<P> The Commonwealth of Australia came into being on 1 January 1901 with the federation of the six Australian colonies . The inaugural election took place on 29 and 30 March and the first Australian Parliament was opened on 9 May 1901 in Melbourne by Prince George , Duke of Cornwall and York , later King George V . The only building in Melbourne that was large enough to accommodate the 14,000 guests was the western annexe of the Royal Exhibition Building . After the official opening , from 1901 to 1927 , the Parliament met in Parliament House , Melbourne , which it borrowed from the Parliament of Victoria ( which sat , instead , in the Royal Exhibition Building until 1927 ) . ( The western annexe was demolished in the 1960s . ) </P>
<P> The Commonwealth of Australia came into being on 1 January 1901 with the federation of the six Australian colonies . The inaugural election took place on 29 and 30 March and the first Australian Parliament was opened on 9 May 1901 in Melbourne by Prince George , Duke of Cornwall and York , later King George V . The only building in Melbourne that was large enough to accommodate the 14,000 guests was the western annexe of the Royal Exhibition Building . After the official opening , from 1901 to 1927 , the Parliament met in Parliament House , Melbourne , which it borrowed from the Parliament of Victoria ( which sat , instead , in the Royal Exhibition Building until 1927 ) . ( The western annexe was demolished in the 1960s . ) </P>
where was the first parliament held after federation
where was the first parliament held after federation
Melbourne
Melbourne