 Parliament House Canberra: The main entrance and the flag mast. Parliament House is the meeting place of the Parliament of Australia. It is located in Canberra, the capital of Australia. It was opened in 1988. Its construction cost over $1.1 billion. Prior to 1988, the Parliament of Australia met in the Provisional Parliament House, which is now known as the "Old Parliament House". Download high resolution version (1024x768, 81 KB) Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ...
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The main entrance to Parliament House in Canberra, with the flag mast visible. ...
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Year 1988 (MCMLXXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Friday (link displays 1988 Gregorian calendar). ...
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The main entrance to Parliament House in Canberra, with the flag mast visible. ...
Old Parliament House today Opening of Parliament House in May 1927 Old Parliament House, formerly known as the Provisional Parliament House, was the seat of the Parliament of Australia from 1927 to 1988. ...
Before Canberra
 Royal Exhibition Building, Melbourne held the first sitting of Federal Parliament. In 1901, when the six British colonies in Australia federated to form the Commonwealth of Australia, Melbourne and Sydney were the two largest cities in the country, but the long history of rivalry between them meant that neither could become the national capital. Section 125 of the Constitution of Australia therefore provided that: Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1809x1206, 964 KB) Beschreibung straight version of Image:Royal_exhibition_building_tulips. ...
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Melbourne (pronounced ) is the second most populous city in Australia, with a metropolitan area population of approximately 3. ...
The Sydney Opera House on Sydney Harbour Sydney (pronounced ) is the most populous city in Australia, with a metropolitan area population of approximately 4. ...
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The seat of Government of the Commonwealth shall be determined by the Parliament, and shall be within territory which shall have been granted to or acquired by the Commonwealth, and shall be vested in and belong to the Commonwealth, and shall be in the State of New South Wales, and be distant not less than one hundred miles from Sydney. Such territory shall contain an area of not less than one hundred square miles, and such portion thereof as shall consist of Crown lands shall be granted to the Commonwealth without any payment therefor. The Parliament shall sit at Melbourne until it meet at the seat of Government.
 Parliament House Melbourne was home to Federal Parliament for 26 years. In 1909, after much argument, the Parliament decided that the new capital would be in southern New South Wales, on the site which is now Canberra. The Commonwealth acquired control over the land in 1911, but World War I intervened, and nothing was done for some years to build the city. Federal Parliament did not leave Melbourne until 1927. This image was taken by me, Adam Carr, and is released into the public domain. ...
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In the meantime Parliament met in the 19th century edifice of Parliament House, Melbourne, at the invitation of the Victorian State Parliament[citation needed], who met in the nearby Royal Exhibition Building for 26 years. Begun in 1853 and ready for occupancy (though not actually finished) in 1856, it was built at the height of the gold rush when Victoria was awash with money, and was one of the finest public buildings in the British Empire[citation needed]. Parliament House, Melbourne Parliament House, Melbourne, has been the seat of the Parliament of Victoria, Australia, since 1855, except for the years 1901 to 1928, when it was occupied by the Parliament of Australia. ...
The Royal Exhibition Building from the main avenue of the Carlton Gardens The Royal Exhibition Building, viewed from the west The Royal Exhibition Building is located in Melbourne, Australia. ...
A California Gold Rush handbill A gold rush is a period of feverish migration of workers into the area of a dramatic discovery of commercial quantities of gold. ...
The British Empire in 1897, marked in pink, the traditional colour for Imperial British dominions on maps. ...
Old Parliament House
 Parliament House Opening, 1927 -
After World War I the Federal Capital Advisory Committee was established to prepare Canberra to be the seat of government, including the construction of a Parliament House. The committee decided that it would be best to erect a "provisional" building, to serve for a predicted 50 years until a new, "permanent" House could be built. parliamenthouse2 File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ...
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Old Parliament House today Opening of Parliament House in May 1927 Old Parliament House, formerly known as the Provisional Parliament House, was the seat of the Parliament of Australia from 1927 to 1988. ...
 Old Parliament House today However, successive governments blanched at the likely cost of building a new, much bigger Parliament House. There was also a prolonged battle over where to put a new House: either on the same site as the old one, behind it on Capital Hill, or by the lake shore, which was where the original designer of Canberra, Walter Burley Griffin, had intended it to be[citation needed]. Old Parliament House, Canberra, Australia. ...
Old Parliament House, Canberra, Australia. ...
Walter Burley Griffin and his wife Marion Mahony Griffin, in Sydney in 1930 Walter Burley Griffin (November 24, 1876 - February 11, 1937) was an American architect and landscape architect best known for his role in designing Canberra, Australias capital city. ...
New Parliament House In 1978 the Fraser government decided to proceed with a new building on Capital Hill, and the Parliament House Construction Authority was created. The Authority, with the National Capital Development Commission made ready a brief and competition documents; consulting the Royal Australian Institute of Architects. A two-stage Competition was then announced drawing 329 entries from 28 countries. Five were invited to advance to the second stage to present more detailed plans and building models.[citation needed] This article is about the former Prime Minister of Australia; for the Western Australian public servant, see Malcolm Fraser (surveyor). ...
Capital Hill (postcode: 2600) is the location of Parliament House, Canberra, at the south apex of the land axis of the Parliamentary Triangle. ...
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The clear competition winner was the US-based Italian architect[citation needed] (and now Australian citizen) Romaldo Giurgola, with a design which involved burying most of the building under Capital Hill, and capping the edifice with an enormous spire topped by a large Australian flag. The facades, however, deliberately echoed the designs of the Old Parliament House, so that there is a family resemblance despite the massive difference in scale. Romaldo (Aldo) Giurgola (September 2, 1920, Rome, Italy – ) is an Italian-American academic architect, professor, and author. ...
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Construction began in 1981, and the House was intended to be ready by January 1988, the 200th anniversary of European settlement in Australia. It was expected to cost A$220 million. Neither deadline nor budget were met[citation needed]. The building was finally opened by Queen Elizabeth II on 9 May 1988, the anniversary of the opening of both the first Federal Parliament in Melbourne (9 May 1901), and of the Provisional Parliament House in Canberra (9 May 1927). Elizabeth II (Elizabeth Alexandra Mary Windsor; born 21 April 1926) is Queen of sixteen sovereign states, holding each crown and title equally. ...
is the 129th day of the year (130th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...
Year 1988 (MCMLXXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Friday (link displays 1988 Gregorian calendar). ...
is the 129th day of the year (130th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...
Year 1901 (MCMI) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Monday [1] of the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ...
is the 129th day of the year (130th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...
Year 1927 (MCMXXVII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...
From above, the design of the site is in the shape of two boomerangs enclosed within a circle. Much of the building is buried beneath Capital Hill, but the meeting chambers and accommodation for parliamentarians are free-standing within the boomerang-shaped arms. This article is about the wooden implement. ...
The site, 640 metres in diameter, spans 32 hectares, of which the structure occupies an area 300 metres long and 300 metres wide[citation needed].
There are 25,000 granite slabs on the curved walls which, placed end to end, would stretch 46 kilometres. The building required 300,000 cubic metres of concrete, enough to build 25 Sydney Opera Houses and has a design life of at least 200 years. The building has 4,700 rooms and has 2,416 clocks that are used for voting. On a non-sitting day there could be 2,000 to 3,000 people working there. Parliament House attracts approximately 1,000,000 visitors a year[citation needed]. The Sydney Opera House is located in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. ...
The design life of a component or product is the period of time during which the item is excected by its designers to work within its specified parameters; in other words, the life expectancy of the item. ...
The flag flown from the 81 metre flagpole is 12.8m by 6.4m, about the size of half a tennis court. The flagpole weighs 220 tonnes and is made of polished stainless steel from Newcastle, New South Wales. It is one of the largest stainless steel structures in the world[citation needed]. It was designed to be the pinnacle of Parliament House and is an easily recognizable symbol of national government. It is visible by day from outside and inside Parliament House and floodlit at night. The flag itself weighs approximately 15 kg. This article does not cite any references or sources. ...
Newcastle CBD Newcastle is the seventh largest and the second oldest city in Australia [1] and the second largest in the state of New South Wales. ...
Although security has been greatly tightened in recent years, much of the building is open to the public.
 New and Old Parliament house, seen from the northeast across Lake Burley Griffin The building was designed to "sit above" Old Parliament House when seen from a distance, but when the idea was floated to demolish Old Parliament House so that there would be an uninterrupted vista from the New Parliament House to Lake Burley Griffin and the Australian War Memorial, there was an outcry[citation needed] at this idea. The historic building was preserved, and it now houses a parliamentary museum and part of the National Portrait Gallery. It is now listed as a nation building icon for the Centenary of Federation. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1600x629, 379 KB) Parliament House, Canberra. ...
Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1600x629, 379 KB) Parliament House, Canberra. ...
The Australian War Memorial is Australias national memorial to the members of all its armed forces and supporting organizations who have died in the wars of the Commonwealth of Australia. ...
The National Portrait Gallery of Australia is a collection of portraits of prominent Australians that are important in their field of endeavour or whose life sets them apart as an individual of long-term public interest. ...
The original concept was for Parliament House to be freely open to the public, and the sweeping lawns leading up to the entrances were intended to symbolize this. Since the terrorist attacks of recent years, however, security at Parliament House has been greatly tightened. One measure has been the erection of crash barriers blocking access to the lawns (a 4WD was driven through the front doors in 1992[citation needed]). The ugliness of these barriers is widely regretted[citation needed], and construction of less obstrusive barriers was completed in 2006. Four wheel drive or 4x4, is a type of four wheeled vehicle drivetrain configuration that enables all four wheels to receive power from the engine simultaneously in order to provide maximum traction. ...
Layout Parliament House is structured into a main foyer leading into a Great Hall, which features a tapestry based on a painting by Arthur Boyd (also situated in the building on display). Functions that have parliamentary and federal relevance often take place here, but the Great Hall is also open to functions for the general public, such as weddings, and the nearby University of Canberra hosts graduation ceremonies here also. Download high resolution version (1280x960, 319 KB)Great Hall, Parliament House, Canberra, taken by myself. ...
Download high resolution version (1280x960, 319 KB)Great Hall, Parliament House, Canberra, taken by myself. ...
A tapestry which is a greatly enlarged version of Arthur Boyds painting hangs in the Great Hall of Parliament House, Canberra Arthur Merric Bloomfield Boyd AC OBE (20 July 1920 – 24 April 1999) was a member of the prominent Boyd artistic dynasty in Australia, with many relatives being painters...
The University of Canberra is a university, primarily located in the suburb of Bruce in Canberra, the capital of Australia, near the Belconnen town centre. ...
Below the tapestry of The Great Hall is a removable division, which opens on to the Member's Hall, with a water feature at its centre. Directly ahead of the Member's Hall is the Ministerial Wing, housing the office suites of the Prime Minister and government ministers. Member's Hall has access to the House of Representatives and the Senate buildings to the left and right of the main entrance to the Halls respectively. Public access to the visitors' galleries and the Main Committee Room is via an upper level reached by impressive staircases ascending from the entrance foyer. Australian House of Representatives chamber Entrance to the House of Representatives The Australian House of Representatives is one of the two houses (chambers) of the Parliament of Australia. ...
Australian Senate chamber Entrance to the Senate The Senate is the upper of the two houses of the Parliament of Australia. ...
The House of Representatives
 The House of Representatives In a reflection of the colour scheme of the United Kingdom House of Commons, the House of Representatives is decorated in green. However, the colour is muted to suggest the color of eucalyptus leaves. The House of Representatives is also known as the Lower House. House of Reps, Parliament House, Canberra File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ...
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The House of Commons is a component of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, which also includes the Sovereign and the House of Lords. ...
Australian House of Representatives chamber Entrance to the House of Representatives The Australian House of Representatives is one of the two houses (chambers) of the Parliament of Australia. ...
natural range Species About 700; see the List of Eucalyptus species Eucalyptus (From Greek, ευκάλυπτος = Well covered) is a diverse genus of trees (and a few shrubs), the members of which dominate the tree flora of Australia. ...
From the perspective of the image to the right, the press gallery is ahead, with public galleries to the left and right. Soundproofed galleries for school groups lie directly above these, as no talking is permitted when the House is sitting. The press gallery is the part of a parliament where journalists are allowed to sit or gather to observe and then report speeches and events. ...
 A part of the front bench, and the dispatch boxes Frontbench (Cabinet) members approach the table with the ornate box (pictured), known as the dispatch box, to speak. Backbenchers have a microphone on their desk, and merely stand to speak (unless they cannot stand), in accordance with standing order 60. Frontbench and dispatch box, Parliament House, Canberra, taken by myself. ...
Frontbench and dispatch box, Parliament House, Canberra, taken by myself. ...
The dispatch box in Australias Houses of Parliament in Canberra The dispatch box is a wooden box which serves as a lectern. ...
Rules of order, also known as standing orders or rules of procedure, are the written rules of parliamentary procedure adopted by a deliberative body, which detail the processes used by the body to make decisions. ...
Also seen on the table is a copy of Hansard and where the clerk and deputy clerk sit. The clerk is the most learned person in the house. The clerk needs to know all the rules in parliament and is responsible for ringing the bells during a division. In front of the clerk are the hour glasses. The outer glasses last for four minutes and the middle glass runs for two. These glasses are turn when there is a division, one of the four minute glasses is turned and the bells will ring and the clocks will flash green for the House of Representatives or red for the senate for four minutes. After the hour glass runs out, the houses attendants will lock the doors and the whips will count the votes. MPs vote by either moving to the government side of the house for a vote for a bill or the opposition side for a vote against a bill. If there is a division shortly after another division, the middle hour glass will be turned and the bells will ring for two minutes. Hansard is the traditional name for the printed transcripts of parliamentary debates in the Westminster system of government. ...
As is the custom with Westminster parliaments, members of the governing party sit to the Speaker's right, and the Opposition sits to the Speaker's left. Independents and minor parties sit on the cross-benches. The long benches (the front benches) closest to the dispatch boxes are reserved for the Cabinet on the government's side and the Shadow Cabinet on the Opposition's side. The Houses of Parliament, also known as the Palace of Westminster, in London. ...
In many parliaments and other similar assemblies, seating is typically arranged in banks or rows, with each political party or caucus grouped together. ...
The Senate The Senate building follows the colour scheme of the House of Lords, decorated in red, this time muted to tints of ochre, suggesting the earth and the colours of the outback. Senate, Parliament House, Canberra, taken by myself. ...
Senate, Parliament House, Canberra, taken by myself. ...
Australian Senate chamber Entrance to the Senate The Senate is the upper of the two houses of the Parliament of Australia. ...
The House of Lords is the upper house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom and is also commonly referred to as the Lords. The Sovereign, the House of Commons (which is the lower house of Parliament and referred to as the Commons), and the Lords together comprise the Parliament. ...
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A tourism sign post Yalgoo, Western Australia The Dingo Fence near Coober Pedy Fitzgerald River National Park in Western Australia Outback refers to remote and arid areas of Australia, although the term colloquially can cover any lands outside of the main urban areas. ...
 Senate and advisor seating The gallery arrangement is identical to that of the House of Representatives. Unlike the House of Representatives, only the Leader of the Government or Opposition in the Senate approach the lectern pictured, other frontbench Senators and all backbench senators have their desk microphone. As can be seen from the illustrations, unlike the House of Representatives, there is no distinction between the front and back benches in the Senate chamber; Senate Ministers and their opposition counterparts have the same two-seat benches as all other Senators. The Federal Parliamentary Press Gallery is located above the Senate chamber. Closeup of benches, Parliament House, Canberra, taken by myself. ...
Closeup of benches, Parliament House, Canberra, taken by myself. ...
The Canberra Press Gallery (officially called the Federal Parliamentary Press Gallery) is the name given to the approximately 180 journalists and their support staff, including producers, editors and camera crews, who report the workings of the Parliament of Australia. ...
 A Parliament House clock. The indicators are the small squares between 4 and 5 (green), and 7 and 8 (red). Wikimedia Commons has media related to: A clock, Parliament House, Canberra, taken by myself. ...
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