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POLITICAL CARTOONS

Browse Behind the Lines, our annual exhibition celebrating the year's best political cartoons.

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Visitors looking at the framed cartoons on the walls

STORIES

The man who became King but never saw his coronation

The man who became King but never saw his coronation

The collection object whose story has a twist in the tale.

Life of the party – part 1

Life of the party – part 1

The role of political parties in Australia

Coalition governments: what are they and how do they work?

Coalition governments: what are they and how do they work?

The origin of coalition governments in Australia.

Mr Speaker!

Mr Speaker!

The role of the Speaker of the House of Representatives.

The early life of Henry Parkes

The early life of Henry Parkes