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These activity ideas support caring for the local environment, decision making and being you.
Empower students to celebrate who they are and how they can make a difference.
Journalist Gay Davidson was the first woman to head a press bureau in Parliament House.
Use this provocation to explore the ways young people can participate in democracy.
Explore the surprisingly humble office where Gough Whitlam, Malcolm Fraser and Bob Hawke once led the country.
Hear stories of the people and events that shaped Australian democracy in the very place it happened.
How Harold Holt's time as Prime Minister served Australia.
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.
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