Commencement Column Monument (Canberra, ACT)

Australia / Australian Capital Territory / Canberra / Canberra, ACT

The foundation stones of the never-completed Commencement Column are an important commemoration of the selection of the site for the national capital. The stones were laid at the official naming ceremony of the site in 1913.

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Coordinates: 35°18'21"S 149°7'35"E

Canberra information center 5.7 km
Sandringham Memorial Fountain and Garden 249 km
Birrarung Marr 465 km
Weeroona Park 786 km
SAR Rx 217 Steam Locomotive 929 km
Maryborough Crematorium and Wall of Remembrance 1142 km
Kalkadoon and Mitakoodi Memorial 1842 km
Savage Memorial 2311 km
Monumen Kapsul Waktu 3112 km
Mc Arthur Monument 3751 km

Parliament House 0.3 km
Stirling Park (formerly Westlake) 1.2 km
Lake Burley Griffin 1.5 km
The Parliamentary Triangle 1.6 km
Commonwealth Park 2 km
Axis of design by Walter Burley Griffin 2.3 km
Russell Offices 2.4 km
Jerrabomberra Wetlands 2.9 km
Canberra City center 2.9 km
Australian National University 2.9 km

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Parliament House Stirling Park (formerly Westlake) Lake Burley Griffin The Parliamentary Triangle Commonwealth Park Axis of design by Walter Burley Griffin Russell Offices Jerrabomberra Wetlands Canberra City center Australian National University