Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2022L00620:body:0:p54
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2022L00620
Segment Type: other
Provision Reference: 
Character Range: 146680–149630

and attributes include: the north-south axis that connects the four blocks on each level; the two staircases in B Block; timber ceiling panels where extant in A, B and C Blocks; and timber structural framing on levels 1 and 2, which provide an insight into the 'temporary' (provisional) nature of the building.
(e)     the place has significant heritage value because of the place's importance in exhibiting particular aesthetic characteristics valued by a community or cultural group
The setting of West Block, as part of the formal landscape for the Parliamentary Triangle, is of aesthetic significance to Australia.  The buildings that make up the Parliament House Secretariat group are symmetrically positioned within a large-scale landscape (the Parliamentary Triangle, south of King Edward Terrace) that was conceived in the 1920s as the centrepiece of the Federal Capital.  The landscape of the Parliamentary Triangle, although much altered, is of aesthetic significance.  The formality of the planned landscape provides an appropriately distinguished setting for the Provisional Parliament House.  It also contributed to the establishment of Canberra's 'Garden City' identity.
(f)      the place has significant heritage value because of the place's importance in demonstrating a high degree of creative or technical achievement at a particular period
The planning and presentation of the Parliament House Secretariat group within the formal landscape of the Parliamentary precinct is of creative (technical) significance to Australia.
The Secretariat group is located at the southern end of the Land Axis (Parliament House Vista), a key symbolic and planning component of Walter Burley Griffin's concept for Australia's federal capital.  The three buildings were designed by the office of J S Murdoch, Chief Architect of the Commonwealth Department of Works and Railways, and were sited to reinforce the formal qualities of the Land Axis.  The landscape treatment was designed and planted by Thomas Weston, with input from Murdoch.  Collectively, this composition is of creative significance.
(g)     the place has significant heritage value because of the place's strong or special association with a particular community or cultural group for social, cultural or spiritual reasons
No evidence to indicate that West Block is of value to a particular community or cultural group came to light during research for this HMP.  Further, research revealed no evidence that would indicate that analysis of the potential for the building to be of social value to a particular community or cultural group is required.  This is consistent with the use of the building (office accommodation).  Places of work and utility are not typically considered to be of social value.  In general terms, they do not relate to or express a ritual or ceremonial function that stimulates a strong sense of attachment.  In the event that evidence indicating that West