Free Tours of Parliament House
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Mon 18 May 2015 - Fri 29 May 2015
South Australia's Parliament House has an imposing frontage on the corner of North Terrace and King William Road. Excellent views of Parliament House can also be obtained from the Festival Centre. Yet how many South Australians can say they have seen inside this major landmark?
This building is the centre of our state political system and has public gallery for visitors to view parliamentary proceedings. The world of party politics can be full of fireworks and argy bargy or crushingly boring. But policies are being debated, with reforms contemplated and questions asked and it is worth seeing the whole process in action.
The building itself was built to replace the adjacent and overcrowded Parliament House, now referred to as "Old Parliament House". The current building was completed over many decades due to to financial constraints. The full building process took over 65 years from 1874 to 1939. Quite a time over run!
A design competition was commissioned for the new building. A design by Adelaide architect Edmund Wright and his partner Lloyd Taylor was selected the winner. It features a Greek Revival design with the large imposing and ornate columns of the Corinthian order. The ornate columns are an architectural feature in the interiors and exterior of this formidable building.
Free Tours of Parliament House
As part of the
About Time History Festival the public is being given the opportunity to tour this heritage building. Tours will run in May 2015 on Monday 18th to Friday 22nd and Monday 25th to 29th,
10am and 2pm. Enter via the centre steps public entrance 5 to 10 minutes before tour is due to start. Security scans, similar to the airport, are required. The tours are free and last approximately 45 minutes. Bookings are required for groups only.
There are many stories to be told from these rooms, corridors and seats of power.
Why not take the opportunity to see this hidden piece of our heritage that was so long in the making. Further details on Parliament House tours
here
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