Capital Hill
District:	South Canberra
Established:
Postcode:	2600
Population:	non-residential
Median property value:	no private property
Canberra suburbs near Capital Hill Yarralumla Yarralumla Parkes Yarralumla Capital Hill Barton Deakin Forrest Forrest

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 'National Capital' in Walter Burley Griffin's Canberra design in 1912. The Parliament buildings were to be located a little further down the hill towards Lake Burley Griffin at Camp Hill, between Capital Hill and the Old Parliament House. The Capital was to be a grand monument where the national achievements could be celebrated. When the Parliament outgrew its temporary accommodation at Old Parliament House, the Parliament voted in 1978 to move the Parliament to its permanent location on Capital Hill. Construction of the new parliament buildings commenced in 1981 and the new building was officially opened by Queen Elizabeth II in 1988, when the Parliament relocated from the old building. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (800x661, 58 KB) Summary Suburb Infobox Map of Capital Hill Created by me in Illustrator and released under the GFDL Licensing I, the creator of this work, hereby grant the permission to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the... South Canberra is a central district of Canberra, the capital city of Australia. ... Postcodes are used by Australia Post to identify postal districts in Australia. ... This is a list of suburbs in the city of Canberra, in the Australian Capital Territory, Australia. ... Yarralumla locality map Yarralumla (postcode: 2600) is a suburb in the inner south of Canberra, the capital city of Australia. ... Yarralumla locality map Yarralumla (postcode: 2600) is a suburb in the inner south of Canberra, the capital city of Australia. ... Categories: Suburbs of Canberra (incomplete) | Suburbs of Canberra ... Yarralumla locality map Yarralumla (postcode: 2600) is a suburb in the inner south of Canberra, the capital city of Australia. ... Categories: Suburbs of Canberra (incomplete) | Suburbs of Canberra ... Deakin locality map Deakin (postcode: 2600) is a suburb of Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia. ... Categories: Suburbs of Canberra (incomplete) | Suburbs of Canberra ... Categories: Suburbs of Canberra (incomplete) | Suburbs of Canberra ... Postcodes are used by Australia Post to identify postal districts in Australia. ... Parliament House Canberra: The main entrance and the flag Parliament House is the name given to two purpose-built buildings in Canberra, the capital of Australia, where the Parliament of Australia has met since 1927. ... The Parliamentary Triangle is the ceremonial precinct of Canberra and contains the Parliament (which also houses the executive branch and the High Court of Australia. ... Griffins plan for Canberra Walter Burley Griffin (November 24, 1876 - February 11, 1937), American architect, gained fame for his role in designing Canberra, Australias capital city. ... 1912 (MCMXII) was a leap year starting on Monday in the Gregorian calendar (or a leap year starting on Tuesday in the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ... Sunset over Lake Burley Griffin, viewed from the Commonwealth Bridge Lake Burley Griffin is a lake in the centre of Canberra, Australias federal capital city. ... The original parliament house of Australia, now referred to as Old Parliament House, or OPH, served as the official Parliament House of the Commonwealth of Australia from 1927 to 1988. ... 1978 (MCMLXXVIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (the link is to a full 1978 calendar). ... 1981 (MCMLXXXI) is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Queen Elizabeth II (Elizabeth Alexandra Mary Windsor),was born 21 April 1926. ... 1988 (MCMLXXXVIII) was a leap year starting on a Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Parliament House Canberra: The main entrance and the flag

Capital Hill was previously named Kurrajong Hill and is around 2.5 km², surrounded by a circular road (State Circle). Until the construction of the current Parliament House, the hill was covered with scrubby native bushland. The construction of the current parliament building required removing much of the top half of Kurrajong Hill, and after construction, much of the earth was replaced on top of the building. The surrounding hill is landscaped with native plants, while the soil on top of parliament house is planted with lawn. Download high resolution version (1024x768, 81 KB) Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... Download high resolution version (1024x768, 81 KB) Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... A typical lawn A lawn sprinkler A lawn is an area of land planted with grass and sometimes clover and other plants, which are maintained at an even low height. ...

The streets around Capital Hill have an ingenious naming scheme. Those which go out from the hill are named after capitals, and their direction roughly corresponds to the direction of that capital city, Brisbane Ave, Sydney Ave, Canberra Ave, Melbourne Ave, Adelaide Ave, Perth Ave and Darwin Ave. The streets which surround the hill in concentric circles are named after increasing spheres of influence with the inner most circle called Parliament drive and then spanning out to Capital Circuit, State Circuit, National Circuit, Dominion Circuit and Empire Circuit.

Geology

Geology of Capital Hill has been studied in great detail. Canberra Formation, calcareous Shale is found in the south west and north east. This overlies middle Silurian Camp Hill Sandstone. The sandstone unconformably overlies the early Silurian Black Mountain Sandstone and State Circle Shale. State Circle Shale is Late Llandovery in a more finely divided time scale and has been dated to 445 7 million years old. The State Circle Shale is composed of laminated shales and siltstone. Black Moutain Sandstone is composed of a white quartz sandstone. The Deakin Fault cuts the south west of state circle. Mount Painter acid volcanics are to the south west of this fault. Shale Shale is a fine-grained sedimentary rock whose original constituents were clays or muds. ... The Silurian is a major division of the geologic timescale that extends from the end of the Ordovician period, about 443. ... Sandstone near Stadtroda, Germany Sandstone is a sedimentary rock composed mainly of sand-size mineral or rock grains. ... Categories: Stub | Sedimentary rocks ... Sandstone near Stadtroda, Germany Sandstone is a sedimentary rock composed mainly of sand-size mineral or rock grains. ...