We live surrounded by material things. Some are mundane and utilitarian, others exotic objects of desire, but all our belongings have something to say about who we are and how […]
Join Political Cartoonist of the Year Matt Golding and last year’s winner Megan Herbert as they discuss Behind the Lines 2025 with the exhibition curator Matthew Jones. Both hailing from Melbourne (there must be something in the water), Matt Golding currently draws political cartoons for The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age. A second-time winner of this […]
Women were outsiders in the criminal justice system for most of the nineteenth century. Unable to practice law, sit on juries or serve in the police force, they were subject […]
The Museum of Australian Democracy is excited to work with The Old Treasury Building to present an online Teacher Professional Development: Media Literacy and Political Cartoons in the classroom. This online session will provide tips and resources to help you use political cartoons in the classroom to build students' media literacy skills. Join discussions about how […]
We live surrounded by material things. Some are mundane and utilitarian, others exotic objects of desire, but all our belongings have something to say about who we are and how […]
Heatwaves are forgotten killers as deaths occur silently, in homes and institutions. In urban and temperate areas heatwaves evaporate from our memory, erased by the drama of fire, flood and […]
What comes to mind when we think about the ‘Swinging Sixties’? Is it miniskirts and pop music, street protest, or the Pill? Do we remember rebellious youth and ‘the generation […]
The next installment in the seminar series from Deakin University, Australian Catholic University and Old Treasury! ‘Material Histories’ presents new scholarship from a wide range of speakers, all united by […]
Home ownership is once again a hot political issue. As house prices rose inexorably in the early twenty first century, many young people found themselves locked out of home ownership. And yet the desire to own ‘a home of our own’ is still as strong as ever. Join Margaret Anderson as she reflects on the […]
Over the best part of a decade, we've been researching the history of Australian fathering and family life, from 1919 to the present day, working alongside a team that's also […]
