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What's on

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Audio

Changemakers – Hidden Stories

Listen to this audio experience while you're in the Changemakers exhibition or at home.

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Exhibition

Howard Library

Follow the 11-year long prime ministership of John Howard.

Queen Elizabeth walks up the stairs of Old Parliament House in 1954, wearing a formal gown and surrounded by people.
Exhibition

Happy and Glorious

Souvenirs and stories from Queen Elizabeth’s 1954 visit to Old Parliament House.

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Exhibition

Australia’s Public Service: For the government of the day

Discover the inner workings of the public service.

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Exhibition

Furnished

The unique, original furnishings of Old Parliament House.

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Self-guided tour

Family trails

Explore, discover and learn with these self-guided trails.

Explore

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Nine men are gathered, seated around a large table covered with paper documents, with Robert Menzies seated at the head of the table.
History

Australia’s entry into the Second World War

How Australia prepared for the Second World War.

Old Parliament House, with a stone monument out the front and in the foreground a flock of sheep.
Heritage

The King George V memorial

How the statue of King George V found its home.

A senate ballot paper, with party names above the line and candidate names below the line, with a box next to each name.
Democracy

Below the line: how Australia's voting system has changed

Australia's democracy is not static.

A large timber desk covered in folders and notes, with a vase with roses on it.
Heritage

Mr Speaker!

The role of the Speaker of the House of Representatives.

A jockey is riding on Phar Lap, who is mid-stride.
History

Archie Cameron’s war on Phar Lap

Stories about the 12th Speaker of the House of Representatives.

Black and white published photo of Francis de Groot, in uniform, sitting on a horse, sword raised, surrounded by people.
Heritage

A fascist sex symbol?

A spotlight on collection items from the 1930s.

Learn

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Podcast

Hazel Craig

Hazel Craig served as a secretary for 5 different prime ministers.

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Podcast

Adela Pankhurst

Learn about Adela Pankhurst’s suffrage activism and her mistakes.

A cartoon of the Constitution with a red binding and the words 'An Act to Constitute the Commonwealth of Australia'.
Digital experience

Drawn Together - Explore Referendums

Explore what a referendum is and how they work through cartooning.

A person stands with their arm outstreched in the senate chamber at old parliament house
Digital experience

Democracy: Our House, Our Voices

Discover traditions, connect with people who made change and consider the important role of young people.

An illustration of two trees and the words 'PlayUP scavenger hunt, see how many you can find'.
Craft

Go on a nature scavenger hunt

Learn about all the different plants and animals around us and how they live together.

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Craft

Make a recycled planter

Use recycled materials to make a planter to grow veggies.

About

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Media

Find our latest media releases, download publicity images and request interviews and film shoots. 

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Professional development

Practical resources and ideas to use in the classroom across civics and citizenship, media literacy and more.

School children raise their hands while sitting in the Senate Chamber which has red carpet and wood panelled benches in a U-shape.

School visits

Support your students to become active citizens in the very place history was made.

Photograph of Gough Whitlam on the front steps during his dismissal on the 11th of November 1975

Stories

Deep dive into stories about Old Parliament House, Australian history and democracy.

A mother holds her baby and smiles at the camera at the front of Old Parliament House. A row of people waiting to vote are behind her. She holds a sausage sandwich.

About MoAD

Celebrating the spirit of Australian democracy.

Visitors sit in green leather chairs with timber desks with glass coverings in a U-shape in the House of Representatives.

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