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It is believed to be the only building with this system in the ACT and one of a few in Australia.

Ceilings are generally painted concrete slab but some areas have a suspended ceiling.

All plant equipment is new except one original motor and fan remains, but is unused. The original ventilation ducts built into the walls which are used for air conditioning.

A sub-basement room has been converted to storage for original material previously removed such as skirtings, architraves and lights.

The room in the north east corner of the basement and features a sloping floor which is understood to be the first morgue in the ACT. This room has been converted into a meeting/green room with video conference facilities and make up facilities.

3.4.2 Ground Floor

ENTRANCE FOYER

This is a two storey space

| Floor | Patterned marble tiles (local quarry). | | Walls | Rendered and painted. Large sandstone panels to east and west sides together with some black marble detailing including skirting. | | Ceiling | Painted concrete suspended with feature of a large Luxfer86 glass skylight with platypus. | | Doors | Original timber framed glass doors in openings framed in sandstone (doors to corridor to upper floor were installed in the 1980s for air conditioning control). | | Details | Includes embossed plaster cast panels of 12 significant scientists and nationalists (Stirling, Stuart, Allen, Bell, Hunter, Harvey, Lamarack, Darwin, Halford, Pasteur, Lister and Simpson). | | Bronze Plaques | Include commemoration of founding director and ashes of Sir Colin McKenzie and the 1984 NFSA opening. This plaque is outside the foyer under the cloisters on the left-hand side as you enter the building. | | Courtyard Entry | Two small rooms with glazed shutters exist each side of courtyard entry. | | Condition | Condition is quite good with some signs of wear. |

Provisional Parliament House (now MOADOPH)	J S Murdoch	1924	(Figure 126 & Figure 127)
NFSA (Institute of Anatomy)	W Hayward Morris	1929	(Figure 128 & Figure 129)
CSIRO Division of Entomology (Institute of Scientific Industrial Research)	W Hayward Morris	1929	(Figure 130 & Figure 131)
Old Patent Office	E H Henderson	1936	(Figure 132 & Figure 133)
Australian School of Forestry	J.H Kirkpatrick	c1927

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Figure 54: Basement – SB60 – Vault A3 (EMAA 2018)

Figure 55: Basement – SB64 – Corridor (EMAA 2018)

Figure 56: Basement – SB53 – Green Room (EMAA 2018)

Figure 57: Basement – SB73 Plant Room – Defunct Ventilation Pump (EMAA 2018)

Figure 58: Basement – Sub-Basement (EMAA 218)

3.4.2 Ground Floor

Figure 59: Entrance Foyer (EMAA 2018)

Figure 60: Entrance Foyer – Luxfer Glass (EMAA 2018)

Figure 61: Entrance Foyer – Front Door (EMAA 2018)

Figure 62: Entrance Foyer – Sir Colin MacKenzie Plaque (EMAA 2018)

Figure 63: Entrance Foyer – View from First Floor (EMAA 2018)

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Figure 69: Library – Luxfor Glass (EMAA 2018)

Figure 70: Library – Mezzanine (EMAA 2018)

Figure 71: Theatrette – Entrance (EMAA 2018)

Figure 72: Theatrette – Seats (EMAA 2018)

Figure 73: Ground Floor – SG40 – Front Room (EMAA 2018)

Figure 74: Ground Floor – SG24 – Office Door (EMAA 2018)

Figure 75: Ground Floor – Light switch (EMAA 2018)

Figure 76: Entrance Foyer – Radiator Panels

Figure 77: Ground Floor – SG25 – Office (EMAA 2018)

Figure 78: Ground Floor Male Toilets – SG28 (EMAA 2018)

Figure 79: Ground Floor Female Toilets – SG29 (EMAA 2018)

Figure 80: Ground Floor Female Toilets – SG29 – Entrance (EMAA 2018)

Figure 81: Ground Floor Accessible Toilet – SG31 (EMAA 2018)

Figure 82: Ground Floor Accessible Toilet – SG31 (EMAA 2018)

Figure 83: Ground Floor Male Toilets – SG28 (EMAA 2018)

Figure 84: Ground Floor Stairwell To First Floor (EMAA 2018)

Figure 85: Ground Floor Stairwell To Basement (EMAA 2018)

Figure 86: Arc – SG2 – Chairs (EMAA 2018)

Figure 87: Arc – SG2 Plaster Casings of Native Animals (EMAA 2018)

Figure 88: Arc – SG4 Store (EMAA 2018)

Figure 89: South Gallery – SG1 (EMAA 2018)

Figure 90: South Gallery – SG1 – Lights (EMAA 2018)

Figure 91: South Gallery – SG1 – Balustrade (EMAA 2018)

Figure 94 (NFSA)

Figure 95 (NFSA)

Figure 96: Courtyard – Ramp (Added 2003) – (EMAA 2018)

Figure 97: Courtyard (EMAA 2018)

Figure 98: Courtyard (EMAA 2018)

Figure 99: Courtyard (EMAA 2018)

Figure 100: Courtyard From First Floor Cloisters (EMAA 2018)

3.4.3 First Floor

Figure 101: First Floor – SF28 Ceiling (EMAA 2018)

Figure 102: First Floor – SF38 Corridor (EMAA 2018)

Figure 103: First Floor – SF28 Office (EMAA 2018)

Figure 104: First Floor – SF34 Office (EMAA 2018)

3.4.4 Annex

Figure 105: Annex Toilets (EMAA 2018)

Figure 106: Annex Foyer (EMAA 2018)

Figure 107: Annex Staircase (EMAA 2018)

Figure 108: Annex Corridor (EMAA 2018)

3.5 Residence

Figure 109: Residence - Ground Floor Plan (NFSA 2018)

Figure 110: Residence – First Floor Plans (NFSA 2018)

Figure 111: Elevations of Residence (Australian Archives 2018)

Figure 112: Residence (EMAA 2018)

Figure 113: Residence (EMAA 2018)

Figure 114: Residence (EMAA 2018)

Figure 115: Renovations to the Residence, 2006 (NFSA 2018)

Figure 116: (EMAA 2018)

Figure 117: (EMAA 2018)

Figure 118: Residence – Laundry (EMAA 2018)

Figure 119: Residence – Woodshed (EMAA 2018)

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3.6 Other Details

4.0 ANALYSIS & STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE

4.1 Assessment Criteria

4.2 Analysis