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Discovering Mildenhall's Canberra
Skip to the content. Museum of Australian Democracy. National Archives of Australia. National Archives of Australia. Photographs from the birth of our capital. Museum of Australian Democracy at Old Parliament House. Australian Forestry School, Banks Street, Yarralumla. West Block early stages of building. Parliament House by night. Governor-General , Lord Stonehaven, with group of visiting school boys. St John's Church, Constitution Avenue, Reid, main door. Landscaping in front of Parliament House. Secon...
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The Great Badge Swap
The Great Badge Swap. To become part of. The story at the Museum of Australian Democracy. Ldquo;In the 1980s I was living in England, and like many I was worried sick about the possibility of a nuclear war. Soviet missiles were aimed at Southern England, thanks to the mobile Cruise missile launchers at the USAF base at Greenham Common. We couldn’t do much about Soviet weapons, but we could try to remove their targets. Michael, Australian Capital Territory. Joan, Australian Capital Territory. Bit to help ...
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Exploring Democracy · Home · Museum of Australian Democracy at Old Parliament House
Museum of Australian Democracy. Milestones in Australian democracy. The Right to Vote. Global democracy - 2500 BCE to 1770 CE. The history of democracy is all around us ideas and events that have defined it, the actions of people who have shaped it, places where democratic values have been challenged, defended, or defeated. WARNING: Indigenous Australians are advised that this website includes images or names of people now deceased. View the Timelines ›. Discover the Trails ›. Edith Cowan, the first fema...
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Home — Museum of Australian Democracy: Collection
Skip to the content. Museum of Australian Democracy. Old Parliament House opened in 1927 and served as the home of Federal Parliament until 1988. In Canberra’s early years the House was the social, geographic and political heart of the new Australian capital. Building that would serve as a parliament for fifty years. Murdoch worked with the. Style, common in government buildings in the 1920s and 1930s. It is recognisable in Murdoch’s other Canberra buildings, including the Hotel Canberra (now Hyatt H...
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Home » Billy Hughes at War | Museum of Australian Democracy at Old Parliament House
Skip to the content. Billy Hughes at War. Discover one of Australia’s most extraordinary characters in the Old Parliament House travelling exhibition. Billy Hughes at War. Billy Hughes led Australia as prime minister through some of the hardest years of the First World War. His actions and decisions give a personal insight into some of the key issues of the war. Learn about Billy Hughes. Learn about the referenda. Learn about the peace negotiations. Are you for or against conscription? We would appreciat...
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2014 | Behind the Lines
Skip to main content. The thirty-three cartoonists who feature in Behind the Lines 2014 are powerful image and memory makers. They are shrewd, alert and ready to judge. At times they can be opinionated, indignant and mocking but for their own success and reputation they need to be engaging and persuasive. The Honourable Member for Fairfax.
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Art is a Weapon • Home
Art is a Weapon. Art is a Weapon. Takes you back to an Australia gripped by the Cold War. Amid propaganda for and against communism, artists turned to an image familiar to most Australians; the Southern Cross flag of the Eureka Stockade. Their portfolio of prints and accompanying booklet on Eureka were issued to commemorate the centenary of the Eureka Stockade; to ‘celebrate men standing together, in mateship, to defend their rights and liberties.’ This was a message of immediate and pointed relevanc...
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The 1975 Dismissal · Dismissed! at the Museum of Australian Democracy
Skip to the content. Whitlam, Fraser, Kerr and the story of 1975. From 13 October 11 November, the @MoAD Canberra Twitter feed. Will go back in time to mark the 40th anniversary of the Dismissal. Of the Whitlam government. Leading up to the dismissal were a series of events from as early as March 1974 until September 1975 that served as a prologue. To the high drama of 11 November 1975. These events included the ‘Loans Affair’, ministerial sackings and resignations, the rise of a new Oppo...In the drama ...
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Home — John Frith: the art of politics
The Museum of Australian Democracy at Old Parliament House. John Frith: the art of politics. The museum has a significant collection of original cartoons and sculptures by John Frith, one of Australia’s most prolific and celebrated cartoonists and artists. Frith’s career spanned forty years, most famously at. In Melbourne, in which all of the featured cartoons were published. We are very grateful to the Frith family for their kind donation of these works.
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MoAD Wear Your Colours › Home
Show your allegiance, display solidarity, campaign for change, protest injustice or express what matters to you. Wear a badge and participate in democracy. Explore the collection, learn about important events and social movements, and read touching and inspiring accounts from people who wore some of these badges. A Museum of Australian Democracy.
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