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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

We’re gonna party like it’s 1988!

We’re gonna party like it’s 1988!

How the move to Australian Parliament House was celebrated.

What does one do after leaving the top job?

What does one do after leaving the top job?

A look at the post-office decisions of past Australian Prime Ministers.

A seat at the table

A seat at the table

Voting rights: an Australian story

Arthur Calwell and the gift of immigration

Arthur Calwell and the gift of immigration

How the Second World War influenced changes to Australian immigration.

Anzac Day at the provisional Parliament House

Anzac Day at the provisional Parliament House