James Scullin asking the people of Australia to make financial sacrifices in order to get through the Great Depression, August 1931
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James Scullin was born on this day in 1876. Australia’s 9th PM and the one who appointed the first Australian Governor-General - he would have been 149 today.
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Part five of Lest We Forget - a Four Corners episode covering the 10th anniversary of the dismissal of Gough Whitlam and his government. Broadcast on 11 November 1985
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Billy Hughes getting to work on a chair in his workshop, 31 January 1951
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Part four of Lest We Forget - a Four Corners episode covering the 10th anniversary of the dismissal of Gough Whitlam and his government. Broadcast on 11 November 1985
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Part three of Lest We Forget - a Four Corners episode covering the 10th anniversary of the dismissal of Gough Whitlam and his government. Broadcast on 11 November 1985
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Joseph Lyons in a newsreel filmed in the wake of his 1931 federal election victory, circa January 1932
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Joseph Lyons was born on this day in 1879. Australia’s 10th PM and the only one to serve under three monarchs - he would have been 146 today.
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Alexander Downer’s first 100 days as Liberal leader, and the launch of The Things That Matter, as covered by Eleanor Hall on The 7:30 Report, 5 September 1994
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Part two of Lest We Forget - a Four Corners episode covering the 10th anniversary of the dismissal of Gough Whitlam and his government. Broadcast on 11 November 1985
A history subreddit discussing Prime Ministers of Australia, and by extension Australian political history.
Part one of Lest We Forget - a Four Corners episode covering the 10th anniversary of the dismissal of Gough Whitlam and his government. Broadcast on 11 November 1985
A history subreddit discussing Prime Ministers of Australia, and by extension Australian political history.
Arthur Calwell being taken to Sydney’s Royal North Shore Hospital after the assassination attempt on him by Peter Kocan, 21 June 1966
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Sir Robert Menzies confronting hecklers at a rally in Perth during the 1964 half-Senate election campaign, November 1964
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Sir Robert Menzies confronting hecklers at a rally in Perth during the 1964 half-Senate election campaign, November 1964
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H.V. Evatt interviewed at the Commonwealth Conference of Labour Parties in London, 28 May 1957
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John Gorton’s new $7,000 Volvo parked outside Parliament House, October 1971
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A newsreel covering the 50th anniversary celebrations for the Royal Australian Navy, featuring Navy Minister John Gorton and Admiral Hastings Harrington, 1961
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A young John Gorton paddling a canoe while going duck shooting early in the morning on a lake near Kerang, Victoria, 1920s
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John Gorton talking about what he regarded as his greatest achievements as Prime Minister so far in an interview with Syd Donovan on Seven News during the 1969 federal election, October 1969
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Clips of Australian Prime Ministers and other leading figures out of context - Part IV
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John Gorton at Holsworthy Barracks delivering a speech to soldiers of the 1st Royal Australian Regiment that are about to be sent to Vietnam, 21 March 1968
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Enduring Enmity: Sir John Gorton maintains the rage against Malcolm Fraser in his last encounter with journalist Alex Mitchell, on a trip to London in July 2000
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John Gorton giving his thoughts on foreign companies operating in Australia, and economic nationalism, in an interview on the BBC series The Money Programme on 24 April 1969. Broadcast on 8 May 1969
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