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Scouring records to determine the eye colour of Australia's former Prime Ministers
Explore stories of children spreading kindness through small positive actions.
The role of political parties in Australia
Learn about Adela Pankhurst’s suffrage activism and her mistakes.
Have fun making these yummy biscuits, and then decorate them to look like faces.
The Women's Social and Political Union took extreme actions to advance the cause of women's suffrage.
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