Parliament House of the Northern Territory

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SisterEllenKettle display ase)SisterKettle adan extensive ursing nd health romotionscareern heNorthern erritory nd s well-regardedorherwork n remote nd ruralNorthern erritory ommunitiesnsti-gating ealth ndhygiene rograms ndworkingwithDrJohnHargravend eprosy atients. hedied n 1999.

GroupCaptainWilfredStanleyArthur DSO,DFC Rtd)Theportrait f GroupCaptainWilfred tanley rthurwasdedi-cated fterhisdeath n 2000.GroupCaptain rthurwasa dis-tinguishedilotduringWWll and ived n he Northern erritoryafter hewar.

GroupCaptainCharles Moth'Eaton display ase)GroupCaptainCharlesMoth'Eatonwas he firstCommand-ingOfficer f RAAFDarwin ndserved s an Australianiplo-mat n Asia, nparticulartrengtheningustralia'sieswith heDutchEast ndies, owknown s Indonesia.

Station 4 - The Northern Territory Library

The NT LibrarymanagesPictureNT database ontaininghistoric ndcontemporarymages f he NT.Thelibrarys openon Mondayo Fri day rom10amuntil6pmandon Saturdays nd Sundays rom 1pm untilSpm.This ibraryalsohousesheParliamentaryibrary ervice.

Commemorative uiltFeaturedn he Librarysa quiltmadeby JennyArmourwhichcommemorateservicepersonnel nd civilianswho were nDarwin n 19 February 942.Thereare approximately600patches ignedby, or on behalfof, those who were n theNorthern erritory t that ime. t alsodepictsocalbuildings tthe ime f hebombing.

Station 5 - Speaker's Green

The Speaker's r een s a public pace ndprovides nd dealviewing eck or he spectaculararwinHarbour.

Memorial ountainThe water eatureon the Speaker'sGreen has a granite-

craftedDesertRoseemblem s its central eature. he oun-tain s dedicatedn memory f PeterMalmstedt nd AndrewSnowwhowerekilledwhena crane ollapsed uring heearlyconstructionhase f hebuildingn March 991

Speaker'sCornerCaf6-has seating verlookinghe harbouranda wide election f hotandcoldmeals, andwiches,rinksand sweets.

Station 6 - Goncourse (Level 3)

PortraitGallery-As ouwalkaround hemezzanineevel ouwillviewportraits f formerChiefMinistersndSpeakers f heNorthern erritory,longwithother istoricalnformation.

Station 7 - Chamber

ColourTheNorthern erritory asa unicameralsingle ouse)parliament, hich s deemed o be equivalento the owerhousein a bicameral arliament. reen s the colour hatdenotesmostlowerhouses n the Westminsterystem, ence he greenof theChambernd hroughouthebuilding.eucalyptusotifs afeature f heChamber alls.

GalleriesThe Chambereatureshreepublicgalleries, ne enclosed. hegalleryocated ver he Speaker's hair s he MediaGallery.

DispatchBoxesThesewerea gift rom heCommonwealtharliamento heNorthern erritoryn 1977o commemorateelf-government.The boxesare replicas f those n the House f Repres entatives,Canberra, hich remodelled n he dispatch oxes f heHouseof Commons.heyaremade f oak,ebony ndsilver.

Historically,heDispatch oxeswere ntroducednto he House fCommonsn he 17thCentury ndwereused o ransportdocumentsnd personal ossessionsf Parliamentariansnd oconvey ocumentso the Monarch. ater t became ustomaryorMemberso speak rom he dispatch oxes, ut n this Chamberthis tradition s now only observedor occasions uch as theTreasurer'selivery f the annual udget peech nd he Leaderof heOppositions'eply.

MaceThe Macewas presentedo the Legislative ssemblyn 1979bytheCommonwealthadiamento acknowledgehe NorthernTerritory ainingself-government.arrards,RoyalJewellersoHer MajestyQueenElizabethl, werecommissionedo craft heMace,which eatures oldandsilver iltandweighsapproximatelyourkilograms.

PublicTours

Freeguided ublicoursof Parliamentouse reconductedevery aturdayommencingt 9.00am nd11.00am.

FromMay o Septemberoursarealso onductedveryWednesdayt 10.30am.

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Station 1- FoyerFoyerConstruct ion f ParliamentHouse began in 1990 an d th ebuildingwa s off icial ly penedby the Governor-General,heHonourable il lHaydenAC QC, on 18 August1994.Th ecostof he Parl iamentaryrecinct st imatedo be g' l70m.

Austral ianmaterials eature throughout he building.Th ebrowngranitewa s quarried t Mt Bundy, outhof Darwin, ndthe blackgraniten SouthAustral ia.asmanian assafras ndBrushboximbers eature hroughouthe public reas.

Parliament ousewa s designed o harmonisewith the TopEnd's ropical limate.The parasol oof and facadeeffectivelydif fuse80 pe r cent of directsunlight rom the innerbuildingand serveas protection n the eventof a cyclone.

Th e building s intendedo serve he Northern erritoryor atleast 10 0 years and has been designed o accommodatechangesarising rom ncreased se. At present,he buildingaccommodates inisterialf f ices,he Legislat ive ssembly fthe NorthernTerritory, ffices or electedMembers, heNorthern erritory ibrary nd Parl iamentaryounsel.

Sturt's Desert Rose MosaicThe foyerhas an embedded tylisedmosaicof the SturtDesert Rose, he NT f loralemblem,designedby localart istGeoffTodd.This eature,madeof stoneand metal,symboliseshe land, aw an d people.Six of the sevenpetalsrepresenthe statesof Australia,with he seventhrepresentinghe Northern erritory. he Parliamentssymbolised y the radiat ing rm between he petalsan d th ecircleof stainless teel.Th e people f the NT ar e representedby he curved inesof bronze ncircled y he stainless teel.

Th e Craft Council Shop exhibits nd sellscraft temsmadelocally nd s staffed y volunteers.

HarryChan BustDr Harry Chan was the f irst ful ly-elected resident f theNorthern erritory'segislat ive ouncil. he Legislat iveCouncilexistedbetween1948 an d

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madeup of a combination f Members ppointed y heCommonwealth overnmentnd electedMembers.

The Northern Territory Flag was designedby Dr RobertIngpenAM an d wa s first raisedon July 1, 1978 o mark hegranting f SelfGovernmento the Northern erritory. he lagincorporateshe Northern erritory'shreeoff icial olours ndth eoff icialNorthern erritoryloral mblem. he NorthernTerritoryFlagcontained n he Foyerwas presentedoDr Robert ngpenon the morningof Self-Government,hichwas latergifted o His Honour he Administrator ed Egan byDr Ingpen

Main Ha tstat ion 2 - Main Hall

This s usedas a formal unction enuean d can accommodate pto 1000guests. he pendant ight it t ingseature eucalyptusea fmotif on the glass and draw the eye upward to accentuate hegrandeur f he building.

RemonstranceThe 1962 Remonstrance as presentedo the Senateby theLegislativeCouncil of the NorthernTerritory,and reported o theSenateon 29 August1962. t was returnedby the Senateonpermanent oan, o the Speakerof the NorthernTerritory

Legislative ssemblyby Hon M. Reid, Presidentof the Senateon18 August1998 n commemorationf the 50'nanniversary f th efirst Northern erritoryLegislative ouncil.A second Remonstrancewas presented o the Senate and theHouseof Representativesrom the NorthernTerritoryLegislativeAssemblyn 1997.The documentoutlinedgrievances hat pertained o the Common-wealthParliament'sntention o override he Rightsof theTerminally ll ac t passed by the NorthernTerritoryParliament n1996.The documentoutlinedgrievanceshat pertained o the Common-wealth Parliament'sntention o override he Rightsof the Termi-nally ll act passedby the NorthernTerritoryParliamentn 1996.

TatteredFlag foundat th e intersectionf Smithand BennettStreets,Darwin n the afternoon f he 19thFebruary 942.Donated y Cpl.Hil lR.W.J.,R'Coy - 43rdBattalion 523049

Bombingof Darwin PlaqueNear he entry o the Officeof the Speaker s a small,oval-shapedplaqueembedded n the f loor. t commemoratesheapproximateandingsite of a bomb that fel l during he f irslattackon Darwin n 19 February 94 2and ki l led

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Off iceworkerswho hadsought over n a sli t rench.Th e pil lars ea r he plaque eature nterpret iveanels n rela-t ion o he Bombing f Darwin.

The Northern Territory's Story-Centenary of FederationTh e pil lars ea r he entry o the Northern erritory ibraryfeature anels etai l inghe NT'sparl iamentaryndconstitut ionalevelopmentro mwhitesett lementn the 1800sunti lSelf-Governmentn 1978.Thesepanelswil l be added owhen he NofthernTerritorv chieves tatehood.

Bark Paint ingNarrit j inMaymuru rom Yirrkalawa s an Artist, communityleader, nd proponent f he historic 96 3YirrkalaBarkPetition. hi sartworkwa sgenerously onated o th e people fthe Northern erritory yJohnand Kathryn lynnand amily.

Station 3 - Historic Lobby

Post Office WallTh e original arwinPostOffice toodon thissiteprior o it sdestruct ionn he bombing aidsof

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Constructedf coal stone, hi scommemorativeal lwa s madefromsalvageabler undamagedemnants f the postoff ice.

ShrapnelNext o the commemorative all s a remnant f shrapnel roma bomb that fell on the Darwin Post Office.The shrapnelwasdonated y Mr Joe Fisher, formerMember f the Legislat iveCouncil f he NT.

Th e Time Capsulewa s nstalledn 1992and wil lbe opened n2048,whichwil l mark he 100thanniversary f the f irstsit t ingof the Leoislat ive ouncil.

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