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Of Australian cities which comprise skyscrapers, Sydney constructed the first skyscraper in the country in 1967, [1] followed by Melbourne in 1972, [2] Brisbane and Perth in 1988, [3] [4] and most recently, the Gold Coast in 2004. [5]
140 William Street (formerly BHP House) is a 41-storey 152m tall steel, concrete and glass building located in the western end of the central business district of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Constructed between 1969 and 1972, BHP House was designed by the architectural practice Yuncken Freeman alongside engineers Irwinconsult, [ 1 ] with ...
South Perth: 99 Mill Point Road: 8 Exchange Plaza: 146 m (479 ft) 40 1992 Office CBD: 2 The Esplanade: 9 Capital Square Tower 3 141 m (463 ft) 37 2024 Mixed use CBD: 1 Spring Street: 10 St Martins Tower: 140 m (459 ft) 33 1978 Office CBD: 44 St Georges Terrace: Tallest building in Perth from 1978 to 1988. 11 Woodside Plaza: 137 m (449 ft) 28 ...
Australia's first skyscraper as then-defined was Melbourne's now demolished APA Building, completed in 1889, which was among the tallest buildings in the world at the time. The nation's first skyscraper as defined today by the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat as buildings exceeding 150 metres was the Australia Square Tower in Sydney ...
The skyline of Melbourne in January 2024, as viewed from the Shrine of Remembrance. Melbourne is home to approximately 758 completed high-rise buildings. [1] Of those completed and or topped-out, 77 buildings are defined as "skyscrapers"–buildings which reach a height of at least 150 metres (490 ft); more than any other city in Australia.
Considered one of Perth's premium office towers, [10] in July 2008 a portion of space halfway up Exchange Plaza was leased for $900 per square metre: the highest cost per square metre ever seen in Perth. [11] The roof of the building has been used as a base from which to launch shells in the annual City of Perth Skyworks fireworks display. [12]
On freeways outside of Greater Melbourne, [10] the speed limit varies between 80 km/h and 110 km/h. Princes Freeway (East) (continues at Pakenham towards Melbourne as Urban Freeway) – Not entirely freeway standard, In Yarragon and Trafalgar there is residential property, business and local road access with 60 km/h speed limit.
The Indian Pacific is a weekly experiential tourism-oriented passenger train service that runs in Australia's east–west rail corridor between Sydney, on the shore of the Pacific Ocean, and Perth, on the shore of the Indian Ocean – thus, like its counterpart in the north–south corridor, The Ghan, one of the few truly transcontinental trains in the world.