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Fri, October 7, 2011
by Steven Murkett

Refreshing the Senate Opposition Party Room

Located on the main floor of the Old Parliament House building and across the Opposition (northern) lobby from the Senate Chamber the Senate Opposition Party Room evokes a rich character in its warm timber panelling, frosted-glass-fronted bookcases and the convivial groupings of its generous furniture.

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One of the Senate Club Room chairs before undergoing conservation treatment.
Wed, September 21, 2011
by Campbell Rhodes

Politics in the Blood? Family History at the Australian Prime Ministers Centre

Probably the most common type of enquiry received by the research staff at the Australian Prime Ministers Centre are family history enquiries. If there is a parliamentarian in your family tree, we can help you find out about their political career.

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The Australian Prime Ministers Centre
Mon, September 19, 2011
by Michael Richards

Divisive agents of the prime minister or an innocent supper club?

An unusual aspect of the museum’s Killen collection is a large group of ties, selected from several hundred in his wardrobe when Lady Benise Killen donated Sir James’ memorabilia to the museum.

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Thu, September 8, 2011
by Freya Clawley

The Killen collection

The family of Sir James Killen has given the museum a collection of his political memorabilia and the complete contents of Sir James’ library.

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Jim Killen’s ‘Whip’s Testimonial Fund’ from the Constitution Convention, Sydney 1973.
Wed, September 7, 2011
by Libby Stewart

Suffragette hunger strike medal

In recent months the museum has acquired a rare and important new suffragette item: a hunger strike medal belonging to British woman Charlotte Blacklock.

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Hunger strike medal awarded to suffragette Charlotte Blacklock after her arrest on 1 March 1912. Museum of Australian Democracy collection.
Wed, August 24, 2011
by Dr Barry York

From the Oral History collection: Andrew Moffat

Andrew Moffat was born in Marrickville, Sydney, in 1914, and was recorded, at the age of 96, for a pilot oral history project about rank-and-file political party activists being run by the museum in cooperation with the National Library of Australia.

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Mon, August 22, 2011
by Libby Stewart

The Pank-A-Squith board game

The museum has recently acquired an exciting new object which will help us tell the story of how women in Britain acquired the vote.

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The Pank-A-Squith board game with its set of rules and six lead tokens. The game was made by a leading German company, and sold by the Women’s Social and Political Union in its shops throughout Britain.
Fri, August 19, 2011
by Michael Richards

‘Upon the people themselves’: a Special Constable’s truncheon and armband

A Special Constable’s truncheon and armband in the museum’s collection reminds us of a time of widespread civil unrest in Australia.

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Thu, April 14, 2011
by Michael Richards

Votes for Women: A recently acquired example of Suffragette Jewellery

A recently acquired example of Suffragette Jewellery

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Thu, March 24, 2011

From the Oral History collection: Jack Dealy

The Museum of Australian Democracy’s Oral History collection contains a wealth of personal recollection and insight into the building and its people during the era when it was home to the federal parliament.

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Wed, March 9, 2011

Working on the Hansards collection – boot camp for museum staff?

Our labour of Hercules, which in many ways resembled both a mental and physical boot camp, has been to retrieve all designated volumes from storage, ensure they are registered in our collection database and put them on display

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Fri, November 12, 2010
by Michael Richards

Rosa Luxembourg’s pamphlet Sozial-Reform oder Revolution?

The Museum of Australian Democracy at Old Parliament House has recently acquired a rare pamphlet by the Polish Marxist Rosa Luxembourg for its research collection.

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Fri, August 6, 2010

APMC collection goes online!

The APMC catalogue has been uploaded to Trove, the National Library’s discovery service that enables you to search online across hundreds of Australian collections.

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Wed, May 5, 2010
by Michael Richards

Australian Politicians, c. 1887

How did Australian politicians of the nineteenth century campaign, in the days before today’s pervasive electronic media? They went to where people gathered in their daily lives, and held political meetings in gathering places such as pubs, Mechanic’s Institutes, and open air venues such as a local park or even under a particular tree.

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William Joseph Wadham (1864-1950)
Australian Politicians, c. 1887
Watercolour
46.5 x 68 cm
Signed ‘W J Wadham’ lower left
Thu, April 22, 2010

Sketches of the parliament by Tom Thompson

In October 1982, the artist Tom Thompson ventured from his home in Braidwood to depict proceedings of the House of Representatives at Parliament House in Canberra. The Museum of Australian Democracy at Old Parliament House recently acquired the collection of sketches.

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View of the table from one of the Press Galleries, with the Hansard stadd, Mr Peacock (Liberal) on the far side, Mr Jones, Speaking on the near side, and the two clerks, Mr Barlin and Mr Cochran (the Nearer) - 28 October, 1982.
Thu, April 1, 2010

The Cromwell coin

Just as visitors to museums may develop an attachment to certain objects, so too do curators. Museum of Australian Democracy at Old Parliament House curator Corinne Perkins loves the Cromwell coin, which dates back to the period of the English Civil Wars (1642-52).

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The Cromwell Coin
Tue, March 2, 2010
by Martin Miles

Ben Chifley and the Bathurst Football Club

A recent addition to our collection is this photo, taken in 1911, of the Bathurst Football Club rugby union team, including future prime minister of Australia J. B. Chifley.

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Bathurst Football Club rugby union team, including future prime minister of Australia J. B. Chifley.
Thu, September 3, 2009

70th Anniversary of Australia’s entry into the Second World War.

As Australia went onto a war footing, seventy years ago the Australian Parliament readied itself for action. Today, the Museum of Australian Democracy at Old Parliament House remembers the beginning of the Second World War.

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The image above shows six prime ministers in the Advisory War Council in 1940. Five of the men surrounding Prime Minister Robert Gordon Menzies (1939-41, 1949-66) once also held the title of prime minister. They are (third from left) Francis Forde (1945); (fourth from left) John Curtin (1941-45); (fourth from right) William Morris Hughes (1915-23); (second from right) Arthur Fadden (1941); and (right) Harold Holt (1966-67). Old Parliament House Collection
Tue, August 4, 2009
by Martin Miles

The Federation arches: a photographic album

We’ve recently acquired an important item for our collection. The photo album, ‘Views of Sydney’, is a handsome leather-bound volume of photographs, largely of Federation arches, taken in Sydney and Melbourne in 1901.

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‘Views of Sydney’, 1901 photo album.
Fri, December 12, 2008

Who was Lamson of the tubes?

The introduction of the Lamson tubes into Provisional Parliament House has been attributed to Senator George Pearce.

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