The 30th anniversary of Australia’s Parliament House

Dr Joy McCann, Anna Hough
Politics and Public Administration Section

with Dr Dianne Heriot, Parliamentary Librarian


Australian Parliament House during the Enlighten Festival

Contents

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

 

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