Commonwealth Park
Commonwealth Park is in Canberra, Australia, adjacent to the north side of Lake Burley Griffin. Centrally located in the city, it is an important part of the urban landscape.Photo: Lorienismo, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Places of Interest
Highlights include National Library of Australia and National Capital Exhibition.
National Library of Australia
Library
Photo: Shkuru Afshar, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The National Library of Australia, formerly the Commonwealth National Library and Commonwealth Parliament Library, is the largest reference library in Australia, responsible under the terms of the National Library Act 1960 for "maintaining and developing…
National Capital Exhibition
Museum
Photo: Ymblanter, CC BY-SA 4.0.
National Capital Exhibition is a museum.
National Gallery of Australia
Arts center
Photo: Thennicke, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The National Gallery of Australia, formerly the Australian National Gallery, is the national art museum of Australia as well as one of the largest art museums in Australia, holding more than 166,000 works of art.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Parliamentary Triangle and Civic.
Parliamentary Triangle
Neighborhood
The National Triangle, also known as the Parliamentary Triangle, is the ceremonial precinct of Canberra, containing some of Australia's most significant buildings.
Civic
Photo: JJ Harrison, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Canberra's downtown area, Civic is what is now Walter Burley Griffin's design for a Civic Centre. Established in 1927, this is Canberra's central business district and one of its oldest centres, surrounded by the rest of North Canberra, Acton and Lake Burley Griffin.
Acton Peninsula
Locality
The Acton Peninsula is located on the northern shore of Lake Burley Griffin, in the centre of Canberra, the capital of Australia. It was created when the lake was artificially built by damming the Molonglo River and excavating around it to create the desired shape.
Commonwealth Park
- Type: Park
- Description: park in Canberra, Australia
- Category: recreation area
- Location: Australian Capital Territory, Australia, Oceania
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
-35.28903° or 35° 17′ 21″ southLongitude
149.13324° or 149° 7′ 60″ eastElevation
571 metres (1,873 feet)Open location code
4RPFP46M+97OpenStreetMap ID
way 11305622OpenStreetMap feature
leisure=park
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Vietnamese—“Commonwealth Park” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Commonwealth Park”
- Chinese: “Commonwealth 公园”
- Chinese: “國家首都展覽館”
- Hebrew: “חבר העמים הבריטי”
- Swedish: “Commonwealth Park”
- Vietnamese: “Công viên Commonwealth”
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