Capital Hill, Australian Capital Territory

Capital Hill is a neighborhood in the Australian capital Canberra without permanent population. Originally Kurrajong Hill called hill forms the southern tip of the representative Parliamentary Triangle and is surrounded by a circular road. 1912 elected Walter Burley Griffin this point as the center of the future government district.

The old Parliament, Old Parliament House, was built at the foot of the hill in the direction of Lake Burley Griffin. As the old Parliament building was too small, the Australian parliament decided in 1978 to build on the overgrown with shrubs hilltop a new building. Construction began in 1981 and opened in 1988, Queen Elizabeth II, the building official. The construction of the new Parliament ( Parliament House ) required the removal of the top half of the hill. After the structural work was finished, it was covered with earth removed earlier. The roof of the parliament building is overgrown with grass, the area with native plants.

The streets emanating from Capital Hill are named after the capitals of the Australian states and extend approximately in the direction in which are these cities. These are Brisbane Avenue, Sydney Avenue, Canberra Avenue, Hobart Avenue, Melbourne Avenue, Adelaide Avenue, Perth Avenue and Darwin Avenue. The streets surrounding the hill in a concentric circle, named after the spheres of influence: Capital Circle, State Circle, National Circle, Dominion Circle Circle and Empire ( capital, state, nation, Dominion and British Empire ).

As Griffin designed his plan for the new capital, there was reason to hope that New Zealand could potentially join the Australian Federation. He therefore called Wellington Avenue One of the starting at the Capital Hill arterial roads. As New Zealand 's accession but definitely rejected, the street name was changed to Canberra Avenue. - 35.308055555556149.12444444444Koordinaten: 35 ° 18 ' 29 " S, 149 ° 7' 28" E

• District of Canberra