Limestone House
Limestone House is a government building in Australian Capital Territory, Australia. Limestone House is situated nearby to the government building Medical Superintendents’ Building, as well as near the locality Acton Peninsula.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include National Library of Australia and Springbank Island.
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 Library of Australia is situated 1¼ km southeast of Limestone House.
Springbank Island
Islet
Photo: Percita Dittmar, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Springbank Island is an island located on Lake Burley Griffin in Canberra, Australian Capital Territory. Springbank Island is named after a former agricultural property that was partially submerged to create Lake Burley Griffin.
Parliament House
Photo: Thennicke, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Parliament House is the meeting place of the Parliament of Australia, the legislative branch of Australia's federal tier 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. Parliament House is situated 2 km south of Limestone House.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Acton Peninsula and Acton.
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.
Acton
Acton is a small affluent suburb west of Civic and is Canberra's university district, mostly taken up by the Australian National University. Right next to the ANU is the Australian National Botanic Gardens, containing some of the most diverse ranges…
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.
Limestone House
- Type: Government building
- Category: building
- Location: Australian Capital Territory, Australia, Oceania
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
-35.29037° or 35° 17′ 25″ southLongitude
149.11869° or 149° 7′ 7″ eastOpen location code
4RPFP459+VFOpenStreetMap ID
way 207384270OpenStreetMap feature
building=government
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