Portal:Australian Capital Territory/Selected panorama
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Contents |
[edit] Usage
The layout design for these subpages is at Portal:Australian Capital Territory/Selected panorama/Layout.
- Add a new selected picture to the next available subpage.
- Update "max=" to new total for its {{Random portal component}} on the main page.
[edit] Selected pictures
- 1
Mount Ainslie or Mount Ainslie-Majura is a part of Canberra Nature Park. It borders on the inner suburbs of Campbell, Ainslie and Hackett. See also Mount Majura. It has a lookout area surmounted by a rotating aircraft beacon on the summit which stands 842 metres above sea level and gives excellent 360° views across the city and surrounding country within the Australian Capital Territory and beyond to New South Wales.
- 2
Parliament House is the meeting place of the Parliament of Australia. It is located in Canberra, the capital of Australia. It was opened on 9 May 1988 by Queen Elizabeth II. 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".
- 3
Lake Burley Griffin is an artificial lake in the centre of Canberra, Australia's federal capital city. It was created in 1963 after the Molonglo River, which ran between the city centre and Parliamentry Triangle, was dammed. It is named after Walter Burley Griffin, the architect who won the design competition for the city of Canberra.
- 4
- 5
