Capital Hill, Australian Capital Territory

Capital Hill (postcode: 2600) is the location of Parliament House, Canberra, at the south apex of the land axis of the Parliamentary Triangle. The site was selected as the location of the Capitol in Walter Burley Griffin's Canberra design in 1912, which he envisaged to be "either a general administration structure for popular receptions and ceremony or for housing archives and commemorating Australian Achievements".^ The proposed building is commemorated in the name of the Capitol Theatre, Manuka. However, Griffin's name for the hill was subsequently changed to Capital Hill.

Nearest places of interest:

National Archives of Australia
National Portrait Gallery
National Museum of Australia
Yarralumla

Canberra
Parliament House
Royal Australian Mint
Lake Tuggeranong

Popular places:

Melbourne
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Brisbane
Adelaide

Australia
Canberra
Perth
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