Canberra Sightseeing and Attractions
Map of geo-tagged wikipedia articles that may point you towards some interesting things to see or do.
Canberra Top 10 Attractions
#1 National Archives of Australia
The "National Archives of Australia" is a body established by the Government of Australia for the purpose of preserving Commonwealth Government records. It is an Executive Agency of the Department of Finance and Deregulation and reports to the Special Minister of State, Senator John Faulkner. The national office is in Canberra with offices in each state capital and Darwin ...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Archives_of_Australia
#2 Parliament House, Canberra
. It is located in Canberra, the capital of Australia. It was opened on 9 May 1988 by Queen Elizabeth II. The Australian Political System, p.737 Its construction cost was over $1.1 billion. Prior to 1988, the Parliament of Australia met in the Provisional Parliament House, which is now known as "Old Parliament House". ...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parliament_House,_Canberra
#3 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 ...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capital_Hill,_Australian_Capital_Territory
#4 Canberra
"Canberra" (The city's name may also be pronounced . It is also less commonly known as or .) is the capital city of the Commonwealth of Australia. With a population of over 320,000, it is Australia's largest inland city. The city is located at the northern end of the Australian Capital Territory, south-west of Sydney, and north-east of Melbourne ...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canberra
#5 Australian Secret Intelligence Service
The "Australian Secret Intelligence Service (ASIS)" is the Australian government intelligence agency responsible for collecting foreign intelligence, undertaking counter-intelligence activities and cooperation with other intelligence agencies overseas. ASIS is equivalent to the United Kingdom Secret Intelligence Service (MI6) or the United States Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) ...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australian_Secret_Intelligence_Service
#6 The Lodge
and also the residence of the prime minister's family in the national capital, Canberra. It is located on Adelaide Avenue, Deakin. ...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Lodge
#7 Manuka Oval
"Manuka Oval" is a 15,000 capacity stadium (10,000 seated) located in the suburb of Griffith, adjacent to Manuka, a business district of Canberra, Australia's capital. The stadium is home to many events throughout the year, including cricket matches in the summer months and Australian rules football matches in the winter months ...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manuka_Oval
#8 Canberra railway station
"Canberra railway station" is located in Kingston, ACT, Australia. The station is the terminus for CountryLink rail services from Sydney. It is the only operating railway station in the ACT. In 1913 when Canberra was founded and named, work began immediately on a new rail link to the capital from Queanbeyan (on the Goulburn-Bombala branch line) to the Eastlake station site, now the ...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canberra_railway_station
#9 Royal Australian Mint
The "Royal Australian Mint (RAM)" is situated in the Australian federal capital city of Canberra, in the suburb of Deakin. It was officially opened by the Duke of Edinburgh on 22 February 1965. The mint was commissioned to produce Australia’s decimal coinage, which was to be introduced into circulation on 14 February 1966 ...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Australian_Mint
#10 Government House, Canberra
of the Governor-General of Australia, located in the suburb of Yarralumla, Canberra. The house is set in 54 hectares of parkland. The suburb of Yarralumla, which has grown up around Government House, is one of Canberra's most expensive and exclusive areas, and is the site of many foreign embassies ...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Government_House,_Canberra
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Did you know? ...
Canberra is known by different spellings and names throughout the world. These are the ones we know of:
Kanbero, Kanbera, Kamberra, Канберра, Camberra
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