Old Parliament House

E350784

former parliament building heritage-listed building museum

Old Parliament House is a historic former seat of the Australian Parliament in Canberra, now preserved as a museum and heritage landmark.

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Label	Occurrences
Old Parliament House canonical	16

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	former parliament building ⓘ heritage-listed building ⓘ museum ⓘ
architect	John Smith Murdoch ⓘ
architecturalStyle	Stripped Classical ⓘ
category	Government buildings completed in 1927 ⓘ Museums in Canberra ⓘ Australian National Heritage List ⓘ surface form: National heritage sites of Australia Parliament buildings in Australia ⓘ
country	Australia ⓘ
currentUse	civic and cultural venue ⓘ museum ⓘ
floorCount	3 ⓘ
formerName	Provisional Parliament House ⓘ
functionEnd	1988 ⓘ
functionStart	1927 ⓘ
hasCollection	parliamentary archives ⓘ photographic exhibitions ⓘ political memorabilia ⓘ
hasFeature	Cabinet room ⓘ House of Representatives chamber ⓘ King’s Hall ⓘ Prime Minister’s office ⓘ Senate chamber ⓘ ceremonial steps ⓘ front colonnade ⓘ
heritageStatus	Commonwealth Heritage List ⓘ National Heritage List ⓘ
inception	1927 ⓘ
locatedIn	Australian Capital Territory (enclaved within) (geographical context) ⓘ surface form: Australian Capital Territory Canberra ⓘ Parliamentary Triangle ⓘ
locatedOn	Capital Hill ⓘ
material	brick ⓘ concrete ⓘ
namedAfter	its former role as the Parliament House of Australia ⓘ
nearby	Lake Burley Griffin ⓘ Parliament House ⓘ
officialOpeningDate	1927-05-09 ⓘ
openedBy	Duke of York ⓘ George VI ⓘ surface form: King George VI
operator	Museum of Australian Democracy ⓘ
ownedBy	Commonwealth of Australia ⓘ
replacedBy	Parliament House, Canberra ⓘ surface form: Parliament House
servedAs	seat of the Parliament of Australia ⓘ
significantEvent	Whitlam dismissal announcement 1975 ⓘ opening of the first Parliament in Canberra ⓘ
touristAttraction	true ⓘ

Referenced by (16)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Parliamentary Triangle, Canberra → contains → Old Parliament House ⓘ

Civic District → hasLandmark → Old Parliament House ⓘ

Parkes → contains → Old Parliament House ⓘ

Commonwealth Place → hasViewOf → Old Parliament House ⓘ

National Portrait Gallery → nearbyLandmark → Old Parliament House ⓘ

Central Basin → near → Old Parliament House ⓘ

Parliamentary Triangle → contains → Old Parliament House ⓘ

Provisional Parliament House → alsoKnownAs → Old Parliament House ⓘ

King’s Hall → locatedIn → Old Parliament House ⓘ

Land Axis → connects → Old Parliament House ⓘ

Reconciliation Place → hasNearby → Old Parliament House ⓘ

King George Terrace → adjacentTo → Old Parliament House ⓘ

Parkes Place → hasViewOf → Old Parliament House ⓘ

Parkes Place → adjacentTo → Old Parliament House ⓘ

King Edward Terrace → withinViewOf → Old Parliament House ⓘ

new Parliament House complex → replaced → Old Parliament House ⓘ

subject surface form: New Parliament House