Temporary Closures: Current advice
National Triangle
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National Triangle.
Photographed by Erna Glassford.
The heart of the Griffin plan for Canberra is a great triangle described by three avenues: Kings, Commonwealth and Constitution Avenues. In the Griffin Plan, each corner of this triangle represented a key aspect of what they saw as essential to a strong democracy: the people, the government and a free market. This triangle intersects the Land Axis – from Mt Ainslie through Capital Hill (Parliament House) to Bimberri Peak – and includes the Central Basin of Lake Burley Griffin.
Today, the Triangle is the site of public parks, green spaces, key government buildings and national institutions.
Parks and Open Space
- Queen Elizabeth II Island and the National Carillon
- Commonwealth Park and Kings Park
- Magna Carta Place and Constitution Place
- National Rose Gardens
- Old Parliament House Gardens
- Patrick White Lawns
- Reconciliation Place and Commonwealth Place
National Institutions
- AIATSIS
- Australian Parliament House
- High Court of Australia
- National Archives of Australia
- National Capital Exhibition
- National Gallery of Australia
- National Library of Australia
- National Museum of Australia
- National Portrait Gallery
- Museum of Australian Democracy at Old Parliament House
- Questacon (National Science and Technology Centre)