Museum of Australian Democracy at Old Parliament House

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

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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

Young people and the right to vote: Some exceptions to the rule

Young people and the right to vote: Some exceptions to the rule

How voting rights have changed in Australia.

Breaking up is hard to do: secession in Australia

Breaking up is hard to do: secession in Australia

How Australian states could become more independent.

Vale Faith Bandler

Vale Faith Bandler

In remembrance of Faith Bandler AC.

The thieving diva: behind the scenes of the opening ceremony at Parliament House

The thieving diva: behind the scenes of the opening ceremony at Parliament House

How one guest didn't go hungry at a historic banquet lunch.

Conscription 1916: Who were the Maltese ‘children of Billy Hughes’?

Conscription 1916: Who were the Maltese ‘children of Billy Hughes’?

COLLECTION

First Nations cultural awareness board game: Ngundi Bala-Dhu?

First Nations cultural awareness board game: Ngundi Bala-Dhu?

A board game about First Nations history and culture.

Letter from Earle Page to his son on his 21st birthday

Letter from Earle Page to his son on his 21st birthday

Fatherly advice from a future prime minister.

DEMOCRACY

Australian democracy

Australian democracy

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

Defining democracy

Defining democracy

What is democracy?