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ABC studio a photograph of the ABC studio
Old Parliament House

Parliamentary Broadcasting and ABC Studio

Discover where the debates, drama and business of parliament was broadcast. 

The Speaker's Chair is a large wooden ornate chair with green leather.
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Speaker's Chair

Speaks to Australian democracy's deep ties to the United Kingdom.

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A light taupe plastic Multifone phone with 16 red buttons, 2 green buttons and a manual hand dial. The receiver sits on the side with a curly rubber cord.
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Multifone telephone used by William McMahon

Lift the handle and listen for the dial tone.

A close up of a timber staircase with dappled light. The railings feature white posts with an art-deco style design.

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A brown old coin with the words three pence on the front. There is a hole in the middle of the coin with a wreath that goes around the hole.
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Threepenny internment camp tokens

A different kind of currency.

A light brown toy koala with fluffy ears, a worn black leather nose and a red and green tartan ribbon tied around its neck. The toy is sitting with its arms outstretched.
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Toy koala

A beloved toy koala gifted to Australia's 100,000th British post-war migrant.

An office at Old Parliament House with red carpet, a large wooden desk, red leather chairs, wood panelled-walls and a book case. This black and white photograph shows the layout of the Clerk of the Senate’s office in 1985 when it was occupied by Alan Cumming Thom. The timber-panelled room contains a large desk (originally designed by the building’s architect, John Smith Murdoch), glass-fronted built-in bookshelves and a sideboard with an indoor plant. There are a range of visitor chairs and an easy chair in the foreground.
Old Parliament House

Clerk of the Senate's Office

See the Clerk of the Senate's office as it was on the day of the 1975 dismissal.

A modern-day view of the Country Party Room. A large, varnished wooden table with a rounded end takes up the majority of the room, with chairs around it. There is a wooden bookcase on the wall to the back, then a unit of drawers against the wall at the end. A large oval meeting table and chairs dominate the centre of the room. Easy chairs with side tables and lamps are arrayed along the sides and two sofas are arranged in a seating area towards the back of the room. A sideboard with books, a television and sound system stretches along the back wall. There is a framed map on one wall and a notice board on the opposite. Portraits of leaders and formal and informal photographs of the party crowd the walls
Old Parliament House

Country Party Room

The party room was a place to celebrate achievements, build camaraderie and even take a nap.

A pathway in a garden with a series of white timber archways covered in different coloured roses.
Old Parliament House

Gardens

Explore the gardens on either side of Old Parliament House.

This colour photograph shows the Government Party Room re-created to evoke the atmosphere of 1964. There are two large meeting tables surrounded by chairs, three small desks, and two telephone booths. A large portrait of Prime Minister Robert Menzies is on one wall. The surfaces of the meeting tables and desks are covered with stationery, papers, telephones and ashtrays. This black and white photograph shows two suited men standing side by side in the Government Party Room in 1962. On the left is Sydney businessman and philanthropist SH Ervin with a jaunty bow tie, on the right a more conservatively dressed Prime Minister Bob Menzies. They are surrounded by Australian paintings which are leaning against chairs, tables and walls. The two men are viewing the paintings that Ervin was donating to the National Collection. In the background are meeting tables and telephone booths
Old Parliament House

Government Party Room

The room where party members worked quietly and debated loudly.

A green carpeted room with rows of wooden benches in a U shape facing a central table and the large, ornate Speaker's Chair. A colour photograph of the House of Representatives Chamber filled with seated politicians
Old Parliament House

House of Representatives Chamber

Some of the most dramatic scenes in Australia’s political history took place in this chamber.