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Home Hill Collection
The collection at Home Hill consists of the personal items of Sir Joseph and Dame Enid Lyons and the contents of their family home, comprising approximately 1000 catalogued items.
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The 'Wedgwood Room' at Home Hill.
Photo: National Trust Tasmania
National Archives of Australia Collection
The National Archives has prepared a number of publications that provide information about the life and times of Australia’s prime ministers and the archives collections that contain information about them.
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Stanley and Ethel Bruce at the rear pergola of the brand-new Lodge in February 1928.
Photo: NAA: A1200, L83837
National Museum of Australia Collection
The National Museum of Australia holds some surprising and unusual objects related to Australia's prime ministers. Ranging from the official to the personal, they provide an insight into the people who have led our country.
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Chifley's hat. Photo: Katie Shanahan, NMA
Museum of Australian Democracy Collection
The Museum of Australian Democracy collects material which illustrates the lives and careers of all of Australia’s prime ministers including objects owned or created by Australia’s prime ministers, objects associated with the careers of Australia’s prime ministers and responses to Australia’s prime ministers.
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Edward Barton's coatee. Photo: Museum of Australian Democracy Collection
The Whitlam Prime Ministerial Collection
With more than 35,000 items, including the original copy of the ‘It’s Time’ speech, the letter of dismissal and thousands of photographs, the Whitlam Prime Ministerial Collection is one of the most extensive collections of key items from Gough Whitlam’s life – before, during and after politics – offering remarkable insights into one of Australia’s most transformative prime ministers.
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Gough Whitlam's 1972 election policy speech. Photo: Whitlam Institute
Howard Library
The John Howard Prime Ministerial Library houses personal papers, amassed, and kept by John Howard. Although the papers are predominantly Howard's personal collection, the archive also includes some residual original and copied official records.
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John Howard's tracksuit. Photo: Howard Library
The Robert Menzies Collection
The Robert Menzies Collection at the University of Melbourne comprises around 3800 books from the personal library of Sir Robert Gordon Menzies. There are also photograph albums documenting Menzies’ trips to India, the Netherlands, Greece, West Germany, the Philippines, Malta, Japan and Indonesia, as well as the Royal Visit of 1954.
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Photo: Robert Menzies Collection
National Library of Australia Collection
The National Library holds the personal archives of 16 Australian prime ministers, from Edmund Barton to William McMahon.
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Papers of Sir Edmund Barton. Photo: NLA