Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2021L01868:reg:6:p18
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2021L01868
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 6 (pt 18/86)
Character Range: 57573–61253

labour in the building of Old Parliament House and the manufacture of its contents contributes to the promotion of a sense of national identity (Criterion A). This national identity is complemented with the inclusion in the collection of the President of the Senate's Chair, presented by the Dominion of Canada, and the Speaker's Chair, presented by the United Kingdom Branch of the Empire Parliamentary Association, as indicative of the relationships that bind the Commonwealth of Nations (Criterion A).

  For these reasons, Old Parliament House has outstanding heritage values that consolidate its place in Australia's political and social history.

     3.3.  Table of values and attributes

  When listing a place on the Commonwealth or National Heritage List, the Australian Heritage Council makes an assessment of the place and advises the minister with responsibility for heritage of the values that the place holds. Places on the National Heritage List have been shown to possess values rated as outstanding against the criteria; places on the Commonwealth Heritage List are places managed by the Commonwealth that have been shown to have values rated as significant against the criteria.

  This table shows how the attributes of the place – either tangibly in the physical fabric or intangibly in the associations and uses – support the National and Commonwealth Heritage listed values of Old Parliament House (refer to the Glossary in Appendix J).

  The text is taken from the citations published by the Commonwealth agency responsible for administering the EPBC Act at the time of the listings (see Appendix C for citations).

NATIONAL HERITAGE LISTED VALUES                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        COMMONWEALTH HERITAGE LISTED VALUES
Attributes key: fabric shown in green; associations and uses shown in bold
Criterion 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 [parliamentary] political process.                                                                                                                                                                                    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.
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 also stands for the right to argue and dissent, and reflects the orderly succession of governments through the democratic process, as reflected by the seven changes of government that took place during the years in which Parliament sat in the building.                                                                                                As the original focus of the