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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

The families from number 18

The families from number 18

A look back at family life in Old Parliament House.

The history of facial hair and politics

The history of facial hair and politics

From the portraits of our first Prime Ministers, it is apparent than personal grooming has changed remarkably.

Just add unicorns: celebratory coronation arches from London to Canberra

Just add unicorns: celebratory coronation arches from London to Canberra

How Canberra prepared for the 1954 royal visit.

Estimates committees: two words that strike fear in a public servant's heart

Estimates committees: two words that strike fear in a public servant's heart