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- Australia's Prime Ministers
- Barton, Edmund
- Bruce, Stanley
- Chifley, Joseph
- Cook, Joseph
- Curtin, John
- Deakin, Alfred
- Fadden, Arthur
- Fisher, Andrew
- Forde, Francis
- Fraser, Malcolm
- Gorton, John
- Hawke, Robert
- Holt, Harold
- Howard, John
- Hughes, William
- Keating, Paul
- Lyons, Joseph
- McEwen, John
- McMahon, William
- Menzies, Robert
- Earle, Page
- Reid, George
- Rudd, Kevin
- Scullin, James
- Watson, John
- Gough, Whitlam
Australia's Prime Ministers
Robert (Bob) Hawke entered Federal Parliament in 1980 after rising through the ranks of the
ACTU where he had a high public profile and reputation as an effective conciliator. He served as
the Opposition spokesman on Industrial Relations, Employment and Youth Affairs.
After an ALP leadership spill – just as the Fraser Government called a Federal election – Hawke
was appointed Parliamentary Leader of the ALP. Hawke went on to win the 1983 election and
elections in 1984, 1987 and 1990 making him Australia’s longest serving Labor Prime Minister.
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COLLECTION HIGHLIGHTS
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TITLE
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MEDIUM
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REFERENCE NO.
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| Home movie footage which shows several young boys including Bob Hawke, aged seven, riding on the back of a sheep, in Maitland SA 1938 |
Moving Image |
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Australian Labor Party 1972 Federal election campaign: It's
Time |
Moving Image |
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102FM News. 1990. US at war with Iraq |
Radio |
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The Battle of the Birds: (The Peacock & The Hawke) |
Recorded Sound |
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