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Old Parliament House

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Old Parliament House
Old Parliament House
Old Parliament House
Old Parliament House
Old Parliament House
Old Parliament House
Old Parliament House
Old Parliament House
Old Parliament House
Old Parliament House
Old Parliament House
Old Parliament House
Old Parliament House
Old Parliament House
Old Parliament House
Old Parliament House
Old Parliament House
Old Parliament House
Old Parliament House
Old Parliament House
Old Parliament House
Old Parliament House
Old Parliament House
Old Parliament House
Old Parliament House
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Sunday9am - 5pm
Monday9am - 5pm
Tuesday9am - 5pm
Wednesday9am - 5pm
Thursday9am - 5pm
Friday9am - 5pm
Saturday9am - 5pm


Old Parliament House, known formerly as the Provisional Parliament House, was the seat of the Parliament of Australia from 1927 to 1988. The building began operation on 9 May 1927 after Parliament's relocation from Melbourne to the new capital, Canberra. In 1988, the Commonwealth Parliament transferred to the new Parliament House on Capital Hill. It also serves as a venue for temporary exhibitions, lectures and concerts. On 2 May 2008 it was made an Executive Agency of the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. On 9 May 2009, the Executive Agency was renamed the Museum of Australian Democracy at Old Parliament House, reporting to the Special Minister of State. Designed by John Smith Murdoch and a team of assistants from the Department of Works and Railways, the building was intended to be neither temporary nor permanent—only to be a provisional building that would serve the needs of Parliament for a maximum of 50 years. The design extended from the building itself to include its gardens, décor and furnishings. The building is in the Simplified or Stripped Classical Style, commonly used for Australian government buildings constructed in Canberra during the 1920s and 1930s. It does not include such classical architectural elements as columns, entablatures or pediments, but does have the orderliness and symmetry associated with neoclassical architecture.[1]
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