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Covers mainly printed materials issued by the parties, independents, lobby groups for both Houses of Parliament for most elections from 1901 to date including referenda. The range of ephemera includes bumper stickers, posters, visiting cards, cartoons, newspapers, electorate reports, postcards, voting forms. Features some unusual non-print political collectibles such as banners, balloons, flags, clothing, buttons, badges, hats, sound recordings, coffee bean poll. From 1996 it includes paper copies of material found on the Internet. All materials are either bound or unbound.