The new front of the Canberra Centre on Ainslie Avenue

Inside the Canberra Centre

Canberra Centre, shopping mall located in Civic, Canberra, Australia. It opened in 1963 as the Monaro Mall, then underwent a $220 million redevelopment and became the Canberra Centre in 1989. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (1184x888, 214 KB)New front of the Canberra Centre. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (1184x888, 214 KB)New front of the Canberra Centre. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (1184x888, 241 KB)Inside the Canberra Centre. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (1184x888, 241 KB)Inside the Canberra Centre. ... City Walk, a pedestrian mall in Civic is a focus of retail activity and outdoor dining. ... For other uses, see Canberra (disambiguation). ...

Prime Minister Robert Menzies opened the centre on 6 March 1963, which at the time was the first Australian shopping centre which was three storey, fully enclosed and air conditioned. The Canberra Centre that it became, was opened by Chief Minister Rosemary Follett on 2 November, 1989. The shopping centre was extended across Bunda street further down Ainslie Avenue in 2002. However, both redevelopments have been criticised by architects and town planners for breaking the axis which runs between Mount Ainslie and City Hill, part of Walter Burley Griffin's original plan for Canberra. Sir Robert Gordon Menzies KT AK CH QC FRS, (20 December 1894 – 14 May 1978), Australian politician, was the twelfth and longest-serving Prime Minister of Australia, serving a total of eighteen and a half years in office from 1939 to 1941 and from 1949 to 1966. ... Rosemary Follett, Australian politician, was the first woman to become the head of government in an Australian state or territory. ... Mount Ainslie or Mount Ainslie-Majura is a part of Canberra Nature Park. ... City Hill is a park located in Canberra, Australia on one of the points of the Parliamentary Triangle, a feature of Walter Burley Griffins plan for the city. ... Walter Burley Griffin and his wife Marion Mahony Griffin, in Sydney in 1930 Walter Burley Griffin (November 24, 1876 - February 11, 1937), American architect and landscape architect. ...

The shopping mall has three levels, one above ground and one below. It has Myer, David Jones and Target department stores, and many other smaller shops. The food court is located in the below ground section of the mall. The shopping centre is owned by Queensland Investment Corporation. Myer - Melbourne store This article is about the department store. ... David Jones Limited is an Australian retailing company. ... Target Australia Pty Ltd is an Australian company that operates the 250-store Target department store chain. ...

As part of the Section 84 development being built by the Queensland Investment Corporation, owners of the Canberra Centre, the centre will extend over to the other side of Petrie St of which a new retail bridge will be located over, where there will be a Big W discount department store, 9 cinemas (operated by Dendy and Electric Shadows), a new Supabarn supermarket and a new food court. A log bridge in the French Alps near Vallorcine. ... Big W is a chain of Australian-based, discount retail outlets, selling items ranging from clothing, healthcare accessories and toys, amongst many other categories. ... Exterior appearance of typical American supermarket (a Safeway) A supermarket or grocery store is a store that sells a wide variety of food. ... Food court at the Fashion Centre at Pentagon City in Arlington, Virginia. ...

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