Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2021L01869:reg:4:p17
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2021L01869
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 4 (pt 17/63)
Character Range: 395844–398984

adding the southeast and southwest wings in their original two-storey form. (Criterion H1)

OFFICIAL VALUES:
Criteria                 Values
A Processes              Australia's first federal Parliament building was designed as the grandest element and central focus of a fully planned capital city. Old Parliament House is a place of outstanding heritage values related to its history, design, landscape context, interiors, furnishings, courtyards and gardens, collection of movable items, social values and associations.
                         As the original focus of the Commonwealth Parliament and Government in Canberra, Old Parliament House is intimately associated with the political history of Australia, and the development of Canberra as the capital of Australia, from its opening in 1927 until the opening of the new Parliament House in 1988. The Old Parliament House was the second home of the Parliament which was located in the Victorian Parliament House in Melbourne from Federation in 1901 until 1927, and was the first purpose-built home for the Australian Parliament.
                         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. 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.
                         The relocation of the Parliament to Canberra was the focus of an intense period of development of the nation's capital. The opening of Parliament heralded the symbolic birth of Canberra as the capital. The intended importance of Old Parliament House is reflected in its design, its prominent siting in the landscape of the Parliamentary Triangle and in the treatment of the areas around Old Parliament House, particularly the Senate and House of Representatives Gardens and the National Rose Gardens.
                         Attributes

                         The whole building, including all additions, plus its setting, its design, its prominent siting in the landscape of the Parliamentary Triangle, and its relationship with the areas around Old Parliament House, particularly the Senate and House of Representatives Gardens and the National Rose Gardens.
B Rarity                 Among parliamentary buildings in Australia and in other parts of the western world, Old Parliament House is an uncommon place in that it eventually housed both the legislative and executive functions of government.
                         Research carried out to date suggests that the furniture in Old Parliament House