Museum of Australian Democracy at Old Parliament House

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Bullet Train for Australia poster, 2013

Let's get this party started: starting your own political party in Australia

Some considerations on forming a political party.

Malcolm Fraser looks out from behind a desk with microphones on it.

Reflections on Malcolm Fraser

In remembrance of former Prime Minister Malcolm Fraser.

Faith Bandler, sitting on a plaid upholstered chair, holding a hand up to her face.

Vale Faith Bandler

In remembrance of Faith Bandler AC.

Portrait colour photograph of a man, Tom Uren, smiling and wearing a beige-gray suit and tie.

Vale the Hon. Tom Uren AC

In remembrance of Tom Uren.

Reg Withers stands behind an Australian flag at a microphone. There are four people to his left. Water is in the background.

Vale Reg Withers

In remembrance of Reginald Withers.

Black and white photograph of Gough Whitlam speaking to a large group of people holding microphones to his face, in front of parliament house immediately following the Dismissal.

Journalist and author Paul Daley reflects on Edward Gough Whitlam AC QC

In remembrance of former Prime Minister Whitlam.

A leaflet printed in green and purple text entitled 'To Buckingham Palace' and illustrated with a sketch depicting a crowd of women marching.

Whatever it takes to get the vote

How suffragettes fought and endured for voting rights.

In this black and white photograph Prime Minister Harrold Holt sits at the timber desk made in 1926. Holt is wearing a dark suit, white shirt and tie and is leaning on the desk while he writes. The desk has fine carved panels with a geometric detailing on the corners. The surface of the desk is cluttered with stacks of documents and a telephone. On the glass-fronted cabinets in the background are a number of framed photographic portraits.

Credit, debit and loss: the banking records of Harold Holt

What we can learn from personal papers.

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How to change laws and influence people

Influencers are not a new phenomenon.

A wooden door with an ornate frosted glass panel with the words M17 Ladies Toilet.

Who knew that toilets would have such a complicated history?

How women corrected an old planning oversight at Old Parliament House.

Arthur Calwell stands on a platform with microphones, addressing a crowd of people. In the distance is a row of long buildings.

Exploring the Arthur Calwell Collection

How a politician's personal items tell a story of their public life.

An old book sitting open on a stand, its yellowed pages full of hand-written text.

Alfred Deakin and the Divine

Personal writing from PM Alfred Deakin.