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Appendix A:  Commonwealth Heritage List Place Record

National Library of Australia and Surrounds, Parkes Pl, Parkes, ACT, Australia

List           Commonwealth Heritage List
Class          Historic
Legal Status   Listed place (22/06/2004)
Place ID       105470
Place File No  8/01/000/0073

Summary Statement of Significance
The National Library is part of the significant cultural landscape of the Parliamentary Triangle. It occupies a prominent and strategic location on the western side of the Triangle, making it one of Canberra's landmark features. Its harmonious proportions are accentuated by its reflection in the surface of the lake. Along with several later buildings that front the southern shore of Lake Burley Griffin, the National Library contributes to the planned aesthetic qualities of the Parliamentary Triangle (Criteria F.1 and E.1, Australian Historic Theme 8.10.4: Designing and Building Fine Buildings).

The library has a richness of cultural features and is important for housing Australia's valuable book collections, manuscripts, printed materials, films, tape recordings, paintings and other treasures. Fine craftsmanship is evident in the internal and exterior details. Built into the building are major artworks by Tom Bass and Leonard French (Criteria A3 and F1, Australian Historic Theme 8.10.3: Creating literature).

The National Library, constructed during