The Thieving Diva: Behind the scenes of the opening ceremony at Parliament House
Hilda Abbott was a distinguished guest whose recollections reveal that behind the public performance, VIPs are only people after all.
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Flags, snags and bags: Putting the finishing touches on the opening of Parliament House
It took determination, ingenuity and a small piece of string to get Parliament House finished in time for its grand opening in 1927.
WW1 history illuminated on Old Parliament House
Pause at Old Parliament House after dark during Enlighten this weekend and you may see an expanse of somber, sepia-toned faces staring back at you.
Bunnies and aliens...stunning and vibrant, but what do they mean?
Wondering what the Old Parliament House Enlighten 2016 projections mean? This handy guide gives you the low-down on the Old Parliament House Enlighten projections and what they signify.
Political barometer unsteady! Temperature’s rising in parliament…
Measuring temperatures and predicting weather changes in a politically turbulent climate for years, the weather station in the heart of Old Parliament House has recently undergone conservation treatment.
So ends the #Dismissal1975 project
Since 13 October the museum has been running its Twitter project, #Dismissal1975, to commemorate the Whitlam sacking.
Forty years since the Dismissal
As a student of politics and later as a political journalist, the Dismissal was a constant reference point – an Australian moment that has attracted, perhaps, more scholarship, journalism and cultural reflection than just about any other.
From the oral history collection: Mary Riek
Mary Riek was born in Hobart, Tasmania, in 1927. Mary worked in the Parliamentary Library in 1948 and again in 1966-67.
Old Parliament House: an integral part of Australia’s immigration and refugee story
Most of Australia’s migrant and refugee intake has been a product of decisions announced and debated in the Old Parliament House, when it was home to the federal parliament from 1927 to 1988.
From the oral history collection: Anne Lynch (1946-2009)
Anne Lynch was the first female Deputy Clerk of the Australian Senate.
Play Up launch—Adele’s speech
It’s not many twelve year olds who can say that their words have been collected by a national cultural institution but that is exactly what has happened to Adele, a student from Telopea Park School.
“Inspirational to the end”: some kind words for Malcolm Fraser
Since news broke of the passing of former Prime Minister Malcolm Fraser last Friday, 20th March, the museum has been a place where visitors and passers-by have come to leave messages in a condolence book.
From the oral history collection: Marcie Cowell (1930-2011)
Marcie Cowell moved to Canberra in 1946 and worked as a telephonist for six months at Parliament House. Here she talks about the nature of her work on the switchboards.
From the oral history collection: Marjorie Johnson
In this oral history excerpt, Marjorie Johnson talks about her father who was a gardener and ‘ganger’ of workers on the preparation of the National Rose Garden at the front of Parliament House in the 1930s.
Vale Reg Withers
November 15 saw the death of former Fraser government minister Reginald Greive ‘Reg’ Withers at the age of 90.
Jean Salisbury, OAM (1922-2014)
Jean Salisbury was born in Melbourne in 1922 and died in Canberra in 2014.
Tributes for Whitlam
Within hours of Gough Whitlam’s death on 21 October tributes were reverentially laid on the front steps of historic Old Parliament House.
Harry Evans (1946-2014)
Harry Evans was the longest serving Clerk of the Senate, serving from 1988 to 2009. Born at Lithgow in 1946, he died in Canberra on 7 September 2014.
Journalist and author Paul Daley reflects on Edward Gough Whitlam AC QC
Journalist and author Paul Daley reflects on Edward Gough Whitlam AC QC
From the oral history collection: Brian Walshe
Brian Walshe was an attendant in the House of Representatives in Parliament House from 1980 to 1988.
