The Parliament

House

This 4 minute talk is

about the parliament
house.
We hope you enjoy our
Written by Jenny and
talk.
Fatma
The Parliament House is one
of Melbourne's best known
landmarks
1. The flag mast is 81 meters, high and
weighs 220 tones.
2. The flag is 12.8 meters by 6.4 meters
which is about the same size as the side
of a double-decker bus.
3. The parliament house has the area of
250,000 square kilometers.
When was the parliament
house opened?

 The parliament house was

opened in 9th in May 1988.
 Did You Know!
 The building of the
parliament house
costs $1 000 000.
 The parliament
house is designed
by Mitchell,
Giurgola and Thorp
architects.
 There are 8,340
spaces in the
building including
about 4,700 rooms
and 2,700 clocks.
Facts About the
Parliament House
 The parliament house is made from 90% of Australian
materials.
 There are 26 km of corridors in the parliament house.
 3000 people work in the parliament house.
 There are 4500 rooms inside the parliament house.
 More Facts
 There are three different parliament houses,
the white the red and the green house.
 Each year about one million people visit the
parliament house.
 The actual parliament house was built in 1920.
 It is the largest 19th century public building in
Australia
 There’s also a lower camber at the
bottom of the parliament house.
 Now the new parliament house now cost
220 million dollars and the old
parliament house cost only one million
dollars.
 The parliament house’s birthday is on
May the 9th.
 The underground car parks hold up to
2,000 cars.
 The building has two libraries, one
reading library, the other is a research
library for answering questions.
To make sure you were listening we would like to
ask some questions.
When was the parliament house opened?
It was opened 9th May 1988.
How many people work in the parliament house?
3000 people work in the parliament house.
How many rooms are in the parliament house?
There are 4500 rooms in the parliament.
How much money does the parliament house cost?
It cost $1 000 000.
When is the parliament house’s birthday?
The parliament birthday is on 9th May.
How many libraries in the parliament house?
The parliament house has 2 libraries.