Australian Prime Ministers

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John Mccrae is a Canadian citizen that was a doctor in the world war one and was the author of " In Flanders Field's. He also was a doctor in Canada for five years and was a teacher for five years.

Former Australian prime minister Anthony "Tony" Abbott is 60 years old (birthdate: November 4, 1957).

Kevin Rudd is 53 years old (birthdate: September 21, 1957).

Edmund Barton was born in 1849 and died in 1920 and belonged to the Protectionist Party. Apart from being Australia's first Prime Minister from 1901-1903, he created the Federal Arbitration Court and the High Court of Australia. After he retired from politics, he became a High Court judge. He was succeeded by Alfred Deakin, also a Protectionist.

Sir Edmund Barton, first Prime Minister of the Commonwealth of Australia, was born on 18 January 1849, in Sydney, New South Wales. He was educated at Fort Street High School and Sydney Grammar School, where he was twice dux and school captain. He graduated with first class honours in classics from the University of Sydney, where he also demonstrated considerable skill at cricket. In 1879, Barton successfully stood for the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for the University of Sydney constituency and in 1882 he became Speaker of the assembly. From 1887 to 1891, and again from 1897 to 1898, Barton sat in the Legislative Council.

Barton was a strong advocate of the federation of the Australian colonies, and he led the federal movement following the death of Sir Henry Parkes. In 1897 he was one of the NSW delegates to the Constitutional Convention which developed a constitution for the proposed federation. As the most vigorous federalist in the largest state, Barton was appointed Prime Minister, although this was only after some negotiations with the newly elected Governor-General, Lord Hopetoun, who initially invited Sir William Lyne, the Premier of New South Wales, to form a government.

Barton was Prime Minister from January 1901 to September 1903. He died on 27 January 1920.

Biographies do not list a middle name for Edmund Barton. His childhood nickname was 'Toby', and he has since been referred to as "Edmund Toby Barton", but whether Toby was actually his middle name is unknown.

Edmund Barton was born in 1849 and died in 1920 and belonged to the Protectionist Party. Apart from being Australia's first Prime Minister from 1901-1903, he created the Federal Arbitration Court and the High Court of Australia. After he retired from politics, he became a High Court judge.

Andrew fisher is my Great , Great Uncle he died at age 66 from a Heart attack

As of December 2011, the Prime minister of Australia (currently Julia Gillard) awarded herself a pay rise, taking her salary to $481 000 per annum. Her previous salary was $367 000.

John Howard atrophied workers rights and entitlements and sold off publicly owned assets to foreign interests to the detriment of Australians.

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John Howard, like any country's leader, made mistakes. But in reference to the above, there were two sides.

The purpose of the Australian Workplace Agreement and Workchoices policies were to even up the balance between the power held by the workers, who were backed by the unions, and the employers, who did not have as many rights. The power wielded by the workers limited how some businesses were free to run. Under John Howard, unions were more restricted in their powers. Hence, workers were more restricted too. It is unfortunate though, that, in some cases, employers misused their newfound rights.

John Howard did indeed sell off public assets, including Telstra. Big mistake. But at the same time, his economic policies put Australia in a very strong position economically. Unfortunately, the current government appears to have blown away the surplus Howard accrued, and is now sending the country that was so strong under Howard into debt. Rather like Anna Bligh in Queensland, who is also selling off everything she can find to foreign owned interests, plunging the state into debt.

Other things John Howard did:

He helped to promote a stronger Australian identity.

He took a solid stand against illegal refugees.

He reformed gun ownership laws.

No leader is perfect. But John Howard was a leader who left his country in a strong position economically.

Edmund Cartwright was born in 1743 and died in 1823. He was a minister in the Church of England. He attended Oxford. He invented the mechanical loom (patented April 4, 1785.) He invented the steam powered loom in 1797 and it was powered by alcohol. His wool combing machine (1789) took the work of 20 people.

Aborigines became British Citizens when Australia was claimed by Lieutenant James Cook in 1770. Aboriginal men in South Australia were given the vote in 1854 at the same time that all white South Australian men received the vote. Similarly, Aboriginal and White South Australian women received the vote in the 1890s.

When Federation was declared in 1901 Aborigines were given the vote only those states in which they already had the vote, which was all states except Queensland and Western Australia.

In 1948 all Australians, white and black, became Australian Citizens.

In 1967 an overwhelming majority of Australians decided at a referendum that Aborigines should be counted in the census.

Ben Chifley died on 13th June 1951 in Canberra Community Hospital of a massive coronary occlusion and is buried in Bathurst Cemetery

Robert Gordon Menzies was Australia's longest serving PM (Prime Minister).

He disappeared on 17 December 1967 while swimming at Cheviot Beach, Victoria on Point Nepean (near Portsea). He was presumed dead two days later by the Australian government. Apparantly, the surf was heavy that day (with strong currents and rips) and Holt had a medical history that suggested he could not have survived the water if he was hurt. Many strange rumours were spread after Holt's dissapearance, such as the rumour that he was picked up by Russian (or Chinese) submarines or abducted by a UFO. On the 2nd of September, 2005, a coroner found Holt drowned in an accident on the 17th of December, 1967.

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No, he did not have any children. His sister, Annie, had a daughter name Helena and James Scullin and his wife treated her like a daughter. So much so, that Helena's uncle Jim gave her away when she was married. I know this because Helena was my grandmother and therefore James Scullin is my great, great uncle.

Yes, Alfred Deakin had an older sister named Kate Deakin, who was 5 when Alfred was born.

Robert Menzies made alot of changes like he ate choclate and stuff, he lived a life, GO play some sport oh wait he might of also drank water :) Migetman for the win

Of course not. Paul Keating was married for twenty-five years, and has four children.

There is no evidence to suggest he is gay

Our Former Prime Minister Moraji Desai was born on 29 February 1896.