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No Risks with Magna Carta
Tags: Acquisition, Australian Parliament, Bill of Rights, Canberra, Charter, Commonwealth Investigations Branch, constitution, constitutional law, government, Great Charter (1215), inspeximus, King Edward I (r.1272-1307), King John (r.1199-1216), law, Magna Carta, medieval document, medieval government, medieval law, medieval parliament, medieval statute, parliament, Parliament House, statute
The Statue of St George and the Dragon in the Exhibition
Replica of Magna Carta Here
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Preparing for the Exhibition – Gilding the Dome
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A Visit to the Deaf and Dumb Asylum, St. Kilda Road
Magna Carta
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One-Man Tank, ‘Medieval Knight’
Royal Engineer, Maj. Martel, invented a one-man tank that replicates the medieval knight in armour, with the addition of ‘caterpillar track legs’ and a ‘petrol engined heart’. The contraption is fashioned from car parts…