Sydney, Australia

Parliament House, Sydney

Parliament House, Sydney, Sydney

The oldest parliament building in Australia, begun in 1811 and completed in 1816 as a wing of the convict-built Rum Hospital. Its colonial Georgian verandah fronts Macquarie Street, sheltering two chambers, one of them a cast-iron hall once destined for the Victorian goldfields.

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Location

Coordinates: -33.86739, 151.21269

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