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Lionel Rose is dressed in boxing gear. He is looking at a punching bag.
History

Lionel Rose's world championship 50 years on

Lionel Rose: boxing world title holder.

Reg Edwards watched Kevin Rudd’s Apology on screens on Federation Mall, outside Parliament House, on 13 February 2008.
History

The Apology 10 years on

One writer's thoughts on the Apology to Indigenous Australians.

John McEwen shakes John Gorton's hand. Gorton is holding a cigarette.
History

In the running: the Liberals' choice in 1968

The well-populated story behind the election of a party leader.

The covers of two picture books alongside the authors, Jol and Kate Temple.
Digital experience

World Read Aloud Day with Kate and Jol Temple

Join Kate and Jol for a digital event celebrating reading.

Opening of the first Australian Commonwealth Parliament in May 1901 by the Duke of Cornwall and York. An invitation for an event for the opening of parliament in 1901 featuring an illustration of Melbourne's Exhibition Building and each Australian state's capital city.
Collection

1901 opening of the first Commonwealth parliament invitations

Lieutenant Colonel Robert Ernest Williams and his wife Annie's invitations to the event of the year.

Australians opposed to conscription in 1917 argued that the absence of white men, who were fighting the war, would lead to a flood of non-white labour into the country, lowering living standards and wages
History

A plebiscite milestone: 100 years on from the 1917 conscription debates

How Australian voters rejected conscription during the First World War.

View of the House of Representatives chamber from the left of the Speaker's Chair.
History

It’s Bennelong time

How these museum objects tell stories of past members for Bennelong.

A painting of a large group of miners gathered in a circle around a flagpole, kneeling and raising hands and objects into the air, as the Eureka flag is raised. The title reads 'Swearing allegiance to the "Southern Cross"' and dated 'December 1st 1854'.
Democracy

Eight by-elections that changed the game

A by-election can indicate that change is coming for a political party.

A hand-carved rock bust depicting the head and shoulders of 'Prince' Leonard George Casley, positioned in front of a redbrick shelter in a paddock.
History

Breaking up is hard to do: secession in Australia

How Australian states could become more independent.

A man, Earle Page, wearing a striped three-piece suit, smiles and poses for a camera with a raised fist.
History

What did our early PMs sound like?

Descriptions and sounds from the past.

A red double-decker bus with rainbow banners displaying the words '78ers: the first mardi gras' with people on top of the bus waving to crowds on each side of the street.
History

8 hard-won rights for LGBTI Australians

Milestones in the struggle for LGBTI rights in Australia.

An oil painting of a Old Parliament House - a large white building - with a large number of soldiers in front with flags performing a ceremony.
History

Red, white and blue: the Australian flag

Debate about the Australian flag has a long history.