Shine Dome

Shine Dome is an university building in Australian Capital Territory, Australia. Shine Dome is situated nearby to the office building Ian Potter House, as well as near the government office Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Communications.

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Type: University building
Description: building in Canberra, Australia
Also known as: “Australian Academy of Science”, “Australian Academy of Science Building”, “Becker Building”, and “Becker House”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include 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.

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 Shine Dome.

ANU School of Music

College

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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 340 metres north of Shine Dome.

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…

Shine Dome

Categories: building, historical cultural heritage site, and education
Location: Australian Capital Territory, Australia, Oceania
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Latitude

-35.28369° or 35° 17′ 1″ south

Longitude

149.12265° or 149° 7′ 22″ east

Levels

Height

8.7 metres (29 feet)

Roof shape

dome

Open location code

4RPFP48F+G3

OpenStreetMap ID

way 4970449

OpenStreetMap feature

building=university

Wikidata ID

Q27493197

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