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The Sun-Herald is an Australian newspaper published on Sundays in Sydney. It is the Sunday counterpart of The Sydney Morning Herald.
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The Sun-Herald is an Australian newspaper published on Sundays in Sydney. It is the Sunday counterpart of The Sydney Morning Herald.
Australians were asked to pick a song for the national anthem in 1977.
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In 1999 Australia voted no to replacing the Queen as our head of state with a president.
In the 1951 referendum, Australia voted no on banning Communist ideology by the barest of margins.
Our collection captures the ideas, movements, people and events of Australian democracy.
The Museum of Australian Democracy acknowledges Australia's First Nations peoples as the Traditional Custodians of Country throughout Australia. We recognise their continuing connection to land, waters and community. We respectfully acknowledge the role that First Nations people continue to play in shaping Australia's democracy. We also acknowledge the Ngunnawal, Ngunawal and Ngambri peoples as the Traditional Custodians of the region in which MoAD is located.
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