Parliament House, Brisbane
Parliament House | |
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General information | |
Architectural style | French Renaissance Revival |
Location | Gardens Point, Brisbane |
Address | Cnr George Street and Alice Street, Brisbane City, Queensland |
Construction started | 1865 |
Completed | 1867 |
Renovated | 1982 |
Owner | Queensland Government |
Technical details | |
Structural system | Sandstone |
Design and construction | |
Architect(s) | Charles Tiffin |
Parliament House in Brisbane is the meeting place of the Parliament of Queensland, housing its only chamber, the Legislative Assembly. It is located on the corner of George Street and Alice Street at Gardens Point in the CBD, and is next to the Queensland University of Technology and City Botanic Gardens. It was listed on the Queensland Heritage Register on 21 October 1992.[1]
History
Planning
Construction
On 14 July 1865 the foundation stone for the building was laid by Sir
In 1886 Parliament House was connected to the Government Printing Office via an underground cable which provided it with electricity. The building was the first Parliament House in Australia to be electrified.[9]
20th century
Prince Alfred visited Parliament House in 1922 and on 29 February 1922 planted two trees at the entrance[10]
In March 1939, the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly George Pollock committed suicide at his office in Parliament House by shooting himself with a shotgun.[11]
Led by George Gray, in August 1939 members of the League for Social Justice marched on Parliament House to protest unemployment, "armed with batons, coils of barbed wire and hammers". They interrupted a meeting of the ALP caucus in the old Legislative Council chambers. Gray and 36 others were charged with unlawful assembly, but were acquitted by a sympathetic jury.[12][13]
In 1969 the Government began to investigate the feasibility and cost of an extension to Parliament House. Three years later the State Works Department and Parliamentary Buildings Committee began planning the building, and designed a
The Annexe was completed in March 1979 at a cost of $20,000,000. The building is linked to Parliament House, forming a square like the one in Tiffin's original 1864 plan. The square has become known as Speaker's Green and is used for ceremonial purposes.[14]
The Annexe was refurbished in 2000.[14]
Design
The George Street face of Parliament House has a
Public use
Art exhibitions and other displays are frequently staged in the spacious ground floor areas of the Annexe.
Free public guided tours of the Parliament are available each week day. Also, a gift shop, selling souvenirs and memorabilia, is located in the main foyer.
Parliament House was also used as one of the filming locations for the 1980s Australian series of Mission: Impossible, the 2022 TV series Joe vs. Carole[15] and the 2024 Disney plus produced series Nautilus.[16][17]
See also
- Government of Queensland
- History of Queensland
References
- ^ "Parliament House (entry 600069)". Queensland Heritage Register. Queensland Heritage Council. Retrieved 13 July 2015.
- ^ "First Parliament House". Queensland Parliament. Archived from the original on 7 November 2023. Retrieved 24 January 2024.
- ^ a b c d "New Parliament House". Government of Queensland. Archived from the original on 5 October 2013. Retrieved 1 October 2013.
- ^ ISBN 9781921606199.
- The North Australian. Vol. X, no. 820. Queensland, Australia. 15 October 1864. p. 5. Retrieved 27 November 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
- The Brisbane Courier. Vol. XIX, no. 2, 119. Queensland, Australia. 14 November 1864. p. 2. Retrieved 27 November 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
- The Brisbane Courier. Vol. XIX, no. 2, 127. Queensland, Australia. 23 November 1864. p. 2. Archivedfrom the original on 11 August 2022. Retrieved 27 November 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
- The Brisbane Courier. Vol. XIX, no. 2, 143. Queensland, Australia. 13 December 1864. p. 3. Archivedfrom the original on 11 August 2022. Retrieved 27 November 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
- ISBN 0-9589229-0-X.
- ^ Scheu, Anne (8 August 2018). "150 years - Parliament House, Queensland". State Library Of Queensland. Archived from the original on 29 October 2023. Retrieved 3 October 2023.
- The Courier-mail. No. 1736. Queensland, Australia. 25 March 1939. p. 1. Archivedfrom the original on 11 August 2022. Retrieved 15 May 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
- ISSN 1833-7538. Retrieved 13 July 2008.
- ^ Gill, J. C. H. (1979). "Blair, Sir James William (1870–1944)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Vol. 7. Archived from the original on 8 February 2021. Retrieved 4 February 2021.
- ^ a b c "Parliamentary Annexe". Government of Queensland. Archived from the original on 28 February 2014. Retrieved 28 February 2014.
- ^ "'Exotic' Queensland Locations Shine In Joe Vs Carole". Screen Queensland. 1 March 2022. Archived from the original on 3 February 2023. Retrieved 3 February 2023.
- ^ "Disney+ series Nautilus, which filmed in Australia, pulled from streamer before release". news.com.au. 30 August 2023.
- ^ White, Peter (30 October 2023). "Captain Nemo Series 'Nautilus' Docks At AMC After Disney+ UK Cancelation". Deadline Hollywood. Archived from the original on 30 October 2023. Retrieved 30 October 2023.