Government House, colloquially known as Yarralumla, is the official residence of the Governor-General of Australia. It is located in the suburb of Yarralumla in Canberra, in the Australian Capital Territory, with the main residence set amid 54 hectares of parkland. The house and its grounds were added to the Commonwealth Heritage List on 22 June 2004.
Facts
Building TypeSourced to the subject's own account LocationSourced to the subject's own accountAustralian Capital Territory, Australia 2 Completed YearSourced to the subject's own account Classification
Standing StatusSourced to the subject's own account Building Type
Building Type (category)Sourced to the subject's own account Connections
Has Building Type
Entity-backed identity for the building-type enum value this building already carries, resolved to an architecture concept by an explicit value-to-entity map (phase 3 bucket conversion, docs\design_entity_backed_browse_buckets_20260928.md). The building-type fact itself stays on the building unchanged.
In Style
Source Government House, Canberra (Wikipedia)
Uses Element
Source Government House, Canberra (Wikipedia)
In the Other Atlases
- Also in Geography Atlas: Australia, located there.
Sources
1. Government House, Canberra (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationEntity description and the lead/infobox of the Wikipedia article (standing)
Government House, colloquially known as Yarralumla, is the official residence of the Governor-General of Australia. It is located in the suburb of Yarralumla in Canberra, in the Australian Capital Territory, with the main residence set amid 54 hectares of parkland. The house and its grounds were added to the Commonwealth Heritage List on 22 June 2004.
- In Style: Colonial Revival Architecture, Infobox style field: Colonial Georgian revival, Australian non-residential architectural styles#Inter-war Stripped Classical, Inter-war Stripped Classical]
Uses Element: Brick, Wikipedia article
As a married man with a growing family that needed to be accommodated, he partially demolished the old Yarralumla homestead in 1890 and, the following year, finished building a three-storey, red-brick house on the site.
View the Source 2. Government House, Canberra (Wikidata)
Wikimedia FoundationWikidata date-of-opening/inception statement (1832)
Wikidata item Q1464941, property P571: 1832
Wikidata instance-of (P31) statement (House)
Wikidata instance-of (P31) statement, repointed from lowercase 'house' to the atlas's existing casing 'House'.
Wikidata located-in-admin-entity (P131) / country (P17) statement: Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Wikidata item Q1464941, property P131/P17 (location): Australian Capital Territory, Australia
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