Campbell Rhodes is MoAD's Copyright and Research Coordinator.
It took more than a week after the polling day for the result of the 2016 federal election to be declared, with many seats initially too close to call.
As an election campaign draws to a close, most Australians can look forward to being handed dozens of pieces of paper while queuing to vote.
But I say to you: Love your enemies. Do good to those who hate you. And pray for those who persecute and slander you. Matthew 5:44
In a robust democracy, you can walk down the street wearing the colours and symbols of any candidate or organisation you desire.
Democratic elections are about political parties persuading the electorate that their policies are the best ones to vote for.
Did you know, there was another Dismissal, decades before Sir John Kerr sacked Gough Whitlam?
On 7 April 1939, Prime Minister Joseph Aloysius Lyons died in Sydney. He was 59 years old, and left a large family including his wife Dame Enid and eleven children.
On 19 February 1910, the term of the Commonwealth Parliament ran out.
In February 2016, the Hon. Philip Ruddock MP, Father of the House, announced his retirement after forty-three years in the federal Parliament.
At first glance this mug looks perfectly ordinary but this object has an extraordinary story to tell.
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.
