- Lennox Gardens, Canberra
Lennox Gardens, a park in
Canberra , Australia, lying on the south side ofLake Burley Griffin , close to Commonwealth Avenue Bridge and Albert Hall in the suburb ofYarralumla . Before the construction ofLake Burley Griffin , a road ran through the present garden, this road was one of two main crossing points across theMolonglo River . The name of the road was Lennox Crossing from which the present garden takes its name. The northern segment of the road is still present on Acton peninsula. The garden was officially named in 1963 [ [http://www.tams.act.gov.au/play/parks_forests_and_reserves/parkslakesandponds/urbanparks/districtparks/lennoxgardens Territory and Municipal Services - Lennox Gardens ] ] . Lennox Crossing was named afterDavid Lennox , an early bridge builder in NSW and Victoria.The park in its current condition was established with the filling of Lake Burley Griffin in the 1960s, however the parks history is much older, as it was part of the original Royal Canberra Golf course which is now underneath the lake. The part of the golf course which had not been flooded was named Lennox Gardens.
It has a number of memorials and monuments such as
Kasuga stones presented to Canberra byJapan in April 1997, a monument to Australians in theSpanish civil war , and a stone monument commemorating the centenary of Federation and the Jewish National fund. It has a Wisteria pergola sponsored by Totalcare industries in celebration of the Nara sister city relationship.Located within the park is the Canberra Nara park, a park which symbolises the friendship between Canberra and the sister city of Nara, Japan. [cite web | title = Lennox Gardens
publisher =Department of Urban Services (Australian Capital Territory)
url = http://www.parksandplaces.act.gov.au/parkslakesandponds/urbanparks/districtparks/lennoxgardens Parks and places
accessdate = 2006-11-04]References
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