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	Australian Capital Territory - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The seat of the Federal Government officially moved to the ACT from Melbourne on the formal opening of the Provisional Parliament House on 9 May 1927.
		Among the first acts passed by the parliament in its new location was the repealing of the prohibition laws.
		In Australia's Federal Parliament, the ACT is represented by four members: two Senators, and two members of the House of Representatives; the Division of Fraser and the Division of Canberra.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Australian_Capital_Territory (1843 words)

	Nomadic Resistance: Tent Embassies and Collapsible Architecture
		Provisional Parliament House stood in 1972 as an ambiguous expression of occupation.
		As the new 'permanent' Australian Parliament House began to be a focus of bureaucratic governmental interest, indigenous inhabitants of Australia began to work towards forming a nation, which in the beginning of the 1970s was to be symbolised by their own flag and Embassy.
		The lawn at Provisional Parliament House is the equivalent to the ‘front lawn’ of the colonial suburban house type, a type which is at the heart of Australian suburbia.
	www.kooriweb.org /foley/images/history/1970s/emb72/embarchit.htm (4025 words)

	National Trust (ACT) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		In conformity with the traditional colours of the House of Lords and the House of Commons at Westminster, London, the carpet and upholstery in the Senate are red and those in the House of Representatives are green.
		The Speaker's Chair in the House of Representatives is a replica of the original one in the House of Commons, and was presented to the House of Representatives in 1926 by the United Kingdom Branch of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association.
		The Senate and House of Representatives gardens on either side of the building were regarded from the beginning as an integral part of the complex and are significant for their association with Members of Parliament and Senators as a place for them to retire for relaxation, reflection and recreation.
	www.act.nationaltrust.org.au /places/oph.html (2244 words)

	House of Representatives Practice Fifth Edition
		The Mace used by the House of Representatives from 1901 to 1951 was lent to the House of Representatives by the Victorian Legislative Assembly.
		The Parliament of Australia was the second national Parliament of the Commonwealth to introduce the broadcasting of its proceedings, the radio broadcast of proceedings in New Zealand having commenced in 1936.
		Thus in Parliament House the police are subject to the authority of the Speaker and President and their powers are limited by the powers and privileges of the respective Houses.
	www.aph.gov.au /House/pubs/practice/chapter4.htm (11275 words)

	Australia
		The bicameral Commonwealth Parliament consists of the Queen, the Senate (the upper house) of 76 senators, and a House of Representatives (the lower house) of 150 members.
		Seats in the House of Representatives are allocated to states on the basis of population.
		The lower house is known as the Legislative Assembly (House of Assembly in South Australia and Tasmania) and the upper house the Legislative Council.
	www.brainyencyclopedia.com /encyclopedia/a/au/australia.html (5085 words)

	National Portal of India : Government : Parliament
		Parliament is the supreme legislative body of India.
		However, while a proclamation of emergency is in operation, this period may be extended by Parliament by law for a period not exceeding one year at a time and not extending in any case, beyond a period of six months after the proclamation has ceased to operate.
		The Parliament is also vested with powers to impeach the President, remove judges of Supreme and High Courts, the Chief Election Commissioner, and Comptroller and Auditor General in accordance with the procedure laid down in the Constitution.
	www.india.gov.in /govt/parliament.php (824 words)

	PEO resources: Parliament House: the building
		This means that a Commonwealth Parliament House must have two chambers, one larger than the other and with enough office accommodation for all Members and Senators.
		This provisional Parliament House was designed and built in the new national capital of Canberra as a small, temporary building.
		The Parliament House site is 32 hectares on the top of Capital Hill, one of the hills around which Walter Burley Griffin designed Canberra in 1912.
	www.peo.gov.au /resources/building.html (1473 words)

	Jordan - Government - The Legislative Branch
		A bill approved by the House of Deputies is passed on by the House Speaker (an elected official) to the Senate for debate and a vote.
		The House of Deputies is also entitled to submit a vote of no-confidence in the government (the Council of Ministers or one of its members).
		The Upper House of Parliament, or the Senate, is viewed as an extension of the king’s legislative powers because it is appointed by the king and enjoys his confidence.
	www.kinghussein.gov.jo /government3.html (628 words)

	Our History, Our Territory (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		As well as the Parliament House, The Lodge and Government House were completed as residences for the Prime Minister and the Governor-General, and the Hotel Canberra, and the Kurrajong Hotel housed parliamentarians.
		The house is now used by CSIRO for ‘passive- type activities such as administration, general office functions and conference facilities’.
		It was planned to enhance the setting of the then Parliament House, and to give all states and interested people an involvement in the development of Canberra as a Garden City.
	www.canberrahistory.org.au /discover.asp (5447 words)

	KBDA · 1998-079 · Mitchell/Giurgola & Thorp Architects · Parliament House, Canberra
		It was intended by the Architect as a place which functions simultaneously both as a "working" building for the Parliament as well as a symbol of national unity and broad commitment to democratic process.
		This sequence, which quietly "layers" references to the history of Aboriginal and European occupation, cultural diversity, development, and aspirations of the national within the building’s spaces, is an essential and inseparable element of the Parliament’s design and its capacity to "speak" with conviction to its occupants and visitors.
		For the past twelve years, I have served as the Secretary of the Joint House Department, which is the building management agency for the Parliament House and its precincts.
	www.mwkdesign.com /kbda-archive/1998-079/98079.htm (585 words)

	Australia Capital Territory - Commonwealth heritage list
		Duntroon House is one of three rural mansions that pre-date the development of the nation's capital in the area.
		Barnard House has historical significance as a senior officers residence built in 1911-12 for the Professor of Mathematics at the college and was one of the first permanent residences.
		The house was established as the residence of the principal of the Australian Forestry School, and is unique for its architectural style and backdrop of Westbourne woods and surrounding pine and cypress trees.
	www.deh.gov.au /heritage/commonwealth/act.html (4778 words)

	Australia - Settlement to Federation
		The Constitution provides for a Parliament, consisting of the Queen and a fully-elected Senate and House of Representatives; a separate judiciary, with the High Court at its apex; and an Executive.
		The draft Bill was considered by the Parliaments of New South Wales, Victoria, South Australia, and Tasmania, but not by those of Queensland, Western Australia, and New Zealand, and, in short, the parliamentary process of dealing with the matter may be said to have entirely failed.
		On the 21st August, both Houses of Parliament of Western Australia passed addresses praying that that State might be included as an "original State" of the Commonwealth.
	www.irishaustralia.com /Australian/Discovery/settletofed.htm (2273 words)

	Australia Encyclopedia Articles @ LaunchBase.org (Launch Base) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Queen Elizabeth II is the Queen of Australia, a role that is distinct from her position as Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom.
		The legislature: the Commonwealth Parliament, comprising the Queen, the Senate, and the House of Representatives; the Queen is represented by the Governor-General, who in practice only exercises constitutional power on the advice of the Prime Minister.
		The executive: the Federal Executive Council (the Governor-General as advised by the Executive Councillors); in practice, the councillors are the Prime Minister and Ministers of State.
	www.launchbase.org /encyclopedia/Australia (4751 words)

	ABC News - Australian Parliament House - 10 Years On
		The Australian Parliament spent the first quarter of the century in Melbourne, initially in the Exhibition Buildings but then in the Victorian Parliament House.
		After approval by Parliament the winner was announced in June 1980 setting in train one of the nation's most adventurous construction projects.
		Other activities at Parliament House during May to mark the anniversary include presentation of eucalypt seedlings to visiting school groups, a photographic exhibition and illumination of the building with the ACT Electricity and Water authority sponsoring the required energy.
	www.abc.net.au /news/features/aph/page01.htm (914 words)

	Historic speeches > The Queen marks Australia's bicentenary
		It was also on this same day in 1927 that the provisional Parliament House was opened here in the new capital of Canberra by my father.
		After eighty-seven years of Federation, a permanent home has been provided for Parliament, which is both the living expression of that Federation and the embodiment of the democratic principles of freedom, equality and justice.
		I offer my warmest congratulations to the architects, to the members of the Parliament House Construction Authority, to the contractors and sub-contractors, and to the artists and crafts people, whose creative talents enrich the interior, and, particularly, to Michael Tjakamarra Nelson, whose mosaic is in the forecourt.
	www.royal.gov.uk /output/Page4385.asp (880 words)

	The Australian Public Intellectual Network (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		‘Provisional Parliament House’ as it was called, was eventually built in Canberra in 1927, and was occupied by federal parliament until 1988.
		The lawn at provisional Parliament House is the equivalent to the ‘front lawn’ of the colonial suburban house type, a type which is at the heart of the great majority of Australian suburbanites.
		The unapologetic and unsympathetic architecture of the federal government’s Provisional Parliament House is effectively foiled by the strategically placed ‘fringe-dwellers camp’.
	www.api-network.com /articles/index.php?jas67_cowan (4644 words)

	Artist's Footsteps
		Unfortunately, this undertaking of hanging these works together was not possible until the building of the new Parliament House, for 'The Big Picture' was found to be too big to be accommodated in Kings Hall.
		'The tradition of Parliament is expressed in the new Parliament House in historic memorials, which evoke the evolution of the legislature and in new works of art commissioned to integrate with the architecture.
		Parliament's representative body responsible for the construction project, the Joint Standing Committee on the New Parliament House, stipulated that the building should embody a strong Parliamentary theme.
	www.artistsfootsteps.com /html/Roberts_picturehistory.htm (916 words)

	A brief history of Australia & Canberra (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Due to setbacks and a lack of funding, the planned Parliament House was not to be built by the agreed first sitting of Federal Parliament in Canberra, so a temporary, or provisional Parliament House was constructed on the slopes of Capital Hill.
		New Parliament House was the result of another international design competition, with the winner Romaldo Giurgola conforming his design with that of the original thoughts of Walter Griffin.
		The 32 hectare site on which Parliament House is built comprises 10 hectares of turf, 13 hectares of garden beds and tree/shrub areas and 9 hectares of hard surface areas.
	www.pm.gov.au /aus_in_focus/kids/history.html (458 words)

	Sir William Deane's Speech to the Joint Commemorative Meeting of the Parliament of the Commonwealth of Australia [May ...
		This is the text of the address by the Governor-General, Sir William Deane, on the occasion of the Joint Commemorative Meeting of the Parliament of the Commonwealth of Australia, held at the Melbourne Exhibition Building.
		I remember so well our visit in May 1927 when my husband opened the provisional Parliament House in Canberra and how touched we were by the warmth of the welcome we received.
		Truly, we have much to celebrate as we look back on the first century of the life of the Parliament and of the democracy of which it is the keystone.
	www.australianpolitics.com /news/2001/01-05-09a.shtml (570 words)

	National Trust (ACT) - Hotel Kurrajong (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		It was one of the hostels built under the Federal Capital Commission's program to provide hostel accommodation for the administrative staff and officials who were transferred to Canberra for the 1927 opening of Parliament in the newly completed provisional Parliament House.
		The FCC reported a loss on a total of ten Canberra hostels and boarding houses and conceded that the Hotels Canberra, Kurrajong and Acton together with Gorman House could not be expected to pay their own way under any tariff.
		It was used for government offices, including for staff from Parliament House from 1978 until its refurbishment as an International Hotel and Management School in 1994.
	www.act.nationaltrust.org.au /places/hotel-kurr.html (1461 words)

	Australian Heritage Directory - Index
		Old Parliament House, the home of Australia's national democracy from 1927 to 1988, has been included on the National Heritage List for its outstanding significance to the nation.
		Provisional Parliament House opened by the Duke and Duchess of York, 9 May 1927.
		Old Parliament House is re-opened to the public by former Prime Ministers John Gorton and Gough Whitlam, 15 December 1992.
	www.heritage.gov.au (702 words)

	National Archives of Australia - Fact Sheet 109 - Building the provisional Parliament House (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		The provisional Parliament House (now known as Old Parliament House) was opened by His Royal Highness the Duke of York on 9 May 1927.
		The construction of a provisional Parliament House was investigated by the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Public Works in 1923.
		The opening of the provisional Parliament House was a gala occasion.
	www.naa.gov.au /publications/fact_sheets/FS109.html (664 words)

	RAAF News
		A century ago, in Melbourne's Royal Exhibition Building, the first Commonwealth Parliament was opened by HRH The Duke of Cornwall and York in the name and on behalf of His Majesty King Edward VII along with 1200 to 1500 onlookers.
		Thereafter, for the first 26 years of Federation, the Commonwealth Parliament sat in Melbourne until the opening on 9 May 1927, of the provisional Parliament House in Canberra.
		During the first 26 years of Federation, the Commonwealth Parliament sat in Melbourne until the of the provisional Parliament House in Canberra.
	www.defence.gov.au /news/raafnews/editions/2001/4306/story11.htm (405 words)

	Ex-Servicemen Brought to Canberra to Work as Labourers 1922
		The men were employed on work on and near the Provisional Parliament House and administrative offices of East Block and West Block.
		Westlake, named by Walter Burley Griffin in the early 1920s was developed as a major housing centre for men working on the construction of Hotel Canberra (Contractor Howie), the Sewer and Provisional Parliament House, Administrative Buildings and surrounds.
		Frank Clowry was lucky to be allocated a house at Westlake and along with his wife and children moved into number 16 on the 3rd March, 1924.
	www.hotkey.net.au /~jwilliams4/xlabor.htm (3497 words)

	Gorman House: Information
		The flat, weedy gap of land between Gorman House and Civic was known as the 'prairie'.
		As Mrs Grant explained, Gorman House was seen as a location for arts and community groups to work, meet, exchange and develop their ideas.
		Gorman House had become a bubbling crucible of artistic and community talent, mainstream and experimental - and in spring 1984 this was reflected in a well-attended Open Day with performances, displays and stalls throughout the centre.
	www.gormanhouse.com.au /info/history.php (4690 words)

	Essay - Member of Parliament
		The Eleventh Parliament was the first to meet in the new provisional Parliament House at Canberra, which had been opened by the Duke and Duchess of York in May 1927.
		In Parliament, on 12 November, he asked, 'Are all the problems of nations to be solved by the operation of depressing the wages of those who are the poorest of this and every other community?
		In November 1931, the government was defeated on the floor of the House by a no-confidence motion moved by Beasley (Ross p.
	john.curtin.edu.au /shapingthenation/essay/parliamentarian.html (2537 words)

	Old Parliament House
		Old Parliament House made headlines for more than sixty years as home to Australia's Federal Parliament from 1927 to 1988.
		This new exhibition at Old Parliament House tells the story of Alfred Deakin—the man, the making of the politician, his dream of......
		Walk along the top of Old Parliament House to learn how the roof changed from a garden to a major thoroughfare for workers and a......
	www.oph.gov.au (390 words)

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