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Here is a reason to take a class trip to Canberra: a visit to the Australian Museum of Democracy in Old Parliament House PO Box 7088, Canberra BC ACT 2610 Open daily 9am—5pm ABN: 30 620 774 963 Old Parliament House is an Executive Agency within the Attorney-General’s portfolio. Telephone: 02 6270 8222 Enquiries: info@moadoph.gov.au || ||
 * 18 King George Terrace, Parkes, ACT 2600, Australia
 * The website for the museum has some excellent study material relating to the definition of democracy. At right is one with infformation about the South Australia Act of 1834 with pictures of the original document. || [] ||

Here is another reason to take a class trip to Ballarat: the very new Museum of Australian Democracy Eureka

This website tellsyou about their programs for schools: []

The museum programs take students through different historical events where democracy was crucially important, and give students an understanding of the need to value and sustain this principle of living and governing.

On this site from the Museum of Australian Democracy Eureka at Ballarat, different people, young and old, from many walks of life, say what democracy means to them.

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