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Edmund Barton
Edmund Barton became Prime Minister in Centennial Park, Sydney. He was PM until 1903 where he resigned and became one of three judges in the High Court. -
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Federation
Australia officially became a "Federation" as all the states in Australia merged into one Country! -
Alfred Deakin
Alfred Deakin became the second Prime Minister of Australia. This was the first of his three terms as PM. He was a part of the Protectionist Party. And he must be epic because it's the name of our university. -
Chris Watson
Chris Watson became PM for only four months and was particularly famous for his beard. -
Andrew Fisher
Andrew Fisher was another person who served three terms as PM. He was a member of the Labor Party. -
Stanley Bruce
Standley Bruce was a member of the Nationalist (Coalition). His interests were imperial trade and industrial relations. -
Joseph Lyons
Joseph was PM for seven years - only days short of the previous record by WM Hughes. He was the first Prime Minister to die in office. -
Robert Menzies
Robert Menzies began his career by winning scholarships, to becoming a lawyer, and later on joined the Victorian Government. -
John Curtin
John Curtin has an epic name! He most famously worked for policy for returning soldiers from WW2 to avoid the unemployment issues arising from WW1. -
Ben Chifley
Ben Chifley introduced the Snowy Mountains Hydro-electric Scheme during his time serving as the 16th Prime Minister. He lost his position after attempting to nationalise the banks in Australia in 1949. -
Menzies is back!
Andddd.... he's back! This begins Mensies governing until January 1966. A pretty long time! -
Harold Holt
Harold began his time as PM after serving in other political roles for 32 years. Unfortunately, he disappeard from a rocky beach near Rosebud only 22 months into his role. -
John Gorton
John entered his time as PM in unusual circumstances (Harold Holt's disappearance) and left in an unusual circumstance (his party tied in a vote of confidence). Odd, hey! -
Bob Hawke
Bob established consensus between unions and business to stabilise wage growth. He served for eight years. -
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Jess's life thus far...
This is the timespan of PM's Jess will acutally know aobut and will have lived under. -
Paul Keating!
Keating passed Indigneous legislation, worked to improve daily life for Australians. And has a fun-to-say last name. -
John Howard (Johnny!)
John Howard was the first PM I remember as a little girl. John helped East Timor to gain independence, and played a major role in sending troops to the Middle East after 9/11. -
Kevin Rudd (K-Rudd)
"Kevin 07" was a strong campaign in a result that left John Howard not being elected for his seat. He first entered Parliament in 1998. -
Julia Gillard
From humble beginnings in the Europe, travelling to Australia and to Altona, came Julia. She is the first woman to be PM in Australia. In 2013 she was defearted in a leadesrhip contest by Kevin Rudd. -
Tony Abbott
I speak with hope that Tony will back down on his de-regulation of universities! You can do it, Tony! -
K-Rudd returns
Kevin returns for 11 weeks until the 2013 election.
