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Online-Ressource (267 p)
ISBN:
9781863955874
Content:
Good drinkers, bad swimmers and unlikely heroes.Since Australia's birth in 1901, twenty-eight politicians have run the national show. Their time at the top has ranged from eight days for Frank Forde to eighteen years for Bob Menzies. But whatever the length of their term, each Prime Minister has a story worth sharing.Edmund Barton united the bickering states in a federation; Billy Hughes forced US President Woodrow Wilson to take notice of Australia. The unlucky Jimmy Scullin took office days before Wall Street crashed into the Great Depression, while John Curtin faced the ultimate challenge o
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Front Matter; Copyright; Half Title; Contents; The Good, the Bad and the Unlikely; Introduction; Edmund Barton; Alfred Deakin; John Christian Watson; George Houstoun Reid; Andrew Fisher; Joseph Cook; William Morris Hughes; Stanley Melbourne Bruce; James Henry Scullin; Joseph Aloysius Lyons; Earle Christmas Grafton Page; Robert Gordon Menzies; Arthur William Fadden; John Joseph Curtin; Francis Michael Forde; Joseph Benedict Chifley; Harold Edward Holt; John McEwen; John Grey Gorton; William McMahon; Edward Gough Whitlam; John Malcolm Fraser; Robert James Lee Hawke; Paul John Keating
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John Winston HowardKevin Michael Rudd; Julia Eileen Gillard; Anthony John Abbott; Note on Sources; Photo Credits; About the Author
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781921870910
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781863955874
Additional Edition:
Print version The Good, the Bad and the Unlikely : Australia's Prime Ministers
Language:
English
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