Old Parliament House, Adelaide

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Old Parliament House is the former seat of the Parliament of South Australia, located on North Terrace in the Adelaide city centre. It housed the House of Assembly from 1857 to 1889 and the Legislative Council from 1855 to 1939. It was entered on the South Australian Heritage Register in 1981 and the Australian National Heritage List in 2006. The development of Old Parliament House came about due to the increase in legislative councillors in the 1850s. This is after the passage of the Australian Colonies Government Act 1850 and Ordinance No. 1 of 1851, which increased the number of members of the Legislative Council from 11 to 24. Thereafter, there was a design competition for the construction of a new parliamentary house, which was won by William Bennett Hayes, who was appointed the Colonial Architect in 1852. Construction work had been hindered by the effects of the Victorian gold rush, and consequently, a two-story building was erected by English & Brown from 1854 to 1855. The building...

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