Larrakia Nation
Northern Territory
Parliament House was built as Australia’s newest Parliament House in 1994. First commission in the late 1980’s by the then Territory Legislative Council.
On 28 April 1987 the Sessional Committee known as the New Parliament House Committee was appointed to oversee the project. The Hon F A Finch was appointed to this committee and was a long term Territory parliamentarian. Fred Finch passed away in 2018. The project was announced by the Hon. Marshall Perron MLA on 14 July 1988 and that he was intention to proceed with the with the state square project and that the project would include construction of a new Parliament House. The Landscaping of state square at the time was valued at $170 million with construction of Parliament House being $46 million (1988 dollars).