Exhibition
The exhibition showcases more than a century of political leadership through multimedia and interactive technologies. You can get a glimpse of what it takes to lead Australia through a portrait, a short biography and a display of objects and documents for each prime minister.
A feature is Sir Edmund Bartonís dispatch box, used during his term as the first Prime Minister of Australia (1901ñ 03). Although Australian prime ministers no longer ëdo their boxesí, he followed the British tradition of taking home a day’s worth of working papers in a locked box.
There are also a number of caricatures of prime ministers. Painters, sculptors, cartoonists, potters and manufacturers strive to capture their personalities for different reasons ñ for posterity, for commercial gain, and even, in true Australianñstyle, for political satire.
You can also view ten short films produced by Film Australia, which feature objects from the exhibition and their significance in the prime ministers’ lives.
