THE LIFE AND TIMES OF MALCOLM FRASER
* Australia's 22nd prime minister, served from November 1975 to March 1983, after being appointed caretaker leader following dismissal of the Whitlam government on November 11, 1975.
* Born May 21, 1930, in Toorak, Victoria. Died March 20, 2014, aged 84.
* Educated at Melbourne Grammar and Oxford University.
* Primary producer before entering parliament in 1955, aged 25.
* Wife: Tamie
* Children: Mark, Angela, Hugh, Phoebe
* Political legacy: shaped Australian relations with east and southeast Asia; indigenous land rights, human rights; anti-whaling; accepted fleeing Vietnamese refugees.
* Established Care Australia, SBS and Australian Federal Police.
* Served as special envoy to Yugoslavia in 1999.
(Source: National Archives of Australia)
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