Old Parliament House, Canberra

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former parliament building heritage-listed building museum tourist attraction

Old Parliament House in Canberra is a historic building that served as the seat of the Australian Parliament from 1927 to 1988 and now operates as a museum of Australian democracy.

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Observed surface forms (4)

Surface form	Occurrences
Old Parliament House	3
Museum of Australian Democracy	1
Museum of Australian Democracy at Old Parliament House	1
Old Parliament House and Curtilage	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	former parliament building ⓘ heritage-listed building ⓘ museum ⓘ tourist attraction ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	OPH ⓘ Old Parliament House, Canberra ⓘ surface form: Old Parliament House
architect	John Smith Murdoch ⓘ
architecturalStyle	Interwar architecture ⓘ surface form: Interwar Classical Revival Stripped Classical ⓘ
axisRelation	lies on the Land Axis of Walter Burley Griffin’s plan for Canberra ⓘ
contains	Cabinet room ⓘ House of Representatives chamber ⓘ King’s Hall ⓘ Parliamentary Library rooms ⓘ Prime Minister’s office ⓘ Senate chamber ⓘ
coordinates	35.3075°S 149.1264°E ⓘ
country	Australia ⓘ
currentUse	Old Parliament House, Canberra self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Museum of Australian Democracy
designatedAs	symbolic centre of Australian democracy ⓘ
exhibits	Australian political history ⓘ democratic processes in Australia ⓘ
floorCount	3 ⓘ
formerName	Provisional Parliament House ⓘ
functionEndDate	1988 ⓘ
functionStart	seat of the Parliament of Australia ⓘ
functionStartDate	1927 ⓘ
governingBody	Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications and the Arts ⓘ
heritageListingDate	2006 ⓘ
heritageStatus	Commonwealth Heritage List ⓘ National Heritage List ⓘ
inception	1927 ⓘ
locatedIn	Australian Capital Territory (enclaved within) (geographical context) ⓘ surface form: Australian Capital Territory Canberra ⓘ
locatedOn	Capital Hill ⓘ
materialUsed	brick ⓘ concrete ⓘ
nearby	Parliament House, Canberra ⓘ
officialOpeningDate	9 May 1927 ⓘ
openedBy	Prince Albert, Duke of York ⓘ surface form: King George VI, then Duke of York
operator	Old Parliament House, Canberra self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Museum of Australian Democracy at Old Parliament House
ownedBy	Commonwealth of Australia ⓘ
replacedBy	Parliament House, Canberra ⓘ
roofMaterial	terracotta tiles ⓘ
significantEvent	site of many major Australian political debates ⓘ venue for historic parliamentary speeches ⓘ
visitorAttraction	offers public tours ⓘ
website	https://moadoph.gov.au ⓘ

Referenced by (10)

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

Lake Burley Griffin → adjacentTo → Old Parliament House, Canberra ⓘ

this entity surface form: Old Parliament House

Old Parliament House, Canberra → alsoKnownAs → Old Parliament House, Canberra ⓘ

this entity surface form: Old Parliament House

Canberra → contains → Old Parliament House, Canberra ⓘ

this entity surface form: Old Parliament House

Old Parliament House, Canberra → currentUse → Old Parliament House, Canberra self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Museum of Australian Democracy

Australian National Heritage List → hasNotableListedPlace → Old Parliament House, Canberra ⓘ

this entity surface form: Old Parliament House and Curtilage

Parliament House, Canberra → nearby → Old Parliament House, Canberra ⓘ

Old Parliament House, Canberra → operator → Old Parliament House, Canberra self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Museum of Australian Democracy at Old Parliament House

House of Representatives of Australia → previousMeetingPlace → Old Parliament House, Canberra ⓘ

Parliament of Australia → previousMeetingPlace → Old Parliament House, Canberra ⓘ

Parliament House, Canberra → replaced → Old Parliament House, Canberra ⓘ