Capital Hill
Capital Hill is the location of Parliament House, Canberra, at the south apex of the land axis of the Parliamentary Triangle. The site was selected as the location of the Capitol in Walter Burley Griffin's Canberra design in 1912, which he envisaged…| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Suburb
- Description: location of Parliament House, Canberra, Australia
- Also known as: “Capital Hill, Australian Capital Territory”, “Capital Hill, Australian Capital Territory, Australia”, and “Kurrajong Hill”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Parliament House and National Library of Australia.
Parliament House
Photo: Thennicke, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Parliament House is the meeting place of the Parliament of Australia, the legislative body of Australia's federal level of government. The building also houses the core of the executive, containing the Cabinet room and offices of the Prime Minister and other federal ministers.
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 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 South Canberra and Manuka.
South Canberra
Photo: JJ Harrison, CC BY-SA 3.0.
If it's your first time in Canberra and you're time limited to only exploring one part of Canberra, it has to be South Canberra. Sometimes referred to as the inner south, South Canberra houses some of Canberra's most important landmarks: Parliament House, and…
Manuka
Neighborhood
Manuka is an area in the Inner South district of Canberra, Australia covering parts of the suburbs of Griffith and Forrest. Manuka Shops, Manuka Oval, Manuka Swimming Pool, and Manuka Circle take their name from the park in the area.
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.
Capital Hill
- Category: locality
- Location: Australian Capital Territory, Australia, Oceania
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Latitude
-35.30786° or 35° 18′ 28″ southLongitude
149.12448° or 149° 7′ 28″ eastElevation
598 metres (1,962 feet)Open location code
4RPFM4RF+VQOpenStreetMap ID
node 6102586761OpenStreetMap feature
place=suburb
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Bhojpuri to Persian—“Capital Hill” goes by many names.
- Bhojpuri: “क्यापिटल हिल”
- Catalan: “Capital Hill”
- Chinese: “首都山”
- French: “Capital Hill”
- German: “Capital Hill”
- Hebrew: “קאפיטל היל, טריטוריית הבירה האוסטרלית”
- Hebrew: “קוראג’ונג היל”
- Hebrew: “קורג’ונג היל”
- Hebrew: “קפיטל היל, טריטוריית הבירה האוסטרלית”
- Hebrew: “קפיטל היל”
- Hindi: “क्यापिटल हिल”
- Maithili: “क्यापिटल हिल”
- Malay: “Capital Hill, Wilayah Ibu Negara Australia”
- Nepali: “क्यापिटल हिल”
- Persian: “کپیتال هیلز، قلمرو پایتختی استرالیا”
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Notable Places Nearby
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