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1Red Hill Manuka and the embassy 2Royal Australian
suburb of Yarralumla (see p204). Mint
Via Mugga Way, Red Hill.
Behind Red Hill stretch the
One of the highlights of a visit southern suburbs of Canberra, Denison St, Deakin. Tel (02) 6202 6999
to Canberra is a drive to the with the beautiful green of the or 1 300 652 020. @ 30, 31.
top of Red Hill, which offers Brindabella Ranges to the west. Open 8:30am–5pm Mon–Fri,
10am–4pm Sat–Sun, public hols.
excellent views over Lake Burley An alternative view of Closed Good Fri, 25 Dec. 8 10am &
Griffin, Parliament House, Canberra, offering a better 2pm Mon–Fri. 7 ∑ ramint.gov.au
understanding
of Walter Burley The Royal Australian Mint is
Griffin’s carefully the sole producer of Australia’s
planned city circulating coin currency.
design, can be It has produced over 11 billion
seen from the circulating coins and today
top of Mount has the capacity to mint over
Ainslie, on the two million coins per day,
north side of the or over 600 million per year.
lake behind the The Mint is dedicated to
Australian War commemorating Australia’s
Memorial (see culture and history through
Panoramic view of Canberra from Red Hill pp204–5). its numismatic programme.
4 Parliament House

Parliament House is the meeting place of Australia’s Parliament
and the centre of Australia’s democracy. Opened in 1988, the
building on Capital Hill is the third home of the Federal Parliament
since 1901. The building is set on a 32-ha (80-acre) site and
is the focal point of Canberra. Its architecture reflects
Australia’s commitment to open government.

House of
Representatives Chamber
This chamber accommodates
the 150 elected members of
the House of Representatives.
KEY
1 Members’ Hall
2 The steel flagpole reaches a
height of 81 m (256 ft) and weighs
220 tonnes.
3 The Great Veranda is clad with
white Italian marble cut from a single
cliff face. Its grand design marks both
the ceremonial and the public
entrance for Parliament House.
4 The Commonwealth coat of . The Great Hall
arms above the entrance features an This hall is used for state
emu and kangaroo in the skeleton- functions. The 20-m (65-ft)
like style of Aboriginal rock paintings. tapestry is based on an Arthur
Boyd painting.
For hotels and restaurants in this area see p485 and pp510–11