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Donations in action

Recreating the Clerk of the Senate's office to evoke 1975.

Donations to our Annual Appeal 2024 helped us recreate the Clerk of the Senate's office on the day of the 1975 Whitlam government dismissal. James Odgers was the Clerk of the Senate on that date and witnessed the dismissal on the steps of Parliament House. 

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A stack of papers on a desk, a yellow booklet titled 'The Budget 1975-76' with the Commonwealth Coat of Arms is on top, along with a pair of black-framed reading glasses and a pen. A stack of papers on a desk, a yellow booklet titled 'The Budget 1975-76' with the Commonwealth Coat of Arms is on top, along with a pair of black-framed reading glasses and a pen.

In a room in Old Parliament House a wooden TV with an image of Gough Whitlam is on a wooden cabinet next to a stand with a black gown and white wig. There is red carpet on the floor. In a room in Old Parliament House a wooden TV with an image of Gough Whitlam is on a wooden cabinet next to a stand with a black gown and white wig. There is red carpet on the floor.

An old-fashioned grey typewriter and wooden document tray with paper in it sits on green leather-topped desk. An old-fashioned grey typewriter and wooden document tray with paper in it sits on green leather-topped desk.

Thank you to our donors

We would like to thank and acknowledge our donors, including those who would like to remain anonymous, to the 2024 Annual Appeal.

Dr Marion Amies 

Michael Appleby  

Dorothy Barclay and Peter Barclay OAM 

Andrew Blanckensee 

David Blayney

Sarah Brasch 

Gai Brodtmann  

Sue Dyer and Dr Stephen Dyer

Christopher Field

The Henry Parkes Foundation

Jeffrey Gabriel  

Jeannie and Peter Gill

Peter Graves

Axe Gregoire 

Meredith Hinchliffe AM

Stephen Holt 

Peter Hyland

Claudia Hyles OAM

Kristian Jacobsen 

Carly Jassy 

David Lewis

Robert Lundie

Nicola Mallik

Chris Mansfield

Robyn McClelland

Vicki and Wayne McGeoch 

Elizabeth McGinnis

Quac Minh La

Lisa Mullins

Brett Odgers 

Fiona Pacey

Andrew Phelan AM and Monica Phelan 

Margaret Pope 

Aliya and Robert Porter 

Greg Ralph

Graeme Rankin

The Hon Margaret Reid AO

Paul Rogerson

Niki Savva

Nicholas Schmidt

Reg Shepherd 

Wayne Sheridan 

Lajla Sidhu

Jane Stanham

Deborah Sulway

Amy L Tang

Felicity and Simon Tepper 

Ian and Valerie Thom 

Cecilia Webber

Suzanne Wood

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