300px|Old Parliament House - now protected under federal heritage laws Australian Prime Minister John Howard announced on Tuesday that Old Parliament House in Canberra has been heritage listed. It is the 31st entry on the National Heritage List. Old Parliament House served as the home of Australia's parliament from 1927 until 1988, when it was relocated to the present parliament house. From 1901-1927, parliament met in Melbourne in the Victorian Parliament House (the state parliament was relocated for 26 years). Before being known as Old Parliament House, the building was known as Provisional Parliament House - as it was intended to be used for 50 years before a permanent building could be built. In the 61 years the building was used as the seat of parliament, the government changed only seven times, and several new political parties were formed (the Liberals, Anti-Communist Labor Party and the Australian Democrats ).
300px|Old Parliament House - now protected under federal heritage laws Australian John Howard announced on Tuesday that in has been heritage listed. It is the 31st entry on the National Heritage List. Old Parliament House served as the home of Australia's parliament from 1927 until 1988, when it was relocated to the parliament house. From 1901-1927, parliament met in Melbourne in the (the state parliament was relocated for 26 years). Before being known as Old Parliament House, the building was known as Provisional Parliament House - as it was intended to be used for 50 years before a permanent building could be built. In the 61 years the building was used as the seat of parliament, the government changed only seven times, and several new political parties were formed (the , , and the ).
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