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Aretha Brown, a young woman, holds a banner at a protest rally with a fist raised in the air.

Stories

Stories

Black and white image of the front of Old Parliament House with a crowd of people of gathered at the foot of the stairs. The building is white with columns and an Australian flag flies at the top.

Collection

Collection

A close up of a rainbow flag covered in signatures.

POLITICAL CARTOONS

Browse Behind the Lines, our annual exhibition celebrating the year's best political cartoons.

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Visitors looking at the framed cartoons on the walls

STORIES

Establishing the United Nations

Establishing the United Nations

A look at the formation of the United Nations.

A brief history of opinion polls

A brief history of opinion polls

Discover how opinion polls originated.

Artists and activists: The Ongoing Adventures of X and Ray

Artists and activists: The Ongoing Adventures of X and Ray

A spotlight on the Indigenous artist Lin Onus.

A doctor in the house? Five doctors who served in the Commonwealth Parliament

A doctor in the house? Five doctors who served in the Commonwealth Parliament

Politicians who could call themselves 'doctor'.

Lowering the voting age

Lowering the voting age

COLLECTION

Ethel Bruce's rail pass and tickets to the opening of Parliament House

Ethel Bruce's rail pass and tickets to the opening of Parliament House

First class travel for the wife of the prime minister.

Threepenny internment camp tokens

Threepenny internment camp tokens

A different kind of currency.

DEMOCRACY

Defining democracy

Defining democracy

What is democracy?

Australian democracy

Australian democracy

Every democratic society is distinct. The same is true for Australia.