Old Parliament House a house for the Australian people

By Karen Hardy
Updated April 24 2018 - 9:50pm, first published May 4 2017 - 6:04pm

The first week of May, 1927, was miserable. Even 90 years ago, the old line about the turn of weather after Anzac Day was in play. It was cold, a chill was sweeping down from the Brindabellas, there wasn't much to divert it, there wasn't much to Canberra.

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