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Australian Democrats
The Australian Democrats have been arguably the most successful minor party in Australia’s political history and one that (unlike the…
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Elections
Elections to select members of parliament or local councillors are an important part of the democratic system. Who is allowed…
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Playford Family
A Baptist minister and Waterloo veteran with a dragoon’s pension, South Australia’s first Thomas Playford arrived in 1844 to claim…
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The opening of Parliament 1857
Crowds gathered on 22 April 1857 to watch Governor Sir Richard Graves MacDonnell open South Australia’s first fully elected parliament.