High Court of Australia, Canberra

The High Court of Australia is the supreme court in the Australian court hierarchy and the final court of appeal in Australia. It has both original and appellate jurisdiction, has the power of judicial review over laws passed by the Parliament of Australia and the parliaments of the States, and interprets the Constitution of Australia. The High Court was constituted by the Judiciary Act 1903. In the 1950s the then Prime Minister Robert Menzies had established a plan to develop Canberra, and construct more important national buildings. Construction began in April 1975 on the shore of Lake Burley Griffin, in the Parliamentary Triangle. It is an unusual and distinctive structure, built in the brutalist style, and features an immense public atrium with a 24 meter high roof.