Parliament House, Melbourne

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heritage building legislative building parliament house

Parliament House, Melbourne is a historic 19th-century building that long served as the seat of the Parliament of Victoria and, for a time, housed the federal Parliament of Australia before the capital moved to Canberra.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Parliament House, Melbourne canonical	19
Parliament House, Melbourne precinct	1
Parliament House, Spring Street, Melbourne	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	heritage building ⓘ legislative building ⓘ parliament house ⓘ
architect	John George Knight ⓘ Peter Kerr ⓘ
architecturalStyle	Neoclassical architecture ⓘ Italian Renaissance Revival ⓘ surface form: Renaissance Revival architecture
builtFor	Parliament of Victoria ⓘ
city	Melbourne ⓘ surface form: City of Melbourne
constructionStart	1855 ⓘ
coordinates	37.8106°S 144.9733°E ⓘ
country	Australia ⓘ
era	19th century ⓘ
federalParliamentMetHereFrom	1901 ⓘ
federalParliamentMetHereUntil	1927 ⓘ
governingBody	Parliament of Victoria ⓘ
hasChamber	Legislative Assembly chamber ⓘ Legislative Council chamber ⓘ
hasExtension	later additions and interior modifications over time ⓘ
hasFeature	Parliament House gardens ⓘ Queen’s Hall ⓘ grand colonnaded façade ⓘ steps leading to main entrance ⓘ
hasTransportConnection	Parliament railway station nearby ⓘ
heritageStatus	listed on the Victorian Heritage Register ⓘ
housed	Parliament of Australia ⓘ
locatedIn	Australia ⓘ Melbourne ⓘ Melbourne ⓘ surface form: Melbourne central business district Victoria ⓘ
locatedOn	Spring Street ⓘ
materialUsed	Bluestone ⓘ Sandstone ⓘ
near	Fitzroy Gardens ⓘ Treasury Gardens ⓘ
occupant	Parliament of Victoria ⓘ
opened	1856 ⓘ
owner	State of Victoria ⓘ
region	Inner Melbourne ⓘ
replacedAsFederalSeatBy	Parliament House, Canberra ⓘ
significance	major symbol of Victorian government ⓘ site of Australia’s first federal Parliament meetings ⓘ
usedAs	seat of the Parliament of Australia ⓘ seat of the Parliament of Victoria ⓘ
usedFor	parliamentary sittings ⓘ public tours ⓘ state ceremonies ⓘ

Referenced by (21)

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

House of Representatives of Australia → previousMeetingPlace → Parliament House, Melbourne ⓘ

Parliament of Victoria → meetsIn → Parliament House, Melbourne ⓘ

Legislative Council → meetsAt → Parliament House, Melbourne ⓘ

subject surface form: Legislative Council of Victoria

Legislative Assembly → seatOfGovernment → Parliament House, Melbourne ⓘ

subject surface form: Legislative Assembly of Victoria

Legislative Assembly → meetsIn → Parliament House, Melbourne ⓘ

subject surface form: Legislative Assembly of Victoria

this entity surface form: Parliament House, Spring Street, Melbourne

the Senate → previousMeetingPlace → Parliament House, Melbourne ⓘ

subject surface form: Australian Senate

East Melbourne → contains → Parliament House, Melbourne ⓘ

Provisional Parliament House → precededBy → Parliament House, Melbourne ⓘ

Queen’s Hall → locatedIn → Parliament House, Melbourne ⓘ

Queen’s Hall → building → Parliament House, Melbourne ⓘ

Parliament House gardens → locatedNextTo → Parliament House, Melbourne ⓘ

Parliament House gardens → partOf → Parliament House, Melbourne ⓘ

this entity surface form: Parliament House, Melbourne precinct

Parliament House gardens → hasViewOf → Parliament House, Melbourne ⓘ

Peter Kerr → notableWork → Parliament House, Melbourne ⓘ

Peter Kerr → designed → Parliament House, Melbourne ⓘ

Inner Melbourne → hasLandmark → Parliament House, Melbourne ⓘ

Treasury Gardens → near → Parliament House, Melbourne ⓘ

Fitzroy Gardens → isNear → Parliament House, Melbourne ⓘ

Spring Street → hasLandmark → Parliament House, Melbourne ⓘ

subject surface form: Spring Street, Melbourne

Victorian Legislative Assembly → meetsAt → Parliament House, Melbourne ⓘ

Victorian Legislative Council → meetsIn → Parliament House, Melbourne ⓘ