John Shakespeare is a Walkley Award–winning, Sydney-based cartoonist, caricaturist and illustrator. He is best known for his prior work at The Sydney Morning Herald over the last four decades. Before that, he worked for The Courier- Mail and the Sydney Sun. He grew up in Brisbane, inspired by cartoonists of MAD and Cracked magazines. He has also won three Stanley Awards, in 1992, 2004 and 2005.
In the 1951 referendum, Australia voted no on banning Communist ideology by the barest of margins.
Explore political cartoons in Behind the Lines exhibitions online.
Barbecue snags and voting explained.
For the first time in Australian history, a governor-general dismissed a prime minister and government.
A 1937 referendum asked Australians if the Commonwealth should regulate air travel.
Australians were asked to pick a song for the national anthem in 1977.
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.
