Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2021L01869:reg:6:p27
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2021L01869
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 6 (pt 27/86)
Character Range: 94805–99030

modest scale and aesthetic qualities, and the open landscaping and gardens between the building and the lake. Intended as a provisional structure, Old Parliament House was deliberately designed as a simple yet dignified building possessing appropriate exterior aesthetic and formal qualities for its use and location.
It is a significant component of the designed vista along Canberra's Land Axis. The Land Axis is one of Griffin's main city design components which sets the order of the Federal Capital's design.
Although manifesting building failures in the past, with a constantly leaking roof, Old Parliament House demonstrates a high degree of achievement in combining built features into the designed landscape to achieve an aesthetic purpose.
Criterion G: Social value

Specific rooms and spaces within the building are  directly associated with events that shaped the political and private lives of prominent individuals in Australia's political and social history. Many of the former parliamentarians' support staff and media representatives retain strong associations with the building and its contents.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           Old Parliament House has been a strong symbol of Commonwealth Government in Australia, and of Canberra itself, for many generations of Australians. While its original function has shifted to the current Parliament House, the earlier building remains an important and familiar feature because of the memories of its former role, its new roles in the public realm, and its major contribution to the most familiar views in Canberra, from and to the building along the Land Axis.
The importance of Old Parliament House to the Australian community was demonstrated when organisations and individuals rallied to support the retention of the place when it was threatened with demolition in the 1970s.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 Elements of the building that particularly reflect this value are the front façade, the

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                             entrance portico, King's Hall and the Chambers. The façade of the building is significant as a widely recognised symbol of Commonwealth Parliament and Government from 1927 to 1988. The façade is also important as the backdrop for media interviews, protests and other events associated with the Parliament and Government. These events include the establishment of an Aboriginal Tent Embassy in nearby Parkes Place in January 1972 and the address by Prime Minister Whitlam on the front steps of the building after his sacking by the Governor- General, Sir John Kerr, in November 1975.
Criterion H: Significant people

                                                                                                                                                                                                                             As the home of the Commonwealth Parliament from 1927 until 1988, Old Parliament House is significant for its associations with Commonwealth Governments, Oppositions, political parties, individual politicians and the press. Specific rooms and spaces within the building are directly associated with events that shaped the