Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2021L01868:reg:4:p7
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2021L01868
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 4 (pt 7/63)
Character Range: 358381–361429

indisputable association with numerous politicians and their political life.

OFFICIAL VALUES
Criteria             Values
A Events, Processes  Old Parliament House as the Provisional Parliament House was the first purpose- built home for the Australian Parliament. It was central to the development of Australia as a nation from its opening in 1927 until the opening of the new Parliament House in 1988 and demonstrates Australia's political processes.
                     Old Parliament House is a site that has provided a physical focus for events that reflect Australian democratic values, and political and social rights. It demonstrates how Australian federal government separated the legislative and judicial government functions and the growth of a party based democracy. It also stands for the right to argue and dissent, and for the seven peaceful changes of government that took place during the years in which Parliament sat in the building.
                     The building set the pattern of combining the functions of executive and legislative in the one building, and bears witness to the encroachment of the executive arm of government into the legislature's area. This commenced with the Bruce–Page government holding occasional Cabinet meetings in the building followed by Prime Minister Joseph Lyons moving his Cabinet into the building in 1932, initial actions that led to the major expansion of the building to house both the legislative and executive functions of government, a pattern that continued in the design of (new) Parliament House.
                     The North Wing has historic importance as the main venue for parliamentary functions from 1927 to 1988. The Senate Chamber, House of Representatives Chamber, and King's Hall are highly significant components as the venue for the debates, petitions and votes associated with 61 years of Australian legislature.
                     Old Parliament House has a richness of internal fabric and collections that convey the way in which the parliamentary functions were conducted within the building, reflecting the everyday use of the building over a period of 61 years of Australian legislature. This includes the purpose-designed furniture and furnishings that continued in use in their original setting and for their original purposes for over 60 years.
                     King's Hall and the Chambers have features that reflect both the austerity of the time and a dignified formality as evident in the decorative skylights, elegant pendant lights, and parquet flooring, as well as in the height of the ceiling, accentuated by the raked galleries, the timber wall paneling, and the extensive, restrained and subtle decoration. The Hall features bas-relief busts of prominent personalities related to Federation, the judiciary and of the first Parliament in 1901 on its colonnades, and portraits of former prime ministers on the walls, as well as
                     the statue of King George V. The Chambers demonstrate, through their fabric, furnishing and