Australian Academy of Science

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 , after its forerunner, the Australian National Research Council had been dissolved.
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  • Type: School
  • Description: academy of sciences
  • Also known as: “AAS” and “science.org.au”
  • Wheelchair access: yes

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Shine Dome and National Library of Australia.

University building
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is an university building.

Library
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The , 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… is situated 1½ km south of Australian Academy of Science.

Office building
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is an office building.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Civic and Acton Peninsula.

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Canberra's downtown area, is what is now Walter Burley Griffin's design for a Centre. Established in 1927, this is Canberra's central business district and one of its oldest centres, surrounded by the rest of , and Lake Burley Griffin.

Locality
The is located on the northern shore of , in the centre of , the capital of Australia. It was created when the lake was artificially built by damming the and excavating around it to create the desired shape.

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is a small affluent suburb west of and is 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…

Australian Academy of Science

Latitude
-35.2836° or 35° 17′ 1″ south
Longitude
149.12307° or 149° 7′ 23″ east
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Welsh—“Australian Academy of Science” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “الأكاديمية الأسترالية للعلوم”
  • Armenian: “Ավստրալիայի գիտությունների ակադեմիա”
  • Belarusian: “Акадэмія навук Аўстраліі”
  • Catalan: “Acadèmia Australiana de Ciències”
  • Chinese: “澳大利亚科学院”
  • Chinese: “澳洲科学院”
  • Chinese: “澳洲科學院”
  • Czech: “Australská akademie věd”
  • Danish: “Australian Academy of Science”
  • Dutch: “Australian Academy of Science”
  • Esperanto: “Aŭstralia Akademio de Scienco”
  • French: “Académie australienne des sciences”
  • French: “Académie des sciences australienne”
  • Georgian: “ავსტრალიის მეცნიერებათა აკადემია”
  • German: “Australian Academy of Science”
  • Greek: “Αυστραλιανή Ακαδημία Επιστημών”
  • Hebrew: “כיפת שיין”
  • Irish: “Acadamh Eolaíochta na hAstráile”
  • Japanese: “オーストラリア科学アカデミー”
  • Japanese: “オーストラリア科学院”
  • Luxembourgish: “Australesch Wëssenschaftsakademie”
  • Persian: “فرهنگستان علوم استرالیا”
  • Polish: “AAS”
  • Polish: “Australian Academy of Science”
  • Polish: “Australijska Akademia Nauk”
  • Portuguese: “Academia de Ciências da Austrália”
  • Portuguese: “Australian Academy of Science”
  • Romanian: “Academia Australiană de Științe”
  • Russian: “Австралийская академия наук”
  • Russian: “Академия наук Австралии”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Acadamh Astràilianach nan Saidheansan”
  • Serbian: “Australijska akademija nauka”
  • Serbian: “Аустралијска академија наука”
  • Slovenian: “AAS”
  • Slovenian: “Avstralska akademija znanosti”
  • Slovenian: “science.org.au”
  • Spanish: “Academia Australiana de Ciencias”
  • Swedish: “Australian Academy of Science”
  • Tatar: “Австралия фәннәр академиясе”
  • Turkish: “Avustralya Bilim Akademisi”
  • Ukrainian: “Австралійська академія наук”
  • Ukrainian: “Академія наук Австралії”
  • Urdu: “آسٹریلوی سائنس اکادمی”
  • Uzbek: “Avstraliya Fanlar akademiyasi”
  • Vietnamese: “Viện hàn lâm Khoa học Úc”
  • Vietnamese: “Viện Hàn lâm Khoa học Úc”
  • Welsh: “Academi Gwyddoniaeth Awstralia”
  • “Australian Academy of Science”

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