Nishi Gallery

Nishi Gallery is an arts center in Australian Capital Territory, Australia. Nishi Gallery is situated near the park John Avery Gardens, as well as near the government office United Nation High Commissioner for Refugees.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights: Australian Academy of Science and National Library of Australia.

Australian Academy of Science

School

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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 180 metres north of Nishi Gallery.

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 south of Nishi Gallery.

ANU School of Music

College

Photo: SimonHukin, CC BY-SA 3.0.

The ANU School of Music is a school in the Research School of Humanities and the Arts, which forms part of the College of Arts and Social Sciences of the Australian National University. ANU School of Music is situated 500 metres north of Nishi Gallery.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Civic and Acton Peninsula.

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.

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…

Nishi Gallery

Type: Arts center
Categories: building, government building, tourist attraction, and tourism
Location: Australian Capital Territory, Australia, Oceania
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Latitude

-35.28514° or 35° 17′ 7″ south

Longitude

149.12377° or 149° 7′ 26″ east

Open location code

4RPFP47F+WG

OpenStreetMap ID

way 220570407

OpenStreetMap feature

amenity=arts_centre

OpenStreetMap feature

building=government

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: Nishi Gallery and John Avery Gardens.

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