Two letters written by an Australian couple in 1996 to prime minister John Howard, expressing support for his efforts to strengthen firearm laws in Australia.

This record is a leaflet inviting the public to contribute to the 1974 Royal Commission on Human Relationships.

This is the Aboriginals Ordinance Act 1911. This law, which applied in the Northern Territory, sets out the powers of the ‘Chief Protector’.

The Maternity Allowance Act 1912 provided a payment of five pounds to new mothers—the equivalent of two weeks wages.

This is an excerpt from the Sex Discrimination Act 1984.

These records are the ‘Return of the Writ’ from the electorates of Braddon and Bass in Tasmania for the 1967 referendum.

The Constitution Alteration (Aboriginals) 1967, presented to the Governor-General, R.G. Casey, for his signature.

This is a cabinet minute from 1983, outlining the Commonwealth's strategy to stop the Franklin Dam in Tasmania.

A writ commanding an electoral officer to hold an election of referendum regarding an alteration to the Constitution.