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MoAD and the Courtyard Cafe are open. Some exhibitions and rooms will be closed from September 2025 for essential building works. Learn more
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Your guide to how often voters go to the polls.
Browse all cartoonists featured in Behind the Lines.
In 1999 Australia voted no to replacing the Queen as our head of state with a president.
False information from ancient times to the present.
Your guide to misinformation and democracy.
The 1946 referendum led to the pharmaceutical benefits scheme and the beginnings of universal healthcare.
The Museum of Australian Democracy acknowledges Australia's First Nations peoples as the Traditional Custodians of Country throughout Australia. We recognise their continuing connection to land, waters and community. We respectfully acknowledge the role that First Nations people continue to play in shaping Australia's democracy. We also acknowledge the Ngunnawal, Ngunawal and Ngambri peoples as the Traditional Custodians of the region in which MoAD is located. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people should be aware that this website may contain images, voices and names of deceased people.
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