The Promise and The Fulfilment
The following can be found engraved in the stone on each side of the main entrance to Centre Hall at Parliament House.
The Promise on the left – the original building 1889
The Fulfilment on the right – the building completed in 1939
THE PROMISE
“HIS MAJESTY’S SUBJECTS
OF THE PROVINCE OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA
ARE TO RECEIVE A CONSTITUTION
OF SELF GOVERNMENT
AS SOON AS THE COLONY SHALL BE
IN A STATE FIT TO ENJOY
THAT INESTIMABLE ADVANTAGE”
EDWARD GIBBON WAKEFIELD
FOUNDER OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA 1834
THE FULFILMENT
THIS HOUSE OF PARLIAMENT WAS COMPELTED
AS AN EXPRESSION OF FAITH
IN THE STATE INSTITUTIONS
IN APPRECIATION OF THE BENEFITS WROUGHT
BY EIGHTY YEARS OF SELF GOVERNMENT
AND IN COMMEMORATION OF
THE CENTENARY OF THE STATE
UNVEILED BY HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR
MAJOR GENERAL SIR WINSTON DUGAN K.G.M.G., C.B..D.S.O.
23RD DECEMBER 1936