| Introduction |
| Indigenous country and European settlement, pre 1788‒1900 |
| Federation and the Seat of Government debate, 1900‒1911 |
| Creating the national capital, 1912‒1953 |
| Locating the permanent building, 1954‒1974 |
| Planning the building, 1975‒1978 |
| The design competition, 1979‒1981 |
| Construction of Parliament House, 1981‒1988 |
| The official opening, 1988 |
| The first decade, 1988‒1998 |
| The second decade, 1998‒2008 |
| The third decade, 2008‒2018 |
| Appendix 1: Facts and statistics |
| Appendix 2: Addresses to joint meetings of the Australian Parliament since 1988 |
Appendix 3: Presiding Officers since 1988
Senate
House of Representatives |
| Appendix 4: Key sources and further reading |
| Appendix 5: Key Commonwealth Acts passed since 1988 |
| Appendix 6: Acknowledgements and credits |