Letters which helped drive one of Australia's strictest gun reforms, penned by a father who lost his wife and two young daughters in the Port Arthur massacre, will be displayed for the first time.
Walter Mikac's wife Nanette and daughters Alannah and Madeline were among 35 people killed in the mass shooting on April 28, 1996, in the historic Tasmanian tourist town.
Walter Mikac's two young daughters Madeline and Alannah died in the Port Arthur massacre. Picture: Supplied/National Museum of Australia A second letter written by Walter Mikac to John Howard on July 17, 1996. Picture: Supplied, National Museum of Australia. A letter from John Howard to Walter Mikac dated July 22,1996. Picture: Supplied, National Museum of Australia.
"They also mark a moment of powerful leadership and national unity and they capture the beginning of more than a quarter-century of truly remarkable personal courage. Mr Albanese commended Mr Mikac for sharing his strength with Mr Howard at the time to"encourage him to hold him to his convictions" around a gun reform in Australia.
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