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Edmund Barton is elected Prime Minister
Edmund Barton was the first Prime Minister of Australia -
Alfred Deakin becomes Prime Minister
Alfred Deakin was deputy Prime Minister to Barton and took over the top job when Barton resigned to become a judge. -
Chris Watson becomes Prime Minister
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George Reid becomes Prime Minister
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Alfred Deakin becomes Prime Minister again
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Andrew Fisher becomes Prime Minister
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Alfred Deaking becomes Prime Minister
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Andrew Fischer becomes Prime Minister
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Joseph Cook becomes Prime Minister
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World War Two
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Andrew Fischer becomes Prime Minister
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William Morris Hughes becomes Prime Minister
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Stanley Melbourne Bruce becomes Prime Minister
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James Scullin becomes Prime Minister
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Joseph Lyons
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Earle Page becomes Prime Minister
Page was only Prime Minister for 19 days. -
Robert Menzies becomes Prime Minister
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Second World War
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Arthur Fadden becomes Prime Minister
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John Curtain becomes Prime Minister
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Francis Forde becomes Prime Minister
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Ben Chifley becomes Prime Minister
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Robert Menzies become Prime Minister
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Australia's Involvement in the Korean War
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Australia's Involvement in the Vietnam War
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Harold Holt becomes Prime Minister
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John McEwan becomes Prime Minister
McEwan is sworn in after Holt disapears while swimming in the ocean of Portsea Victoria. -
John Gorton becomes Prime Minister
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Willian McMahon
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Gough Whitlam becomes Prime Minister
Whitlam is the first Labour Prime Minister in 26 years. -
Malcom Fraser becomes Prime Minister
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Robert Hawke becomes Prime Minister
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Paul Keating becomes Prime Minister
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John Howard becomes Prime Minister
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Australia's Involvement in the Middle East 'War on Terror'
Australia's involvement in the Middle East continues to the present day. -
Kevin Rudd becomes Prime Minister
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Juila Gillard becomes Prime Minister
Gillard is the first Female Prime Minister of Australia.