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J. Condition of Values<br />

Part D – Appendices<br />

Old Parliament House and Curtilage Heritage Management Plan <strong>2008–2013</strong><br />

355<br />

Table 1. Assessment of condition and integrity - Fabric<br />

No. Embodiment of significance Condition (Source) Integrity<br />

9. Front facade and the immediate<br />

grassed area to its north (NHL A)<br />

Façade: Fair (DCITA<br />

2004, Connell Wagner<br />

2001), front canopy poor<br />

(OPH staff)<br />

Grassed area: Fair -<br />

outside OPH management<br />

10. Front steps (NHL A) Fair High<br />

11. Internal fabric and<br />

collections (NHL A)<br />

12. Purpose-designed furniture<br />

and furnishings (NHL A)<br />

Fabric: Fair (DCITA<br />

2004, Taylor Thomson<br />

Whitting 2005)<br />

Collection: Fair (AVO<br />

audit 2002, OPH staff)<br />

Fair (AVO audit 2002,<br />

OPH staff) - assessment<br />

relates to total collection<br />

1927 Furniture: 1<br />

excellent, 520 good,<br />

310 fair, 85 poor (KE<br />

EMu database)<br />

13. Bas-relief busts (NHL A) Good (Conservation<br />

Works 2005)<br />

14. Portraits of former Prime<br />

Ministers (NHL A)<br />

Sound/Stable (NPG staff)<br />

15. Statue of King George V (NHL A) Good (Conservation<br />

Works 2005)<br />

16. Communications<br />

technology (NHL A)<br />

17. Murdoch designed furniture and<br />

fittings; the HMAS Australia<br />

table, the Country Party<br />

Table and the first Australian<br />

Cabinet table (NHL A)<br />

18. President of the Senate’s<br />

Chair (NHL A)<br />

Poor - physically<br />

intact though not<br />

working (OPH staff)<br />

1927 Furniture<br />

(Murdoch?): 1 excellent,<br />

520 good, 310 fair, 85<br />

poor (KE EMu database)<br />

HMAS Australia table:<br />

Good (KE EMu database)<br />

Country Party Table: Good<br />

First Australian<br />

Cabinet table: Fair<br />

(KE EMu database)<br />

Good (Conservation<br />

Works 2006)<br />

19. Speaker’s Chair (NHL A) Good (Conservation<br />

Works 2006)<br />

20. Furniture and fittings designed<br />

or purchased for the extensions<br />

or alterations to the building, in<br />

particular the Senate and House<br />

of Representative Wings and<br />

the President of the Senate and<br />

Prime Minister’s Suites (NHL A)<br />

Furniture/fittings:<br />

no information<br />

President of the<br />

Senate: Good<br />

PM: Good (OPH<br />

staff 2001)<br />

High, although the banners on<br />

the façade diminish integrity<br />

Medium<br />

Medium<br />

High<br />

High<br />

High<br />

High - although some objects have<br />

been removed for conservation<br />

reasons (eg microphones)<br />

High<br />

High<br />

High

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