September 30, 2008
In recent exciting news, our exhibition website, Billy Hughes at War , has finished runner up in the 2008 McFarlane Prize for excellence in Australian web design. The website, produced by the design team at Icelab , was ‘highly commended by the judges’. The award was made at the recent Web Directions South conference in Sydney on 25 November, 2008.
The website launched in February 2008 to complement the Billy Hughes at War traveling exhibition, which commenced at the Shrine of Remembrance , Melbourne, in February 2008. The exhibition is currently showing at Old Parliament House.
The Billy Hughes at War website examines the…
September 26, 2008
Old Parliament House is undergoing a major redevelopment due to open in May 2009. With a range of dynamic interactive tools, the exhibition experience at Old Parliament House will utilise cutting edge technology to engage and challenge visitors.
The redevelopment will provide new experiential learning opportunities for students. General Manager, Kate Cowie, “New education programs will encourage students to question what democracy is, where it came from and what it means to them. We are particularly excited about the interactive decision-making technology. Students will be able to engage with the process of political decision-making and see how…
September 23, 2008
Old Parliament House is proposing to refurbish the South-East (House of Representatives) Wing to accommodate the Australian Prime Ministers Centre, a facility for Fellows and accommodation for staff.
The proposed refurbishment has been determined as being a ‘controlled action’ under the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (EPBC Act), on the basis that the action is likely to have significant impact on the following matters protected by the EPBC Act:
National Heritage places (section 15B and 15C)
Commonwealth land (section 26 and 27A)
Commonwealth action (section 28)
Pursuant with S95B of the EPBC Act, information…
September 22, 2008
The South-East Wing of Old Parliament House—the side of the building closest to the National Archives building—is being refurbished as an important component of the major redevelopment and permanent Australian Prime Ministers Centre (APMC) and Fellows facility.
The refurbishment will also improve the suitability of this part of the building for education, public assembly and staff accommodation. It’s due for completion in March 2009. These works and modifications for adaptive re-use are all aimed at enhancing the Old Parliament House experience.
We’re currently in the middle of a period of heritage assessments for some parts of the project,…
September 05, 2008
On our Flickr photostream you can see a growing collection of images relating to the building and events taking place within and around it. We are also using Flickr to support and extend our exhibitions program and open up our content to comment, tagging and discussion. The three most recent examples are the exhibitions Billy Hughes at War, Beyond Reasonable Drought and In the Picture.
The Billy Hughes at War exhibition website contains activities and resources about the conscription debate and Australia’s involvement in the peace negotiations after the First World War. Using our Flash-based poster builder on the site, visitors to the site can…
September 02, 2008
Old Parliament House now offers some of its regularly updated content in the form of an RSS feed. You can subscribe to our news, events and exhibitions feeds separately or grab the combined feed: Current exhibitions
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Combined feed
Why RSS?
Besides visiting websites using a web browser (Internet Explorer, Firefox or Safari), there are other ways of accessing web content. Really Simple Syndication (RSS) is a service provided by many websites which allows you to receive regular new website content, delivered to your computer or other device, without having to visit the website itself. RSS is a handy way to manage a lot of content…