Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2021L01868:reg:6:p20
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2021L01868
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 6 (pt 20/86)
Character Range: 64373–70046

overwhelmingly supported Commonwealth power to legislate for Aboriginal people. Amongst other developments, the Referendum result led to the Aboriginal Land Rights (Northern Territory) Act 1976, proclaimed on Australia Day 1977. With the new responsibilities arising from the 1967 Referendum, the Commonwealth Parliament became the focus of Aboriginal political protest. The siting of the Aboriginal Tent Embassy outside Parliament House in 1972 was a part of this protest.
The front façade of Old Parliament House and the immediate grassed area to its north have been the   scene of numerous events, gatherings, protests and demonstrations. Significant events included the formal opening of the Provisional Parliament House in 1927 and the address by the former Prime Minister, Gough Whitlam, on the front steps of the building after his dismissal by the Governor-General, Sir John Kerr, in November 1975.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       Old Parliament House was the venue for and witnessed both the course and pattern of the nation's political, social and historical development  through the major part of the life of the Commonwealth to date. The movable items associated with the building are also intimately associated with these events.
Old Parliament House, in particular King's Hall and Chambers, has been the venue of important ceremonial events including the public mourning for the deaths of Prime Minister John Curtin in 1945 and former Prime Minister Ben Chifley in 1951; state receptions held in honour of Queen Elizabeth II in 1954 and 1963; and events associated with royal visits in 1927, 1935, 1945, 1954,                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           Apart from serving as the seat of Commonwealth Parliament, the building bears witness to the physical encroachment of the executive arm of government into the legislature's proper sphere. This was the primary cause for the extensive additions and modifications that had to be made to the building. These additions and modifications are manifested in such elements as the southeast and southwest wings, the northeast and northwest front pavilions, and a great number of internal changes.
1963, 1974 and 1977.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  The relocation of the Parliament to Canberra was the focus of an intense period of development of the nation's
Old Parliament House has a richness of internal fabric and collections that convey the way in which parliamentary functions were conducted and the everyday use of the building. In particular, these features include the purpose-designed furniture and furnishings that maintained their original setting and purpose for over sixty years.

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Attributes key: fabric shown in green; associations and uses shown in bold
King's Hall and the Chambers have features that reflect both the austerity of the time and a dignified formality.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        capital. The opening of Parliament heralded the symbolic birth of Canberra as the capital. The intended importance of