Talk:Parliament House, Canberra

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Martyman, I noticed your comment on Adam's talk page. I thought the map was rather imprecise, so far as pointing the location of Parliament House. A map with a smaller scale (say, the central Canberra area rather than the whole ACT) would be better. -- Chuq 09:12, 15 Nov 2004 (UTC)

Oh well, no map then. Drawing a map of central Canberra with enough detail to be useful would be very hard work. Martyman 10:08, 15 Nov 2004 (UTC)

Contents 1 Corrections 2 Photos 3 Layout 4 Featured Article 5 "At the request of the Victorian Parliament"? 6 Major Consultants on the Parliament House Project 7 Flagpole Material 8 Marble in Foyer

[edit] Corrections

The Commonwealth acquired control over the land making up the ACT, but not ownership of already alienated parcels of land, for example the extensive holdings of the Campbell family. Land was purchased as it became available, but the final freehold parcel was not acquired until the 1990s.

The Victorian State Parliament voluntarily vacated their Parliament House - this was not forced on them. I recommend Gavin Souter's excellent "Acts of Parliament" as a history of the years up until 1988, including those early years in Melbourne. The State Parliament House actually wasn't that great as a meeting chamber, being poorly ventilated. Pete 09:28, 11 Jun 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Photos

I have heaps of photos relating to Parliament House. See what you can do with them:

Aw C'mon, there's gotta be space for at least one shot of the lobby area with those hugh pillars!

Where would you suggest? The article is pretty chocked full of photos now. When it gets expanded further it will have room to add more photos. The only thing I could suggest woul dbe to replace Image:ParlamentHouseACT.jpg but that would replace the only photo that shows the location of the building relative to old parliament house. --Martyman-(talk) 10:01, 13 December 2005 (UTC)

Yeah see what you mean, it's just those pillar's to me are one of the main features of the new Parliament House. Anyway I've uploaded two versions of the Image:Old and new parliament houses across lake.jpg, Image:Old and new parliament houses across lake02.jpg is a brighter version, and Image:Old and new parliament houses across lake crop.jpg is a closer crop. I like Image:Old and new parliament houses across lake02.jpg, as to me the composition is better and also the closer crop is pretty much 1:1 of the original photo and isn't that sharp/clear. --Fir0002 07:04, 14 December 2005 (UTC)

I think the cropped version would probably look better as a thumb. But anyway I replaced the image in the article with Image:Old and new parliament houses across lake02.jpg there might be a few other article around that it would suit too. I agree the pillars in the foyer are an impressive design feature of the buildign and it would be nice if there was room to add them to the article. Unfortunatly they may hav eto wait until someone expands it further. --Martyman-(talk) 08:32, 14 December 2005 (UTC)

To me, as a non-Austrailian, the most striking photos of the Parliment House are the top-down aerial photos. Of course, I assume it's fairly hard to get a non-copyrighted photo...although I do know that, in the US, if a picture is taken by the government it cannot be copyrighted --that may not be the case here and I don't want to guess without knowing. Bobak 18:49, 18 January 2006 (UTC)

It's definately not the case in Australia.--nixie 22:18, 18 January 2006 (UTC)

With the way things are going, it would be nigh impossible to get such a shot from a member of the public. (Can you imagine? A chartered plane with a Wikipedia photographer on board flying to Capitol Hill?!) Dysprosia 22:32, 18 January 2006 (UTC)

Mabye from a hot air balloon, they still fly over Parliament House.--nixie 22:35, 18 January 2006 (UTC)

Interesting. Don't drop the camera if you do ;) Dysprosia 22:41, 18 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Layout

I was of the view that Parliament House is divided into 4 quadrants, one for the Prime Minister, with a courtyard, one for ..... - Matthew238 07:45, 9 June 2006 (UTC)

Correct. The building is divided into four quadrants - the main entrance and Great Hall etc facing north-east towards the Lake, the Ministerial wing to the south-west, with the PM's office at the far end facing his courtyard, the House of Reps to south-east with its own entrance, and the Senate to the north-west likewise. Adam 08:07, 9 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Featured Article

This article has great potential, I am making it my personal mission to make this a feaured article by the end of the Year. If no one wants to help me - fine. This article is important and deserves to be much better.

I have a Mission! User:Dfrg.msc 10:48, 26 July 2006 (UTC)

Check out Palace of Westminster, United States Capitol and Michigan State Capitol as templates for any featured article drive.--cj | talk 00:26, 27 July 2006 (UTC)

• A to-do list might be a helpful way of breaking down the task. Happy to help on specified components.--A Y Arktos\^talk 00:29, 27 July 2006 (UTC)

• Same goes with Old Parliment house! How could this be overlooked?

User:Dfrg.msc 00:02, 31 July 2006 (UTC)

Im trying to get the Co-ordinates for Parliament House, but if any one has them tell me. United States Capitol has Co-ord's and it looks pretty proffensional.

Dfrg.msc 09:19, 8 August 2006 (UTC)

Co-ords for Parliament House are shown in this image. I <3 Google Earth. Daniel.Bryant 08:28, 15 August 2006 (UTC)

Added co-ords to article. Daniel.Bryant 08:31, 15 August 2006 (UTC)

Beautiful peice of editing Dan. Dfrg.msc 01:37, 18 August 2006 (UTC)

• Ive requested help from Wikipedia:Featured Article Help Desk/Requests. Dfrg.msc ^{1 . 2 . 3} 09:50, 16 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] "At the request of the Victorian Parliament"?

The article currently states that: "Parliament met in the 19th century edifice of Parliament House, Melbourne, at the request of the Victorian State Parliament...". Is this actually correct? (and con somebody provide a reference?). Or perhaps was it at the invitation of teh Victorian Parlaiment, or alternatively, did the Federal Parliament request that it be able to meet in the Spring St Building, meaning that the Vic parliament had to go elsewhere. While the statement may be correct, it doesn't seem right, and I think it should be referenced. -- Adz|talk 08:03, 15 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Major Consultants on the Parliament House Project

I made this template for use here:

Role					Name
Architects					Mitchell/Giurgola & Thorp Architects
Structural Engineer					Irwin Johnston & Partners
Landscape Architect					Peter G.Rolland & Associates
Construction Manager					Concrete Holland Joint Venture
Project Planner					McLachlan Group Pty Ltd
Cost Planner					Rawlin Roberts & Associates
Quantity Surveyor					Donald Cant, Watts, Haws & Lee Pty Ltd
Sound and Vision					Australian Broadcasting Corporation
Communications					Telecom Australia
Security					Department of Housing and Construction
Insurance					Sedgwick Pty Ltd
Architectural Hardware					Keeler hardware Pty Ltd
Roofing					ARMM Consultants Inc.
Flag Hoisting					Alan Payne & Partners Pty Ltd
Flagmast Access					Johns Perry Lifts
Geotecnical					Coffey & Partners Pty Ltd
Concrete Tecnology					Bemac Laboratories Pty Ltd
Steel					Johns Perry Ltd
Welding					Metlab Mypel Pty Ltd
Civil Engineering					Maunsell & Partners Pty Ltd
Irrigation					Irrigation Design Consultants

Dfrg.msc ^{1 . 2 . 3} 23:16, 12 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Flagpole Material

From the article: The flagpole weighs 220 tonnes and is made of polished stainless steel from Newcastle, New South Wales. It is one of the largest stainless steel structures in the world.

I seem to remember being told on tours of Parliament House that the flagpole is made of aluminium. Does anyone have any reliable references for the material the pole is made from? (I did a bit of an internet search, but can't find anything relevant that doesn't refer back to this article.) --jjron 17:30, 5 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Marble in Foyer

Also on a tour a guide told us a few years back that some/all of the marble in foyer was sourced from near Benambra, Victoria, which is near where I live. Can anyone help me with any information on this as I would like to add it to the Benambra article. --jjron 17:36, 5 November 2006 (UTC)