One Big Happy Family
Mary Leunig, One Big Happy Family, 1992
Mary Leunig, One Big Happy Family, 1992
The 1946 referendum led to the pharmaceutical benefits scheme and the beginnings of universal healthcare.
What is a referendum? Why should you care? We’ve broken down everything you need to know, from A to Z.
Australians were asked to pick a song for the national anthem in 1977.
Explore political cartoons in Behind the Lines exhibitions online.
For the first time in Australian history, a governor-general dismissed a prime minister and government.
In 1999 Australia voted no to replacing the Queen as our head of state with a president.
The Museum of Australian Democracy acknowledges Australia's First Nations peoples as the Traditional Custodians of Country throughout Australia. We recognise their continuing connection to land, waters and community. We respectfully acknowledge the role that First Nations people continue to play in shaping Australia's democracy. We also acknowledge the Ngunnawal, Ngunawal and Ngambri peoples as the Traditional Custodians of the region in which MoAD is located.
