Capital Hill

The grassy rise of Capital Hill is Canberra’s crowning feature. The perfectly circular hilltop locale is the core from which the rest of the city radiates.

Its grand boundary road encloses Canberra’s primary piece of architecture: Parliament House. Inside, Australia’s politicians discuss the daily debate. Take a walk around Capital Hill’s tree-lined lawns and experience the different faces of this intricately designed city. To the west, a little patch of remnant bushland provides a peephole into the past.

Explore the best attractions in Capital Hill

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Join the kids for a day of learning about the wonders of science and technology at Australia’s national science centre.
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Admire the scale, architecture and artwork of the building where Australia’s politicians make the big decisions. 
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Explore the collections of Australia’s biggest reference library to find books from all over the world, early European maps and documents from the first explorers. 
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Australia’s national gallery has objects from across Asia and the Pacific, European and American works, and indigenous, colonial and contemporary Australian art. 
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Observe justice in action at the highest court in the land inside a modern edifice on the banks of a tranquil lake. 
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Browse millions of immigration records, photographs and old government files at Australia’s national repository of historical documents. 
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Tour this building to see where Australian politicians met and debated for over 60 years and learn about the history and workings of Australian democracy.
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The vast collection of intimate portraits of people famous and otherwise is illuminated by as much natural light as possible in an elegantly designed setting.