Parliamentary Triangle, Canberra

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ceremonial precinct governmental district urban precinct

The Parliamentary Triangle in Canberra is a key ceremonial and governmental precinct that organizes Australia’s major national institutions around a symbolic geometric layout within the capital.

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All labels observed (11)

Label	Occurrences
Griffin Plan for Canberra	5
Parkes, Canberra	2
Parliamentary Triangle, Canberra canonical	2
Canberra Parliamentary Triangle	1
Canberra ceremonial precinct	1
City (Civic), Canberra	1
Griffin legacy landscape of Canberra	1
Griffin plan for Canberra	1
Land Axis of Canberra	1
National Triangle, Canberra	1
Parliamentary Triangle across Lake Burley Griffin	1

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	ceremonial precinct ⓘ governmental district ⓘ urban precinct ⓘ
axis	Land Axis ⓘ Water Axis ⓘ
boundedBy	Commonwealth Avenue ⓘ Kings Avenue ⓘ Lake Burley Griffin ⓘ
contains	Aboriginal Tent Embassy vicinity ⓘ Commonwealth Place ⓘ High Court of Australia ⓘ King Edward Terrace ⓘ King George Terrace ⓘ National Archives of Australia ⓘ National Gallery of Australia ⓘ National Library of Australia ⓘ National Portrait Gallery of Australia ⓘ National Rose Gardens ⓘ Old Parliament House ⓘ Parkes Place ⓘ Parliament House, Canberra ⓘ surface form: Parliament House Questacon – The National Science and Technology Centre ⓘ Reconciliation Place ⓘ
country	Australia ⓘ
designedBy	Walter Burley Griffin ⓘ
developmentPeriod	20th century ⓘ
function	ceremonial focus of the national capital ⓘ location of major national institutions ⓘ
governedBy	National Capital Authority ⓘ
hasViewAxisTo	Capital Hill ⓘ City Hill ⓘ Mount Ainslie ⓘ
heritageStatus	central element of the National Capital Plan ⓘ
layoutType	geometric plan ⓘ
locatedIn	Australian Capital Territory (enclaved within) (geographical context) ⓘ surface form: Australian Capital Territory Canberra ⓘ
locatedOn	south side of Lake Burley Griffin ⓘ
namedAfter	its triangular plan formed by major avenues ⓘ
partOf	Canberra city plan ⓘ
planningConcept	City Beautiful movement principles ⓘ
primaryUse	federal government activities ⓘ national ceremonies and events ⓘ
shape	triangle ⓘ
symbolizes	Australian system of government ⓘ relationship between legislature, executive and judiciary ⓘ
tourismAttraction	major visitor destination in Canberra ⓘ

Referenced by (17)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Parliament House, Canberra → partOf → Parliamentary Triangle, Canberra ⓘ

National Gallery of Australia → locatedIn → Parliamentary Triangle, Canberra ⓘ

this entity surface form: Parkes, Canberra

Russell Offices, Canberra → partOf → Parliamentary Triangle, Canberra ⓘ

this entity surface form: Canberra Parliamentary Triangle

Anzac Parade → partOf → Parliamentary Triangle, Canberra ⓘ

this entity surface form: Griffin Plan for Canberra

NGA → locatedIn → Parliamentary Triangle, Canberra ⓘ

subject surface form: National Gallery of Australia

this entity surface form: Parkes, Canberra

Acton Peninsula → near → Parliamentary Triangle, Canberra ⓘ

this entity surface form: City (Civic), Canberra

Acton Peninsula → isLocatedNorthOf → Parliamentary Triangle, Canberra ⓘ

this entity surface form: Parliamentary Triangle across Lake Burley Griffin

Commonwealth Place → partOf → Parliamentary Triangle, Canberra ⓘ

this entity surface form: Griffin legacy landscape of Canberra

Parliamentary Triangle → partOf → Parliamentary Triangle, Canberra ⓘ

this entity surface form: Griffin Plan for Canberra

Parliamentary Triangle → axisOf → Parliamentary Triangle, Canberra ⓘ

this entity surface form: Land Axis of Canberra

War Memorial–Parliament House axis → partOf → Parliamentary Triangle, Canberra ⓘ

this entity surface form: Griffin plan for Canberra

Land Axis → partOf → Parliamentary Triangle, Canberra ⓘ

this entity surface form: Griffin Plan for Canberra

King George Terrace → formsPartOf → Parliamentary Triangle, Canberra ⓘ

this entity surface form: Griffin Plan for Canberra

National Rose Gardens → locatedNear → Parliamentary Triangle, Canberra ⓘ

this entity surface form: National Triangle, Canberra

Parkes Place → partOf → Parliamentary Triangle, Canberra ⓘ

this entity surface form: Griffin Plan for Canberra

Parkes Place → category → Parliamentary Triangle, Canberra ⓘ

Desert Mounted Corps Memorial → partOf → Parliamentary Triangle, Canberra ⓘ

this entity surface form: Canberra ceremonial precinct