One Big Happy Family
Mary Leunig, One Big Happy Family, 1992
Mary Leunig, One Big Happy Family, 1992
Stories and reflections from the day of the 1975 dismissal.
How protests marches can influence a nation.
False information from ancient times to the present.
Is the dismissal of an elected government an event that could happen in countries other than Australia?
Browse all cartoonists featured in Behind the Lines.
Australians were asked to pick a song for the national anthem in 1977.
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