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POLITICAL CARTOONS
Browse Behind the Lines, our annual exhibition celebrating the year's best political cartoons.
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STORIES
Lost, found and left behind
Discover some of the items that have been unexpectedly discovered in the museum.
The one that got away: the last time a government lost a vote in the House of Representatives
How a majority government can lose a vote in the House of Representatives.
On a Knife-Edge: Six other times Australia’s elections were down to the wire
Past Australian elections with very close results.
COLLECTION
1901 opening of the first Commonwealth parliament invitations
1901 opening of the first Commonwealth parliament invitations
Lieutenant Colonel Robert Ernest Williams and his wife's invitations to the event of the year.
