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Edmund Barton
Edmund Barton was the first Australian Prime Minister. His first job was a judge and a politician. He became a founding justice of the High Court of Australia.
Born: January 18, 1849
Died: January 7, 1920 -
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Alfred Deakin
Alfred Deakin was a lead for the movement of Australian Federation.
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John Christian Watson
He only was Prime Minister For Less Tha A year.
Trustee of Sydney Cricket Ground
Born: 1859, England
Died: 19 July 1921, Sydney -
George Reid
He was the premier of New South Wales. He has published books.
Was an Australian Politician.
He was a federation father.
Born: 25 February 1845, Johnstone, Renfrewshire, Scotland
Died: 12 September 1918, London -
Alfred Deakin
Third Time being prime minister
Deakin University was named after him.
Anonymous correspondent in London press 1901–14. -
Andrew Fisher
He founded the Commonwealth Bank in 1912
Born: 29 August 1862, Crosshouse, Ayrshire, Scotland
Died: 22 October 1928, Hampstead, London -
Alfred Deakin
Fourth Time Being Ellected. -
Andrew Fisher
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Joseph Cook
He was the most humourless of the prime ministers.\ Born: 7 December 1860, Silverdale, Staffordshire, England
Died: 30 July 1947, Bellevue Hill, Sydney -
Andrew Fisher
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Billy Hughes
Billy Hughes was rellected three times in a row.
Longest-serving Prime Minister until 1956 when Robert Menzies overtook his record 7 years 3 months and 14 days in 1957 Born: 25 September 1862, Pimlico, London
Died: 28 October 1952, Lindfield, Sydney -
Stanley Bruce
Second Youngest PM
Was nominated by the Australian government for the Nobel Peace Prize in 1936.
Had no children. Born: 15 April 1883 at Toorak, Victoria
Died: 25 August 1967, London, England -
James Scullin
He played the violin
He unsuccessfully contested Ballaarat seat against Alfred Deakin in 1906. Born: 18 September 1876, Trawalla, Victoria
Died: 28 January 1953, Hawthorn, Melbourne -
Joseph Lyons
Only Tasmanian to become Prime Minister
Nicknamed ‘Honest Joe’ Born: 15 September 1879, Stanley, Tasmania
Died: 7 April 1939, Darlinghurst, Sydney -
Sir Earl Page
Nicknamed ‘the Doc
The ‘Father of health insurance’
Founder of the Country Party (now National Party) Born: 8 August 1880, Grafton, New South Wales
Died: 20 December 1961, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital Sydney -
Robert Menzies
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Arthur Fadden
Nicknamed ‘Artie’\Prime Minister for six weeks, but acting Prime Minister for periods totalling nearly two years, mainly during RG Menzies’ visits to Britain 1949–58 Born: 13 April 1894, Ingham, Queensland
Died: 21 April 1973, Toowong, Queensland -
John Curtin
He was one of the three PMs who died in office (Joseph Lyons died in 1939 and Harold Holt in 1967)
He did not own or drove a car. Born: 8 January 1885, Creswick, Victoria\
Died: 5 July 1945 -
Frank Forde
He has the shortest time being prime minister which was eight days. Forde was 92 years old when he died, making him Australia’s second longest-lived Prime Minister Born: 18 July 1890, Mitchell, Queensland
Died: 28 January 1983, St Lucia, Brisbane -
Ben Chifley
Lost two elections (1931 and 1934) then won his seat back while in hospital in 1940. lost two elections (1931 and 1934) then won his seat back while in hospital in 1940 Born: 22 September 1885, Bathurst, New South Wales
Died: 13 June 1951, Canberra -
Sir Robert Menziez
Australia’s longest serving prime minister – his two periods in office totalled 18 years 5 months and 10 days. Born: 20 December 1894, Jeparit, Victoria
Died: 15 May 1978, Melbourne -
Harold Holt
He drownded off Point Nepean
First Prime Minister to employ a speech writer Born: 5 August 1908, Stanmore, Sydney
Died: 17 December 1967 -
John McEwen
Nicknamed ‘Black Jack’ by Robert Menzies, for his dark, ‘beetle-browed’ appearance and manner. Born: 29 March 1900, Chiltern, Victoria
Died: 20 November 1980, Toorak, Melbourne -
John Gorton
For three weeks in February 1968, Gorton was PM but had no seat in parliament. Born: 9 September 1911, Wellington, New Zealand
Died: 19 May 2002, Darlinghurst, Sydney -
William McMahon
63 years old when he became Prime Minister, the oldest next to John McEwen, 67. Born: 23 February 1908
Died: 31 March 1988, Sydney -
Gough Witlam
Whitlam is Australia's longest-lived Prime Minister.
one of only two Prime Ministers whose lifetime spanned the lives of all 25 Prime Ministers in Australia’s first century Born: 11 July 1916, Kew, Victoria
Died: 21 October 2014 -
Malcom Fraser
At 25 Malcolm Fraser was the youngest MP when he entered parliament in 1955. Born: 21 May 1930, Toorak, Victoria
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Robert Hawke
Became Prime Minister after only two years in parliament Born: 9 December 1929, Bordertown, South Australia
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Paul Keating
He is among the youngest federal ministers, he was aged 31 when he took his first portfolio in 1975. Born: 18 January 1944, Paddington, Sydney
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John Howard
Active in Liberal Party politics from the age of 18 Born: 26 July 1939, Dulwich Hill, Sydney
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Kevin Rudd
The fourth prime minister from Queensland, and the first in six decades . Born: 21 September 1957, Nambour, Queensland
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Julia Gillard
First Female PM in Australia.
She is in the Australian Labour Party.
She was not born in Australia Born: 29 September 1961, Barry, Wales -
Kevin Rudd
Second time being ellected. Born: 21 September 1957, Nambour, Queensland
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Tony Abbot
He is in the Liberal Party of Australia Born: 4 November 1957, London, UK
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Malcolm Turnbull
Has two children. Born: October 24, 1954 , Sydney
