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  Old Parliament House was opened in 1927 and got closed in 1988 because of the new Parliament House.
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  The building was designed by Mitchell/Giurgola and Thorp Architects and opened on 9 May 1988 by Elizabeth ll Queen of Australia.
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  Federal Parliament first met on 1901 in a lovely city called Melbourne.
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  Parliament House is for prime ministers and special people.
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  Parliament House was was built to be about 107m wide.