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Join Tim on this after-dark tour, snooping around the secret spaces of Old Parliament House.
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Journalist Gay Davidson was the first woman to head a press bureau in Parliament House.
Hazel Craig served as a secretary for 5 different prime ministers.
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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