when: 28 August 2023 - 27 October 2023 | | cost: FREE | address: Australian Parliament House, 1 Parliament Drive, Canberra | website: https://www.aph.gov.au/Visit_Parliament/
published: 27 Aug 2023, 5 min read
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Explore the history of Australia's Provisional Parliament House (Old Parliament House) through a new exhibition, A first home for Parliament in Canberra. This exhibition celebrates the 100th anniversary of the Parliament's decision to build a provisional Parliament House in Canberra.
An early design competition was ultimately abandoned due to the outbreak of World War I. Grappling with a large war debt and the need to move the Seat of Government to Canberra, the Australian Parliament debated whether to build the 'nucleus of a permanent building' or a 'provisional' structure. Both proposals had passionate supporters but the idea of a temporary structure won the day. One hundred years ago in August 1923 an Act was passed to build a provisional Parliament House on a site below today's Parliament of Australia.
Commonwealth Chief Architect John Murdoch and his colleagues threw themselves into devising plans for the building. Four years later, on 9 May 1927 the building was opened. The Provisional Parliament House was originally intended to last as the Seat of Government for 50 years. Instead the building served this function until Parliament House was opened in 1988.
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Explore the history of Australia's Provisional Parliament House (Old Parliament House) through a new exhibition, A first home for Parliament in Canberra. This exhibition celebrates the 100th anniversary of the Parliament's decision to build a provisional Parliament House in Canberra.
An early design competition was ultimately abandoned due to the outbreak of World War I. Grappling with a large war debt and the need to move the Seat of Government to Canberra, the Australian Parliament debated whether to build the 'nucleus of a permanent building' or a 'provisional' structure. Both proposals had passionate supporters but the idea of a temporary structure won the day. One hundred years ago in August 1923 an Act was passed to build a provisional Parliament House on a site below today's Parliament of Australia.
Commonwealth Chief Architect John Murdoch and his colleagues threw themselves into devising plans for the building. Four years later, on 9 May 1927 the building was opened. The Provisional Parliament House was originally intended to last as the Seat of Government for 50 years. Instead the building served this function until Parliament House was opened in 1988.
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Go see A First Home for Parliament in Canberra Exhibition 2023.
A First Home for Parliament in Canberra Exhibition 2023 is on 28 August 2023 - 27 October 2023. The opening hours are: see event website for details. Conveniently located in Canberra. Call 02 6277 5399 for details. Visit their website at https://www.aph.gov.au/Visit_Parliament/.
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