There is plenty of nostalgia for the letter, a form of writing that has long formed a crucial part of Australia's democratic processes.
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Now visitors to a new exhibition at the Museum of Australian Democracy at Old Parliament House can take part in this changing art, with paper, pens, postage and even typewriters provided.
The museum's creative producer for museum engagement, Nanette Louchart-Fletcher, said letters, which allowed everyone to engage with their parliamentarians, had been an essential component of purposeful, democratic engagement.
"One of the angles for this exhibition is to remind everyone of that, that [letter writing is] still a very, very valid component of our democratic processes, and that process is taken very seriously by our parliamentary representatives, who do come back to people who write letters," she said.
The exhibition, titled Yours Faithfully, is housed in the former opposition party room on the House of Representatives side of the the building.
Visitors are encouraged to write to their political representatives, or each other, leave notes for others to read and tell travel stories, which are pinned to a map of the world.
But typewriters are the star attraction, quickly capturing the imaginations of those who have grown up in the computer age and those who remember the mechanical contraptions from years gone by, Ms Louchart-Fletcher said.
"Of course when you step into this building, you're stepping into history. This building is one of the most precious objects that we have in our collections in Australia. And within this building, of course, typewriters were used - you could literally hear typewriters almost everywhere you went, and often at great speed," she said.
"We thought that would be a really interesting thing. ... For young people who've never used them, they're absolutely fascinated by them. It's just a really evocative component of the exhibition."
Visitors are encouraged to try out one of the six typewriters, between 40 and 50 years old and restored by local typewriter expert Robert Messenger.
But it is not just the public finding the time to tap out a letter, with museum staff beginning to write thank-you notes each other, Ms Louchart-Fletcher said.
The museum is covering the cost of postage, with correspondents able to post their letters within the exhibition. The post box will be cleared twice weekly with the exhibit expected to run for 18 months.
And although the latest Australia Post annual report showed letter volumes fell in the last year by 9 per cent, they have lost none of their charm.
"I think that's one of the things of letters, they are this gift - whether it's on a typewriter or whether it's handwritten - there's something profound," Ms Louchart-Fletcher said.
"We carry our DNA in that correspondence. It's not a 'Email is not OK' [statement], it's not a 'old technology is better than new technology' [statement]. [A letter] just offers something slightly different and special."