Sydney – City and Suburbs: Centennial Park, Federation Pavilion
Centennial Park, Federation Pavilion
The Federation Pavilion is located along the Grand Drive in Centennial Park and commemorates the inauguration of the Federation of Australia at this site on 1 January 1901. This rotunda was designed by Alexander Tzannes and erected in 1988, the Bicentennial year of European Settlement. It was constructed around the ‘Commonwealth Stone‘ and features a glass domed ceiling with a colourful design. An inscription around the pavilion is from a 1901 poem ‘Australia’by Bernard O’Dowd that reads: “Mammon or Millennial Eden”. The building was renovated and plaques were added to celebrate the Centenary of the Federation of Australia on 1 January 2001.