National Library of Australia. It has been used as the Australia's Parliament for 61 years until the opening of the New Parliament.
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The home of Australia's Parliament and the meeting place of the Nation Parliament House is located on a 32-hectare site on Capital Hill and is the focal point of Canberra. The capital city of Australia opened on 9 May 1988 by her majesty queen Elizabeth II. The building was designed by Romaldo Giurgola, of Mitchell Giurgola & THORP architects, and was constructed almost entirely of Australian materials.
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High Court of Australia. High Court is open for visitors and also permits photographs. The building contains three courtrooms of different sizes which are used for different purposes.
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No.1 Courtroom is used on all ceremonial occasions. No.2 Courtroom, described as the "Working Courtroom", is mostly used in cases where a full court of fewer than seven Justices is sitting. No.3 Courtroom, the smallest one, has been designed for cases which will be dealt with generally by a single Justice.
