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Map section of New South Wales showing the borders of its federal seats.

What is a redistribution?

Why the Australian Electoral Commission has to reassess electorate boundaries.

A woman, Justice Roma Mitchell sits at a desk covered in papers, in front of a bookshelf filled with bound volumes.

What does a state governor do?

A closer look at the role of State Governors in Australia.

Nancy Wake is at a desk holding papers. She is looking across at another woman who is writing.

Agitators, suffragettes and spies: 7 women you should know

How these women left their mark on Australian democracy.

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

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.

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.

In the running: the Liberals' choice in 1968

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

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.

1901 opening of the first Commonwealth parliament invitations

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

The front of Old Parliament House at night lit with multi-coloured lights and the words 'Australian democratic values'. A crowd of people walk up the stairs into the building.

Enlighten – Department of Memories

A free, interactive event for all ages.

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

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

How Australian voters rejected conscription during the First World War.

A person wearing blue gloves sorts black and white photographs on a desk.

Donations in action: Graeme 'Bluey' Thomson Collection

Conserving press photographer Graeme 'Bluey' Thomson's collection.

A wood-panelled room in Old Parliament House with two wooden desks, a wooden bookcase, red leather chairs and a red leather couch. The carpet is red.

Donations in action: Clerk of the Senate's office

Recreating the Clerk of the Senate's office to evoke 1975.

Illustrations of students doing civic engagement activities like planting a tree.

Digital experience

Inspiring Student Leaders Workshop

Join the MoAD learning team for a digital event for young leaders.