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Australia's 30 prime ministers

Australia has had 30 prime ministers since federation in 1901, six of them since 2007.

THE FULL LIST OF AUSTRALIA'S PRIME MINISTERS SINCE 1901

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* Edmund Barton

* Alfred Deakin (three times: 1903-04;1905-08;1909-10)

* Chris Watson

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* George Reid

* Andrew Fisher (three times: 1908-09;1910-13;1914-15)

* Joseph Cook

* Billy Hughes

* Stanley Bruce

* James Scullin

* Joseph Lyons

* Earle Page

* Robert Menzies (twice: 1939-41;1949-66)

* Arthur Fadden

* John Curtin

* Francis Forde

* Ben Chifley

* Harold Holt

* John McEwen

* John Gorton

* William McMahon

* Gough Whitlam

* Malcolm Fraser

* Bob Hawke

* Paul Keating

* John Howard

* Kevin Rudd (twice: 2007-10; 2013)

* Julia Gillard

* Tony Abbott

* Malcolm Turnbull

* Scott Morrison

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(Source: Nationals Archives of Australia website)


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