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How Hansard records parliamentary history.
Students investigate the UN Rights of the Child and active citizenship through this authentic experience.
Behind the scenes of a federal election.
Students can explore Australia's reaction to the threat of communism in the 1950s.
How UK elections are both familiar and foreign to Australian voters.
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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