Quoting from http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-05-09/gold-key-used-to-open-old-parliament-house-on-display/8507670
Gold key that opened Old Parliament House back home 90 years after historic ceremony
By Louise Maher
Posted Tue at 4:25pm
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VIDEO: The Duke of York opening Old Parliament House on May 9, 1927. (ABC News)
AUDIO: Treasure Trove: Old Parliament House's gold key(ABC News)
The gold key used to unlock the heavy front doors at the opening ceremony of Old Parliament House has returned home for the first time to mark the 90th anniversary of the historic ceremony.
But mystery surrounds two other keys believed to have been made at the same time.
"Three keys were commissioned," said Museum of Australian Democracy (MOAD) curator Stephanie Pfennigwerth.
"However we can only find one of them — [we] don't know what happened to the other two."
The 14-carat gold key was designed by Edwin Henderson, a senior architect with the then Department of Works and Railways, who also designed Manuka Pool and Ainslie Primary School.
It was used by the Duke of York, later King George VI, at the official opening of what was then the provisional Parliament House on May 9, 1927.
According to Ms Pfennigwerth, the Duke created "a slight kerfuffle" by handing the key to then prime minster Stanley Bruce after he unlocked the wooden and glass doors.
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