Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2021L01868:reg:4:p12
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2021L01868
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 4 (pt 12/63)
Character Range: 376964–384586

strengthened by the presence of (new) Parliament House.
F Creative or technical achievement  Old Parliament House is a landmark in Canberra, as a major component of the Walter Burley Griffin's designed landscape of the Parliamentary Triangle, designed to hold the principal components of parliamentary government, the legislative, executive and judicial, demonstrating the strict separation of these components and the hierarchical relationship between them. The building demonstrates a high degree of achievement in combing built features into a designed landscape to achieve an aesthetic purpose.
                                     Erected at the base of the former Camp Hill on the main Land Axis, Old Parliament House symbolised the primacy of parliament, or the legislature, over the executive and judicial. In this way the building contributed to the planned democracy symbolism of the Parliamentary Triangle now fulfilled with the construction of Parliament House on Capital Hill, that upholds Griffin's design intention and embraces the Old Parliament House as an integral feature of the Land Axis vista to Parliament.
                                     The success of the building as a landmark is also due in part to its modest scale and aesthetic qualities, and the open landscaping and gardens between the building and the lake. Intended as a provisional structure, and although occupying a prominent location, Old Parliament House was deliberately designed as a simple yet dignified structure 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, that sets the order of the Federal Capital's design.

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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 surviving parliamentarians' support staff and media representatives retain strong associations with the building and its contents.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     Its importance to the Australian community was demonstrated when organizations and individuals rallied to support the retention of the place when it was threatened with demolition in the 1970s.
H Significant People                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 Old Parliament House has an important association with many people, particularly national politicians. Prime ministers of Australia who served their term in Old Parliament House include:
Stanley Bruce from 29/10/1922 to 22/10/1929 James Scullin from 22/10/1929 to 6/1/1932 Joseph Lyons              from 6/1/1932 to 7/4/1939 Earle Page              from 7/4/1939 to 26/4/1939 Robert Menzies              from 26/4/1939 to 29/8/1941 Arthur Fadden              from 29/8/1941 to 7/10/1941 John Curtin              from 7/10/1941 to 5/7/1945 Frank Forde              from 6/7/1945 to 13/7/1945 Ben Chifley              from 13/7/1945 to