The Queer* Space is our autonomous student space in the Copland Building (24 Kingsley Place) for relaxing, making friends, studying, or having a cup of tea or coffee between classes. Use this page to get more information about the Space, including opening hours, how to request access to the space, where to find it, and more!
The Queer* Space is open from 9am-10pm Monday to Sunday.
If you are visiting the Queer* Space after 5pm or on weekends, please call ANU Security at 02 6125 2249 before you enter the space and let them know you are accessing the Queer* Space in Copland Courtyard. If ANU Security requests your student ID, please provide it to them so they may verify you.
Please use this form to request Queer* Space access, noting that the Officer will aim to send all new access requests to ANU Security for approval fortnightly. If your request has not been approved within two weeks, or if you are having any issues with accessing the space, please contact the Queer* Officer at sa.queer@anu.edu.au.
From the University Avenue entrance:
Walk up University Avenue towards the city
Turn left into Copland Courtyard off University Avenue
Turn right and walk about 30 paces left until you arrive at the Space.
From the Kingsley Street entrance:
Walk up Kingsley Street towards University Avenue/Copland Courtyard
Go up the ramp into Copland Courtyard and walk across it until you pass the seating area to your left
Turn left and walk about 20 paces until you arrive at the Space.
You can also navigate to the Space using Google Maps.
Still lost? Check out our walkover video on how to get to the Space!
The walkover video includes demonstrations of how to get to the Space from both University Avenue and Kingsley Street.
The Queer* Space includes a kitchen, lounge room, dining room, quiet space, crafts room, and study room. There is also a committee room, which we respectfully ask non-committee members not to enter.
While there are no bathrooms in the Space itself, there are bathrooms available nearby in the Copland Courtyard:
In the Haydon-Allen Building, near the Tank
To the right of the Copland Lecture Theatre (when walking from the Queer* Space)
At the end of the L.F. Crisp Building, past the Rose Room
Opposite Community Connect (locked after 5pm/on weekends).
For those seeking accessible and/or gender-neutral bathrooms, the following resources may be helpful:
The Queer* Space is wheelchair accessible. To access the space, you will need to have a student card and request access via the Google Form on this webpage (above).
The Space is located in the Copland Building (ANU Building 24), which is a ~5 minute walk down University Avenue (towards the city) from Kambri, or a ~5 minute walk up Kingsley St (towards University Avenue) from the ANU College of Business and Economics.
The nearest parking is located next to Drill Hall Gallery (~2 minutes’ walk), in Baldessin Precinct Parking Station (~3 minutes’ walk), and off Childers St (~4 minutes’ walk).
The nearest public transport is the ANU Rimmer St bus stop (~6 minutes’ walk).
There are accessible, gender-neutral bathrooms nearby in the Copland Courtyard.