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Documenting Democracy
Australia's Story

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Grand ceremony of the opening of the Commonwealth Parliament

The grand ceremony of the opening of the Commonwealth Parliament, on 9 May 1901, was held in Melbourne's Exhibition Building. The Commonwealth Parliament continued to sit in Melbourne as the site of the national capital was not decided until 1909 and the first Parliament House was not completed until 1927.