Sydney Opera House
Sydney · Cultural
Oceania · 5 landmarks
Famous landmarks in Australia
Harbour silhouettes, Melbourne landmarks and the national capital.
Sydney’s two landmarks create an immediately useful contrast. The Opera House has a series of pale roof forms beside the harbour; the Harbour Bridge presents a great steel arch spanning the water. Both belong to Sydney, so you can concentrate on recognizing the subject before refining its position. A detail of a tiled roof and a detail of metalwork should send you down different paths.
Melbourne’s Shrine of Remembrance and Royal Exhibition Building introduce more formal silhouettes: a memorial with a stepped upper outline and a broad exhibition building with a central dome. Parliament House moves you to Canberra, where a large flag mast above the building is an important recognition clue. The collection is also a chance to remember that Australia’s capital is Canberra, not Sydney or Melbourne.
Locations: Sydney · Sydney · Melbourne · Melbourne · Canberra. The landmark cards below include exact coordinates.
Read the map
Locate Sydney on the southeastern coast, Melbourne farther southwest, and Canberra inland between their broad positions.
A small learning challenge
Learn city pairs first: Sydney’s harbour icons and Melbourne’s memorial and exhibition building. Give Canberra its own Parliament House anchor.
Meet the five landmarks
Open a guide for location, history, photo clues, and credited photography.
Sydney Harbour Bridge
Sydney · Bridge
Shrine of Remembrance
Melbourne · Memorial
Royal Exhibition Building
Melbourne · Cultural
Parliament House
Canberra · Cultural
How well do you know Australia?
Five photographs, five pins. Put your new mental map to work.