Elyce Phillips is an illustrator, writer and comedian. Her work has appeared in McSweeney's and Junkee, and she has performed at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival, Melbourne Fringe Festival, Darwin Fringe Festival, Fringe at the Edge of the World and she appears regularly at The Improv Conspiracy in Melbourne. Her work can be found in Heaps Comics and on Twitter.
Stories and reflections from the day of the 1975 dismissal.
Australians were asked to vote on whether men in National Service could be deployed to fight in World War One.
In 1999 Australia voted no to replacing the Queen as our head of state with a president.
The Gurindji strike and its legacy explained.
Common terms explained.
The powers and duties of the governor-general explained.
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