The House on the Hill
It is in Canberra's Capital Hill, his huge Australian flag shimmering in the wind as a beacon for all of Australia. It is the physical embodiment of the Australian federal law and legislation.
This is the Australian Parliament House, home of the National Assembly of the Commonwealth of Australia.
Sitting on top of Capital Hill, the Australian Parliament House is as much an Australian architectural icon as the Opera House in Sydney. The Australian Parliament House inspires awe not only for its physical beauty, but also by what it represents: the Australian Government.
Surprisingly perhaps, neither the Sydney Opera House, nor the Australian parliament in Canberra designed by Australians: the Opera House by the Danish architect Utzon J, Parliament House since the US-based Italian architect Romaldo Giurgola who won a contest in which more than 300 architects from around the world entered.
(On Australia Day, January 26, 2000, architect Giurgola and his family were Australian citizens.)
The city of Canberra itself was designed, again not by an Australian, but by an American architect Walter Burley Griffin, in whose honor the city more, an important function Canberra, has been appointed.
But the Sydney Opera House, the Australian Parliament House in Canberra, and Canberra became fully self-Australian and the landscape on which they stand.
In the Australian Parliament House, the Australian Senate, the Australian House of Representatives, and the offices of the Australian Prime Minister.
It is important to note that the Australian Parliament, the national law body and is not to be confused with the parliaments of the states and territories.
The Senate has 76 senators – 12 from each of the six states and two each from the Australian Capital Territory and the Northern Territory.
The Lower House has 150 members, each a separate electoral division.
What political party in the House is majority of the government of the day and select the country Prime Minister, to be appointed by the Governor-General, under the current Constitution.
The Governor General is the Queen's representative in Australia.
The Australian Parliament House is open to visitors daily except Christmas Day. Guided tours are available.
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