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Fresh prawns sat on ice

Don’t come the raw prawn with me

How the 'Gair Affair' unfolded.

A combined computer, keyboard and telephone handset with a black monitor screen.

Hanging on the Computerphone

The intriguing story of a 1980s technological marvel.

Map section of New South Wales showing the borders of its federal seats.

What is a redistribution?

Why the Australian Electoral Commission has to reassess electorate boundaries.

A woman, Justice Roma Mitchell sits at a desk covered in papers, in front of a bookshelf filled with bound volumes.

What does a state governor do?

A closer look at the role of State Governors in Australia.

Nancy Wake is at a desk holding papers. She is looking across at another woman who is writing.

Agitators, suffragettes and spies: 7 women you should know

How these women left their mark on Australian democracy.

Lionel Rose is dressed in boxing gear. He is looking at a punching bag.

Lionel Rose's world championship 50 years on

Lionel Rose: boxing world title holder.

Reg Edwards watched Kevin Rudd’s Apology on screens on Federation Mall, outside Parliament House, on 13 February 2008.

The Apology 10 years on

One writer's thoughts on the Apology to Indigenous Australians.

John McEwen shakes John Gorton's hand. Gorton is holding a cigarette.

In the running: the Liberals' choice in 1968

The well-populated story behind the election of a party leader.

The covers of two picture books alongside the authors, Jol and Kate Temple.

Digital experience

World Read Aloud Day with Kate and Jol Temple

Join Kate and Jol for a digital event celebrating reading.

Opening of the first Australian Commonwealth Parliament in May 1901 by the Duke of Cornwall and York.

An invitation for an event for the opening of parliament in 1901 featuring an illustration of Melbourne's Exhibition Building and each Australian state's capital city.

1901 opening of the first Commonwealth parliament invitations

Lieutenant Colonel Robert Ernest Williams and his wife's invitations to the event of the year.

A woman sitting holding a picture book titled 'The Biscuit Maker' by Sue Lawson, illustrated by Liz Anelli

Canberra Great Celebrity Read Off

Celebrate World Read Aloud Day with MoAD.

The front of Old Parliament House at night lit with multi-coloured lights and the words 'Australian democratic values'. A crowd of people walk up the stairs into the building.

Enlighten – Department of Memories

A free, interactive event for all ages.