Why did Federal Parliament move to Canberra?
A location was chosen which was 248km from Sydney and 483km from Melbourne. The federal parliament sat in Melbourne until then, as Melbourne was the only city with a building large enough to house parliament. It could not move until the Parliament building was built in Canberra. This is now called “Old Parliament House” as a new parliament was opened in 1988. Parliament moved to Canberra in 1927.
