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First class travel for the wife of the prime minister.
Politicians and their sporting passions.
Understand how a free press is essential to a thriving democracy.
Discover the plants and animals all around us.
Stand in the room where history-making moments happened.
Hear the story of Joan Child, the first woman Speaker of the House of Representatives.
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.
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