Albert hall – a platform, used for various recreational activities. Located in Canberra on Commonwealth Avenue between the bridge of the Commonwealth and the hotel Canberra". Albert hall was opened on 10 March 1928 former Prime Minister Stanley Bruce. At the opening ceremony he said that the title for this new entertainment space was chosen by analogy with the Royal albert hall in London, and in honor of the Duke of York, later King George VI and proclaimed the establishment of the Australian Commonwealth, albert was his first name.

The building was built in the Renaissance style. The canopy in front of the entrance allows arriving by car, visitors are to get directly into the building. In the first years after the construction of the building is not heated, and until the end of the Second World war, the invited artists were forced to act in a fur coat. In the late 1980-ies in the albert hall was an organ, which from 1933 to 1968 were in the theater "Odeon" in the UK.

Before the construction of the albert hall is the largest hall for speeches in the Federal Capital Territory was "Causeway" in the town of Kingston. But in Canberra it was the largest building that could gather more than 700 people, up until the completion of the Theater Center in 1965. Today in the albert hall is available for private events, dances, theatrical performances, cultural events and commercial exhibitions.

In February 2007, the government published a plan for the development of Canberra and its suburbs. According to this plan, were supposed to change the landscape of the area surrounding albert hall, including Commonwealth Avenue and open space with views of the lake Burley Griffin. In particular, it was planned that the land around the Royal albert hall will be used for commercial purposes under various cafes and tourist services. It was mentioned about the construction of some buildings to the North of the Royal albert hall. In society a heated debate about the proposed changes was even formed an initiative group, covering the administration of the city rising anger. In the end, in April 2007, the government conceded – it was agreed that the area around the Royal albert hall will remain public property, and the building was proposed to the National Heritage List, to prevent further attempts at reconstructible.