Parliament House, Perth

Parliament House, Perth is located on Harvest Terrace in Perth, Western Australia. An important building of the Government of Western Australia, it is the home of the Parliament of Western Australia, including the Western Australian Legislative Council and Western Australian Legislative Assembly. It features Greek Revival architecture elements.

Initially, the Legislative Council was housed in the small 1830s Government Offices in St Georges Terrace, and the Legislative Assembly in Howick Street near the Town Hall. An 1897 Royal Commission recommended proposals to house the Legislative Council and Legislative Assembly in the same building, and suggested two possible locations: the site of the existing Legislative Council in St Georges Terrace, and the hill in Harvest Terrace, behind the Barracks. Politicians J.W. Hackett and George Leake favoured the Harvest Terrace site, which was eventually chosen by Parliament.

An Australia-wide competition was had for the design of Parliament House, adjudicated by the Government Architect of New South Wales. He did not recommend any of the entries, but gave awards of merit. One of the awards went to four officers of the Public Works Department. The decision was then referred to the...
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