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The National Carillon, situated on Aspen Island
Aspen Island

Aspen Island is an island within Lake Burley Griffin, in the centre of Canberra, Australia Australian Federation capital city. The island is linked to the mainland by a footbridge and is the site of the Australian National Carillon....
 in central Canberra
Canberra

Canberra is the List of Australian capital cities of Australia. With a population of over 340,000, it is Australia's largest inland city and the eighth largest Australian city overall....
, Australia
Australia

Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the southern hemisphere comprising the Australia of the world's smallest continent, the major island of Tasmania, and numerous list of islands of Australia in the Indian Ocean and Pacific Oceans....
 is a large carillon
Carillon

A carillon is a musical instrument consisting of at least 23 cast bronze cup-shaped bell s which are played one after the other or sounded together ....
 managed and maintained by the National Capital Authority
National Capital Authority

The National Capital Authority is a body of the Government of Australia that was established to manage the Commonwealth's interest in the planning and development of Canberra as the capital city of Australia....
 on behalf of the Commonwealth of Australia.

carillon was a gift from the British
United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom , the UK or Britain,is a sovereign state located off the northwestern coast of continental Europe....
 government to the people of Australia
Australia

Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the southern hemisphere comprising the Australia of the world's smallest continent, the major island of Tasmania, and numerous list of islands of Australia in the Indian Ocean and Pacific Oceans....
 to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the National Capital, Canberra
Canberra

Canberra is the List of Australian capital cities of Australia. With a population of over 340,000, it is Australia's largest inland city and the eighth largest Australian city overall....
. Queen Elizabeth II
Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom

Elizabeth II is the queen regnant of sixteen independent states known as the Commonwealth realms: Monarchy of the United Kingdom, Monarchy of Canada, Monarchy of Australia, Monarchy of New Zealand, Monarchy of Jamaica, Monarchy of Barbados, the Bahamas, Grenada, Papua New Guinea, the Monarchy of the Solomon Islands, Tuvalu, Saint Lucia, Sain...
 officially opened the National Carillon on 26 April 1970. The 50 metre tall National Carillon tower was designed by Western Australia
Western Australia

Western Australia is a States and territories of Australia occupying the entire western third of the Australia . The nation's largest state and the second largest subnational entity in the world, it has 2.1 million inhabitants , 85% of whom live in the south-west corner of the state....
n architects Cameron, Chisholm & Nicol.






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The National Carillon, situated on Aspen Island
Aspen Island

Aspen Island is an island within Lake Burley Griffin, in the centre of Canberra, Australia Australian Federation capital city. The island is linked to the mainland by a footbridge and is the site of the Australian National Carillon....
 in central Canberra
Canberra

Canberra is the List of Australian capital cities of Australia. With a population of over 340,000, it is Australia's largest inland city and the eighth largest Australian city overall....
, Australia
Australia

Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the southern hemisphere comprising the Australia of the world's smallest continent, the major island of Tasmania, and numerous list of islands of Australia in the Indian Ocean and Pacific Oceans....
 is a large carillon
Carillon

A carillon is a musical instrument consisting of at least 23 cast bronze cup-shaped bell s which are played one after the other or sounded together ....
 managed and maintained by the National Capital Authority
National Capital Authority

The National Capital Authority is a body of the Government of Australia that was established to manage the Commonwealth's interest in the planning and development of Canberra as the capital city of Australia....
 on behalf of the Commonwealth of Australia.

History

The carillon was a gift from the British
United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom , the UK or Britain,is a sovereign state located off the northwestern coast of continental Europe....
 government to the people of Australia
Australia

Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the southern hemisphere comprising the Australia of the world's smallest continent, the major island of Tasmania, and numerous list of islands of Australia in the Indian Ocean and Pacific Oceans....
 to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the National Capital, Canberra
Canberra

Canberra is the List of Australian capital cities of Australia. With a population of over 340,000, it is Australia's largest inland city and the eighth largest Australian city overall....
. Queen Elizabeth II
Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom

Elizabeth II is the queen regnant of sixteen independent states known as the Commonwealth realms: Monarchy of the United Kingdom, Monarchy of Canada, Monarchy of Australia, Monarchy of New Zealand, Monarchy of Jamaica, Monarchy of Barbados, the Bahamas, Grenada, Papua New Guinea, the Monarchy of the Solomon Islands, Tuvalu, Saint Lucia, Sain...
 officially opened the National Carillon on 26 April 1970. The 50 metre tall National Carillon tower was designed by Western Australia
Western Australia

Western Australia is a States and territories of Australia occupying the entire western third of the Australia . The nation's largest state and the second largest subnational entity in the world, it has 2.1 million inhabitants , 85% of whom live in the south-west corner of the state....
n architects Cameron, Chisholm & Nicol. The concept initially came from an architect Mr Don Ho working in Cameron Chisholm & Nicol in 1968

In 2004 the carillon underwent refurbishment including renovations of interior function facilities and the addition of two extra bells. Consultants were CCN, Sydney office

Characteristics

Carillons must have at least 23 bells
Bell (instrument)

A bell is a simple sound-making device. The bell is a percussion instrument and an idiophone. Its form is usually an open-ended hollow drum which resonates upon being struck....
 to be considered as such, and the National Carillon has 55 (increased from 53 during recent refurbishments ). Each bell weighs between seven kilograms and six tonnes. The bells span four and a half octaves chromatically
Chromatic scale

The chromatic scale is a musical scale with twelve Pitch es, each a semitone or half step apart. "A chromatic scale is a diatonic scale consisting entirely of half-step interval ," having, "no tonic ," due to the symmetry or equal spacing of its tones....
.

Although not large, the carillon features function facilities for small gatherings offering wonderful views over Lake Burley Griffin
Lake Burley Griffin

Lake Burley Griffin is an Reservoir in the centre of Canberra, Australia Australian Federation capital city. It was created in 1963 after the Molonglo River, which ran between the city centre and Parliamentary Triangle, was dammed....
 and central Canberra.

The carillon is in regular use, chiming every quarter hour and playing a short tune on the hour along with tours and recitals on many days. The best place to listen to the carillon is suggested to be within 100 metres of the building, though the sound can usually be heard much further away in the Parliamentary Triangle, Kingston
Kingston, Australian Capital Territory

Kingston is an early inner-south suburb of Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia. Kingston is named after Charles Kingston, former Premier of South Australia and minister in the first Australian Commonwealth Government....
 and Civic
Civic

Civic can refer to multiple things:*Civics, the science of comparative government*Civic engagement, the connection one feels with their larger community...
.

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