Our collection captures the ideas, movements, people and events of Australian democracy.
Barbecue snags and voting explained.
Common terms explained.
In 1999 Australia voted no to replacing the Queen as our head of state with a president.
A 1937 referendum asked Australians if the Commonwealth should regulate air travel.
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