Parliament House is the meeting facility of the Parliament of Australia located in Canberra, the capital of Australia, designed by Mitchell/Giurgola Architects, and opened on 9 May 1988 by Elizabeth II, Queen of Australia. From above, the design of the site is in the shape of two boomerangs enclosed within a circle. Much of the building is buried beneath Capital Hill, but the meeting chambers and accommodation for parliamentarians are free-standing within the boomerang-shaped arms. Although security has been greatly tightened in recent years, much of the building is open to the public. At the time of the construction, it was the most expensive building in the Southern Hemisphere at over $1.1 billion.

Built in 1927, the Old Parliament House served as the Australian assembly's main administrative building until 1988. Situated on Capital Hill, it is surrounded by beautiful rose gardens. Nowadays the building is home to the Museum of Australian Democracy, where you can see fascinating exhibits on the social and political history of the Australian Continent.

The King George V Memorial is also in the administrative part of Canberra, near the Old Parliament House. Erected in 1953, it was first located right in front of the Parliament House, but was later moved for convenience.

The Aboriginal Tent Embassy is a controversial semi-permanent assemblage claiming to represent the political rights of Australian Aborigines. It is made of a large group of activists, signs, and tents that reside on the lawn of Old Parliament House in Canberra, the Australian capital. It is not considered an official embassy by the Australian government. The Tent Embassy promotes Australian Aboriginal Sovereignty. Their demands included land rights and mineral rights to Aboriginal lands, legal and political control of certain sacred sites, and compensation for land that they claim was stolen. Their demands have been consistently rebuffed by past and current governments. Currently Elders such as Uncle Neville Williams, from the Aboriginal Tent Embassy are working to protect traditional Wiradjuri land in Western N.S.W at Lake Cowal which is in the process of being mined for gold.

The National Portrait Gallery of Australia is a collection of portraits of prominent Australians that are important in their field of endeavour or whose life sets them apart as an individual of long-term public interest. On 4 December 2008, its permanent home opened on King Edward Terrace, Canberra beside the High Court of Australia. The collection was established in May 1998, and until 2008 was housed in Old Parliament House and in a nearby gallery on Commonwealth Place. The Commonwealth Place Gallery focused on contemporary portraits and has a particular emphasis on photography. The permanent building for the gallery lies in the Parliamentary Triangle, and is of concrete and timber construction.

Founded in 1967, the National Gallery of Australia is perhaps the most important art gallery on the whole continent. Its collection spans more than 120,000 art objects. Look out for the gallery's permanent exhibition of Aboriginal art, which must be visited for a better understanding of Aboriginal importance and influence in Australian culture and art. There's also several masterpieces by acclaimed Australian painters and sculptors, plus regular temporary exhibitions.

The High Court of Australia is the supreme court in the Australian court hierarchy and the final court of appeal in Australia. It has both original and appellate jurisdiction, has the power of judicial review over laws passed by the Parliament of Australia and the parliaments of the States, and interprets the Constitution of Australia. The High Court was constituted by the Judiciary Act 1903. In the 1950s the then Prime Minister Robert Menzies had established a plan to develop Canberra, and construct more important national buildings. Construction began in April 1975 on the shore of Lake Burley Griffin, in the Parliamentary Triangle. It is an unusual and distinctive structure, built in the brutalist style, and features an immense public atrium with a 24 metre high roof.

Commonwealth Place is located on the southern shore of Lake Burley Griffin. It lies along the ‘water axis’ running along the lake from Black Mountain. Commonwealth Place is the location of the National Portrait Gallery, Reconciliation Place, a restaurant and Speakers Square. Walter Burley Griffin, the architect who designed Canberra, envisaged that the area would be the site of a "water gate" which would have a terrace above it, providing a "forum for the people". Griffin’s vision was for a long time left unrecognised but as of 2005 the area was being developed to reflect the original plan. Speakers Square, at the centre of Commonwealth Place is a concave shaped grassed area with a paved mural in the middle which was gifted to Australia by the Government of Canada to mark the Centenary of Australian Federation.

Questacon – the National Science and Technology Centre, is located on the southern shore of Lake Burley Griffin in Canberra. It is a large centre with more than 200 interactive exhibits relating to science and technology. "The Questacon" opened in 1988 at Ainslie Primary School. Questacon was the first interactive science centre in Australia. The centre is split up into seven galleries on different floors, accessed by a spiral ramp around the 'drum'. Questacon's shop offers a range of educational science toys, books and teacher's resources. Questacon's cafe is situated in the foyer of the building. An entry fee is not required to visit either the cafe or the museum shop.

The Albert Hall is a hall in Canberra, used for entertainment. It is on Commonwealth Avenue between Commonwealth Bridge and the Hotel Canberra in the suburb of Yarralumla. The hall was opened on 10 March 1928 by the Prime Minister, Stanley Bruce. The hall was designed by the Federal Capital Commission architect John Kirkpatrick, assisted by Robert Casboulte and Henry Rolland. It is in the Georgian Revival style. A porte-cochere at the front allows for passengers from vehicles to alight undercover. The Albert Hall is used by a range of groups, individuals and commercial operators. It is used on weekends and during the week for private events, dances, balls, performances, cultural activities and commercial sales.

The National Library of Australia is the country's largest reference library, responsible under the terms of the National Library Act for "maintaining and developing a national collection of library material, including a comprehensive collection of library material relating to Australia and the Australian people." The Library's collections of Australiana have developed into the nation's single most important resource of materials recording the Australian cultural heritage. The manuscript collection of the National Library contains about 26 million separate items, covering in excess of 10,492 meters of shelf space. The large National Library building is home to various reading rooms and collections. On the ground floor is the Main Reading Room - this is where the bulk of the Library's Internet access terminals are located, and where wireless internet access is available.