The secrets of Old Parliament House revealed

By Tim the Yowie Man
Updated April 24 2018 - 10:55pm, first published April 18 2018 - 11:27am

It's arguably our city's most admired building. Opened in 1927 as Australia's provisional Parliament House, the "wedding cake", as it is often referred to, ended up being our nation's seat of power for more than 60 years before the politicians moved up to their bigger and less intimate behemoth on Capital Hill.

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