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Mount Ainslie

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to the west, especially towards sunset. According to an article written in 1922, this outlook "will afford an ever changing bird's eye and panoramic picture of the city's buildings and beauty spots, as well as of the lovely plains that run to join the Yass Plains on the north." An air beacon located
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for, with the aim to produce a ten-year strategy for the Mount Ainslie summit. The competition winners were Sue Barnsley and Jane Irwin, who proposed new parking, signage, picnic areas, lawns and plantings.
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Canberra, a nation's capital : prepared for the thirtieth meeting of the Australian and New Zealand Association for the Advancement of Science, held at Canberra, 13th-20th January 1954
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The Mount Ainslie tourist outlook, one of Canberra's most popular, provides excellent views of central Canberra and
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people, Mount Ainslie is a sacred place primarily for women’s business. Mount Ainslie and adjacent Galambary (
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at the summit is part of the national capital's air navigation system guiding air traffic towards the nearby
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Griffin, Marion Mahony; Watson, Anne Jeanette; Griffin, Walter Burley; Powerhouse Museum (1998).
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Photograph showing the view from Mount Ainslie, taken in the 1930s by an unknown photographer.
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Beyond architecture: Marion Mahony and Walter Burley Griffin : America, Australia, India
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Panorama of the site for Canberra taken from Mt. Ainslie, 1910s / Frank Boland
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List of mountains and prominent hills in the Australian Capital Territory
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In 2016 the ACT Government and the National Capital Authority ran a
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Mount Ainslie is the northernmost point of a land axis, planned by
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CANBERRA.: ITS EARLY DAYS ROMANCE. HOW MT. AINSLE GOT ITS NAME
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Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Heritage Trail
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Telstra Tower
Elevation
Prominence
Coordinates
35°16′12″S 149°09′30″E / 35.27000°S 149.15833°E / -35.27000; 149.15833
Mount Ainslie is located in Australian Capital Territory
Australian Capital Territory
Australia
arc
belt
Silurian
Easiest route
Drive
hill
AHD
Canberra
Australian Capital Territory
Australia
Canberra Nature Park
Ngunnawal
Ngambri
Black Mountain
Campbell
Ainslie
Hackett
James Ainslie
Duntroon

Red Hill

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