Parliament+house

** Queen Victoria Market Federation Square State Library Impact on society Bibliography  ** The lamps and the grand steps outside the building symbolise the gold rush when Victoria was at its peak to be known around the world. **
 * Parliament House Shrine of Remembrance Sidney Myer Music Bowl**
 * Old Melbourne Gaol St Paul’s Cathedral Research Task Mindmap CBD home [|Reflective blog] **
 * History and architecture of building **
 * Parliament House was designed by a nineteen century architect Peter Kerr, who was inspired to build our Parliament House using ancient Rome and Greek buildings. Parliament Hou  [[image:Futer_years.JPG align="right" caption="The Senate is treating me well"]]   se was being constructed between 1855 and 1930, but the building has not yet been completed to its original design.
 * In Parliament House the Legislative Assembly, Legislative Council and the Library are filled with twenty-three carat gold on the walls symbolising the Victorian Gold Rush. **
 *       Parliament House contains a Legislative Assembly chamber which took ten months to build and a Legislative Council chamber where bills are passed through. **
 * A historic part of Parliament House is the Queens Hall which was built in 1860. The Queen’s hall contains paintings of the Premiers and a sculpture of Queen Elizabeth.     **


 * Parliament House has never yet been completed to its original design. The Kennet Government had discussed finishing the renovations but it was never confirmed. A main section of Parliament House that was not built is the dome, which was meant to go on top of the [[image:ParliamentHouse1.jpg align="left" caption="Parliamnet House on an angle"]] building but it was to expensive to build. **


 * Impact on Society and Tourism **
 * On the tourism side of things, it shows us how the age of the Gold Rush gave us the expenses to build Parliament House. Parliament House impacts on our society because laws are made that affect us as a city. Laws are made by discussing it in the Legislative Assemble chamber that is then passed through to the Upper House [Legislative Council.] The governor then gives a Royal Assessment. This all happens in Parliament House. **


 * Legislative Assembly **
 * The Legislative Assembly consists of eighty-eight members of Parliament. It also consists of clerks, a speaker,  [[image:Speaker.JPG align="right" caption="Mr. Speaker"]]   Sergeant of arms and Ushers. The Speaker replaces order, makes sure all debates, votes and proceedings are followed correctly. The speaker represents the Legislative Assembly at functions and other meetings. The clerk’s main roles are to advise the speaker and other MP’s about any bills that need to be discussed. The Sergeant of arms carries the mace in and out of Parliament. They used to use it as a weapon to protect the speaker, but now the Sargeant of Arms enforces the speakers rulings. The Ushers are located at the doors to allow people in and out. **


 * Legislative Council **
 * The Legislative Council consists of 40 Members of Parliament. The Legislative system is similar to the Legislative Assembly when it comes to roles of the President, clerks and Ushers. There are a few different things in the Legislative Council. It has a special chair that only theQueen can sit on, with an exception made every four years when the Governor sits on it this chair. Is also known as the Crown Chair. The last time the Queen sat in the chair was in 1958. **


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 * <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">When I went into my first Parliament Sitting in the Legislative Assembly, I was so excited that I could now get an insight view on Parliament sitting. When I went in there I could not believe the rudeness of all the MP’s [there was only seven members of Parliament in the room.] They were talking loudly to each other; even when another person was giving their speech! Apart from that <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">  [[image:President.JPG align="left" caption="Commander in Chief"]]    it was an experience that I could not forget. At one point it got a bit aggressive and the Speaker had to say ORDER! That was pretty much all the excitement you get the whole day! I was also especially amazed that there was hardly anyone in the room. I soon realised that Mr. Brumby entered the room and went straight to his seat and gave a speech. On his way out though, I made sure I gave him a look which he will never forget! **
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