prime Minister of Australia John Howard during the course of the Fourth Constitutional Convention on the options for an Australian republic ▶
National Gallery of Australia :: 0.9 Kilometres
The National Gallery of Australia is the national art museum of Australia, holding more than 120,000 works of art. It was established in 1967 by the Australian government as a national public art museum. ▶
National Rose Garden :: 0.9 Kilometres
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 decline after the Parliament moved to the new ▶
Carbon capture and storage :: 1.0 Kilometres
Carbon capture and storage (CCS) (or Carbon capture and sequestration), is the process of capturing waste carbon dioxide from large point sources, such as fossil fuel power plants, transporting it to a storage site, and depositing it where it will not enter the atmosphere, normally an underground ▶
National Archives of Australia :: 1.0 Kilometres
The National Archives of Australia is a body established by the Government of Australia for the purpose of preserving Commonwealth Government records. The organisation sits within the Department of Regional Australia, Local Government, Arts and Sport portfolio, reporting to the Hon Simon Crean MP, ▶
Parliamentary Triangle, Canberra :: 1.1 Kilometres
The Parliamentary Triangle is the ceremonial precinct of Canberra, containing some of Australia's most significant buildings. The triangle is formed by Commonwealth, Kings and Constitution avenues. Buildings within the triangle have been located and designed intentionally for visual effect, and ▶
Parkes, Australian Capital Territory :: 1.1 Kilometres
Parkes (postcode: 2600) is an inner suburb of Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia. Located south of the Canberra CBD, Parkes contains the Parliamentary Triangle area. On Census night 2006, Parkes had a population of 4 people ▶
Thomas Brassey, 1st Earl Brassey :: 1.1 Kilometres
Thomas Brassey, 1st Earl Brassey GCB, JP, DL, TD (11 February 1836 – 23 February 1918), was a British Liberal Party politician, Governor of Victoria and founder of The Naval Annual. ▶
Centenary House :: 1.1 Kilometres
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 Limited, an entity wholly owned by the ALP ▶
National Portrait Gallery (Australia) :: 1.2 Kilometres
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 ▶
High Court of Australia :: 1.2 Kilometres
The High Court of Australia is the supreme 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 Australia and the parliaments of the States, and ▶
Old Parliament House, Canberra :: 1.2 Kilometres
Parliament House, known formerly as the Provisional Parliament House, was the house of the Parliament of Australia from 1927 to 1988. The building began operation on 9 May 1927 as a temporary base for the Commonwealth Parliament after its relocation from Melbourne to the new capital, Canberra, until ▶
Australian Secret Intelligence Service :: 1.2 Kilometres
The Australian Secret Intelligence Service (ASIS) is the Australian government intelligence agency responsible for collecting foreign intelligence, undertaking counter-intelligence activities and cooperation with other intelligence agencies overseas ▶
Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (Australia) :: 1.2 Kilometres
The Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) is a department of the government of Australia charged with advancing the interests of Australia and its citizens internationally. It manages the Government's foreign relations and trade policies, and is responsible to the ministers for Foreign ▶
Aboriginal Tent Embassy :: 1.2 Kilometres
The Aboriginal Tent Embassy is a controversial semi-permanent assemblage claiming to represent the political rights of Australian Aborigines. It is made up of a group of activists, signs and tents that reside on the lawn of Old Parliament House in Canberra, the Australian capital ▶
Reconciliation Place :: 1.2 Kilometres
Reconciliation Place is an urban landscape design in the Parliamentary Triangle Canberra, Australia, commenced in 2001 as a monument to between Australia’s Indigenous people and settler population. The design was selected by a national design competition in 2001 run by the National Capital Authority ▶
Kingston Powerhouse :: 1.4 Kilometres
The Kingston Powerhouse is a disused power plant in Canberra, the capital of Australia. It is located in the suburb of Kingston, Australian Capital Territory. It was designed by John Smith Murdoch and constructed from 1913-1915, when the planned city of Canberra came into being ▶
National Carillon :: 1.4 Kilometres
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. ▶
Aspen Island :: 1.4 Kilometres
Aspen Island is a man-made island located in the central basin of Lake Burley Griffin, in the centre of Canberra, Australia's federal capital city where the Australian National Carillon is situated. The island is linked to the mainland by a footbridge which is named after John Douglas Gordon, who ▶
Kings Avenue, Canberra :: 1.4 Kilometres
Kings Avenue is a road in Canberra which goes between New Parliament House , across Lake Burley Griffin at the Kings Avenue Bridge , to Russell near the Australian-American Monument. . It begins at State Circle around Capital Hill and forms the border between the suburbs of Parkes and Barton ▶
Telopea Park :: 1.5 Kilometres
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 New South Wales, also known as the Waratah ▶
Questacon :: 1.5 Kilometres
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. ▶