Talk:Old Parliament House, Canberra

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[edit] Terrible!

God! This article is even worse than New Parliament House, Canberra! Something needs to be done, and if nowelse then I will do it. How can this; such an important article be in a state of such dis-repair?

Same goes with Parliament House, Canberra.

I have a mission! User:Dfrg.msc Image:DFRG. MSC.jpg 10:16, 28 July 2006 (UTC)

I too thought the previous article rather poor so added some detail, but am tentative about the formatting as I am a neophyte. Happy for further changes/work to be done.

[edit] 9th May

This building was opened on 9 May 1927. Was this date chosen because the 1st Parliament was opened on 9 May 1901, or was it pure coincidence? I know that 9 May was deliberately chosen for the New Parliament House in 1988 because the date had already been used twice before and it made a nice sort of continuity. But I'm interested in the second 9th May, in 1927. Accident or design? -- JackofOz 22:39, 6 November 2007 (UTC)

This is pure design. The 9th of May was the date of the opening of all three of Australia's parliaments - in 1901 for the Parliament in Melbourne (even though the building was already there, the Federal Parliament had not sat there before), in 1927 for OPH and 1988 for Parliament House. May 9 has a very special significance in Parliamentary history.