Old Canberra House

Old Canberra House is a university building in Australian Capital Territory, Australia. Old Canberra House is situated near the locality Acton Peninsula, as well as near the university Australian Earth System Simulator (ACCESS-NRI).

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights: 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 1½ km southeast of Old Canberra 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.

Australian Academy of Science

School

Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.

The Australian Academy of Science is a scientific academy. It was founded in 1954 by a group of distinguished Australians, including Australian Fellows of the Royal Society of London, after its forerunner, the Australian National Research Council had been dissolved. Australian Academy of Science is situated 790 metres northeast of Old Canberra 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

Photo: Fir0002, GFDL.

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.

Old Canberra House

Type: University building
Categories: building and education
Location: Australian Capital Territory, Australia, Oceania
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Latitude

-35.28801° or 35° 17′ 17″ south

Longitude

149.11632° or 149° 6′ 59″ east

Levels

Open location code

4RPFP468+QG

OpenStreetMap ID

way 207397104

OpenStreetMap feature

building=university

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: Old Canberra House Tennis Court and Australian Earth System Simulator (ACCESS-NRI).

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Places to explore: Lennox Crossing after roundabout and JG Crawford Building.

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