Megan Herbert is an artist, writer and cartoonist whose work appears in The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age. She has been writing for television and film, cartooning, live-drawing, designing products and creating children's books for more than 20 years. After 13 years living abroad (in the United Kingdom, Iceland and the Netherlands), she returned to Australia in 2020 to live on Victoria's Mornington Peninsula.
In the 1951 referendum, Australia voted no on banning Communist ideology by the barest of margins.
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For the first time in Australian history, a governor-general dismissed a prime minister and government.
Australians were asked to pick a song for the national anthem in 1977.
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Barbecue snags and voting explained.
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.
