Foundation Building

Foundation Building is a building in Australian Capital Territory, Australia. Foundation Building is situated nearby to CSIRO Discovery Centre, as well as near the library CSIRO Black Mountain.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include National Botanic Gardens and Black Mountain.

National Botanic Gardens

Garden

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The Australian National Botanic Gardens is a heritage-listed botanical garden located in Acton, Canberra, in the Australian Capital Territory, Australia.

Black Mountain is a small mountain with an elevation of 812 metres AHD that is situated to the west of the Canberra central business district on the northern shore of Lake Burley Griffin, in the Australian Capital Territory of Australia.

Ursula Hall

Dormitory

There are eleven residential colleges affiliated with ANU—Bruce Hall, Ursula Hall, Burgmann College, John XXIII College, Toad Hall, Burton & Garran Hall, Graduate House, Fenner Hall, Wamburun Hall, Wright Hall, and Yukeembruk Village. Ursula Hall is situated 420 metres south of Foundation Building.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Acton and Civic.

Acton

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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.

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.

Foundation Building

Type: Building
Location: Australian Capital Territory, Australia, Oceania
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Latitude

-35.27484° or 35° 16′ 29″ south

Longitude

149.11428° or 149° 6′ 51″ east

Open location code

4RPFP4G7+3P

OpenStreetMap ID

way 552502530

OpenStreetMap feature

building=yes

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