Albert Hall - playground, used for a variety of recreational activities. Located in Canberra Commonwealth Avenue bridge between the Commonwealth and the hotel «Canberra». Albert Hall was opened on 10 March 1928 by former Prime Minister Stanley Bruce. At the opening ceremony, he said that the name for the new entertainment facilities were chosen by analogy with the Royal Albert Hall in London, and also in honor of the Duke of York, who later became King George VI, and proclaimed the establishment of the Commonwealth of Australia - Albert was his first name.

The building was built in the Renaissance style. The canopy at the entrance allows visitors arriving by car will fall directly into the building. In the first years after the construction of the building was not heated, and until the end of the Second World War, the guest artists were forced to act in a fur coat. In the late 1980s, the Royal Albert Hall organ was installed, which from 1933 to 1968 was in the theater "Odeon" in the UK.

Before the construction of the Albert Hall's largest hall for performances in the Federal Capital Territory was «Causeway» in Kingston town. In Canberra it was the largest building, which could collect more than 700 people, up to the completion of the Theater Center in 1965. Today, the Royal Albert Hall hosts private events are organized dances, theatrical performances, cultural events and commercial exhibitions.

In February 2007, the government published a plan for the development of the territory of Canberra and its suburbs .  Under the plan, was supposed to change the landscape several areas surrounding the Albert Hall, including Commonwealth Avenue, and an open space with views of Lake Burley Griffin .  In particular, it was planned that the land around the Albert Hall will be used for commercial purposes - a cafe and a variety of travel services .  They spoke about the construction of a building to the north of the Royal Albert Hall .  In society, a heated debate over the prospective changes, was even formed an initiative group, covered the administration of the city angry protests .  Eventually, in April 2007, the Government gave way - it was decided that the area around the Royal Albert Hall will remain public property, but the building itself was proposed to the list of national heritage, to prevent further attempts to rekonstrukturizatsii .