This title in the Australian History series gives detailed biographies of all Australia's Prime Ministers. Ages 11+
Nearly a century has passed since Australia's first Prime Minister, Edmond Barton, was sworn in. There has been a total of twenty-five Prime Minister appointed to the country's highest political office since 1901 and Australia has grown from a former group of British Colonies administered from London, to a modern and dynamic democracy. Joanna Holliman has written a fascination series of essays on each of the Prime Ministers which gives a rare insight into the people themeselves but also provides us with another interesting aspect of the history of Australia in this century.
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Nearly a century has passed since Australia's first Prime Minister, Edmond Barton, was sworn in. There has been a total of twenty-five Prime Minister appointed to the country's highest political office since 1901 and Australia has grown from a former group of British Colonies administered from London, to a modern and dynamic democracy. Joanna Holliman has written a fascination series of essays on each of the Prime Ministers which gives a rare insight into the people themeselves but also provides us with another interesting aspect of the history of Australia in this century.