Visiting the MUSEUM OF AUSTRALIAN DEMOCRACY in Canberra

Diary, History, Life in Australia, Old Age 2 Minutes

THE MUSEUM OF AUSTRALIAN DEMOCRACY
is situated in the Old Parliament House.

We did drive to the Old Parliament House on that Friday morning after we had returned from our walk to Manuka. I wrote about this walk in my previous post.You can go back to it here:

Going for a Walk to Manuka

We saw in the museum interesting historical things.

 

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Buses did bring a lot of visitors to the museum.
Buses did bring a lot of visitors to the museum.

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The Museum stressed 1215 as an important year for the MAGNA CARTA
1215 was the year when the MAGNA CARTA was first drafted.

 

At lunchtime we drove to this tavern, Wig & Pen, to have one of their delicious beers and some lunch.

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Bike riding is quite popular in Canberra.
Bike riding is quite popular in Canberra.
Our chosen beer was Russian Ale,. We were warned it had very much alcohol in it!
Our chosen beer was Imperial Russian (like a very strong Guinness),. and we were warned it had very much alcohol in it!

While waiting for our meal I had a look in this very interesting magazine about beer brewing:

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Peter is happy with his meal.
Peter is happy with his meal.
I liked my spicy vegetarian meal. However it turned out, I had to leave some of it. It was just too much!
I liked my spicy vegetarian meal. However it turned out, I had to leave some of it. It was just too much!

In my first post about our visit to Canberra

Uta’s Diary, August 2016

I mentioned that on Saturday, the 27th of August, we went to the Telstra Tower and later on to the National Museum.
At nighttime of that same Saturday, which was our last day in Canberra, the Museum of Australian Democracy presented
THE HANSARD MONOLOGUES (Age of Entitlement) and we had tickets for this very interesting show. As I said before, the Museum of Australian Democracy is in the Old Parliament House.

If you haven’t seen it yet, you might like to have a look at this website:

http://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Hansard

We departed Canberra on Sunday, the 28th of August. Our first stop was Goulburn where we had some coffee and cake in a building from 1889.

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Then, we drove on to Bowral and had a lovely lunch there with our friends G and H.

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Driving home we went down MacQuarie Pass with some pies from the Robertson Pie Shop.

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Auntie, Sister. Grandmother, Great-Grandmother, Mother and Wife of German Descent I've lived in Australia since 1959 together with my husband Peter. We have four children, eight grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. I started blogging because I wanted to publish some of my childhood memories. I am blogging now also some of my other memories. I like to publish some photos too as well as a little bit of a diary from the present time. Occasionally I publish a story with a bit of fiction in it. Peter, my husband, is publishing some of his stories under berlioz1935.wordpress.com

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8 thoughts on “Visiting the MUSEUM OF AUSTRALIAN DEMOCRACY in Canberra”

  1. We like Canberra. Many people think it is a boring place. But there is so much to do and see. Australia, politically speaking, is a very young country. Historic places of European settlement are only about 200 years old. And Canberra ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canberra )was created in the Australian bush by the American couple Walter Burley Griffin and Marion Mahony Griffin.

    For us, Canberra seems to be more civilised than brash Sydney. It is more like a provincial university town.

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  2. Thanks for commenting, Berlioz.
    There really is a lot that a visitor can enjoy in Canberra:
    Museums, parks, the bush. Also, the coffee culture is alive and well.
    For people who love shopping, there is ample opportunity for this too.

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  3. I’ve never been to Canberra and found your photos interesting. I looked at the King George one in full size and saw he posed in the full traditional gear, garter and all! Awesome. I believe the museum has a lot of Damien Parer’s war photos – he is a first cousin by several removals to my husband – and we are interested in seeing those. You have good taste in beet, we are partial to a stout. Thanks for sharing.

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