He was born January the 18th, 1849 in a town in New South Wales called Glebe. His full name was Edmund Barton. He was the first ever Prime Minister in Australia and was elected on the 1st of January 1901 until the 24 th of September When he became Prime Minister he was the leader of the Liberal Protectionist Party.

His full name was Alfred Deakin. He was born on 3rd August 1856 in Fitzroy In a suburb of Melbourne. He got elected 3 times. On the 24th of September 1903 until the 27th of April1904 then got re-elected on the 5th of July 1905 until 13th of November 1908 and then got re-elected on the 2nd June 1909 until the 29th of April He was in 3 different parties, the Protectionist party, Fusion party and the Liberal party.

His full name was John Christian Watson. His preferred name was Chris Watson. He was born on the 9th of April He was prime minister from the 27th April1904 until the 17th of August He was in the Australian Labor Party.

His full name was George Houston Reid. He was born on the 25th of February He was prime minister from the 18th of August 1904 until the 5th of July He was the leader of 2 parties. The parties were the Free Trade Party and the Anti-Socialist Party.

His full name was Andrew Fisher. He was born on the 22nd of October in1862. He was Prime minister 3 times. On the 13th of November 1908 until the 2nd of June 1909, then he was re-elected on the 29th of April1910 until the 24th of June 1913 and finally he was re-elected on the 17th of September 1914 until the 27th of October He was in the Australian Labor Party.

His full name is Joseph Cook. He was born on the 7th of December He was prime minister from the 24th of June 1913 until 17th of September He was in the New South Wales Labor Party, the Free Trade Party, the Liberal Party and the Nationalist Party.

His full name was William Morris Hughes. His preferred name was Billy. He was born on the 25th of September He was prime minister from the 27th of October1915 until the 9th of February He was in the Australian Labour Party, the Nationalist Party, the United Australia Party and the Liberal Party.

His full name was Stanley Melbourne Bruce. He was born on the 15th of April He was prime minister from the 9th of February 1923 until the 22nd of October He was in the Nationalist Party and the United Australia Party.

His full name was James Henry Scullin. He was born on the18th of September1876. He was prime minister from the 28th of October1929 until the 6th of January He was in the Australian Labor Party.

He was born on the 15th of September His full name was Joseph Aloysius Lyons. He was prime minister from the 6th of January 1932 until the 7th of April He was in the Australian Labor Party and the United Australia Party.

His full name was Earle Christmas Grafton Page. He was born on the 8th of August He was prime minister form the 7th of April 1939 until the 26th of April He was in the Australian Country Party.

His full name was Robert Gordon Menzies. He was born on the 20th of December He was prime minister twice, on the 26th of April 1939 until the 29th of August 1941 and then a second time from the 10th of December 1949 until the 20th of January He was in the Liberal Party, the Nationalist Party and the United Australia Party. People called him ‘Pig Iron Bob.’ Also known as Sir Robert Menzies.

His full name was Arthur William Fadden. His preferred name was Artie. He was prime minister from the 29th of August 1941 until the 7th of October He was born on the 13th of April He was in the Australian Country Party.

His full name was John Joseph Ambrose Curtin. He was born on the 8th of January He was prime minister from the 7th of October 1941 until the 5th of July He was in the Australian Labor Party.

His full name was Francis Michael Forde. He was born on the 18th of July He was prime minister from the 6th of July 1945 until the 13th of July1945. He was in the Australian Labor Party.

His full name was Joseph Benedict Chifley. His preferred name was Ben. He was born on the 22nd of September He was prime minister from the 13th of July 1945 until the 19th of December He was in the Australian Labor Party.

His full name was Harold Edward Hold. He was born on the 5th of August He was prime minister from the 26th of January 1966 until the 19th of December He was in the Liberal Party of Australia.

His full name was John McEwen. He was born on the 29th of March He was prime minister from the 19th of December 1967 until the 10th of January He was in the Country Party of Australia.

His full name was John Grey Gorton. He was born on the 9th of September He was prime minister from the 10th of January 1968 until the 10th of March He was in four different parties, the Country Party, the Liberal Country Party, Liberal Party of Australia and the Independents.

His full name was William McMahon. His preferred name was Billy. He was born on the 23rd of February He was prime minister from the 10th of March 1971 until the 5th of December He was in the Liberal Party of Australia.

His full name was Edward Gough Whitlam. He was born on the 11th of July He was prime minister from the 5th of December until the 11th of November He was in the Australian Labor Party. He was known as Gough Whitlam.

His full name was John Malcolm Fraser. He was born on the 21st of May He was prime minister from the 11th of November 1975 until the 11th of March He was in the Liberal Party of Australia. He was known as Malcolm Fraser.

His full name was Robert James Lee Hawke. His preferred name was Bob. He was born on the 9th of December He was prime minister from the 11th of March 1983 until the 20th of December He was in the Australian Labor Party.

His full name was Paul John Keating. He was born on the 18th of January He was prime minister from the 20th of December 1991 until the11th of March He was in the Australian Labor Party.

His full name is John Winston Howard. He was born on the 26th of July He was prime minister from the 11th of March 1996 until the 24th of November He was in the Liberal Party of Australia.

His full name is Kevin Michael Rudd. He was born on the 21st of September He was prime minister from the 24th of November 2007 until the 24th of June He was in the Australian Labor Party.

Her full name is Julia Eileen Gillard. She was born on the 29th of September She was prime minister From the 24th of June 2010 and is still prime minister now. She's in the Australian Labor Party.

Over 100 years ago on the 1 st of January 1901 there were 6 different colonies in Australia owned by the British. On that day the people voted to start something called federation. A federation is the coming together as a number of states, colonies or nations to form a new nation. Federation was about each of the Australian colonies being more like its own country. All of the colonies even had their own army. Before federation happened the colonies were controlled by the British. When federation happened on the 1 st of January 1901, it formed as the Commonwealth of Australia so they celebrated. There were 3 main problems that convinced people that federation was a good idea DEFENCE, TARIFFS AND IMMIGRATION. The states that were involved in federation were Victoria, New South Wales, Western Australia, Tasmania and South Australia which at that time had the Northern Territory added to it as well.

This is the Coat Of Arms which represents all of the 6 states that were involved with federation.

Robert Gordon Menzies was prime minister for the longest from the 10th of December 1949 until the 20th of January 1966 so he was prime minister for 17 years. Eighteen and a half years all up. He was born on the 20th of December 1894 and died on the 15th of May He went to a local school in Jeparit, Victoria and he went to Grenville College in Ballarat. He got married on the 27th of September 1920 in Kew down from the MCG in Melbourne to a girl named Pattie Maie Leckie. He had three children, Kenneth who was born in (1922), Ian who was born in (1923) & Heather who was born in (1928) His dad and uncle were both politicians.

He was from the Kooyong electorate. He wasn’t liked and was forced to resign in He retired from being Prime Minister and from parliament in Menzies enjoyed public celebrations, mostly those who assisted with opening new buildings, and launching new projects such as his opening of the centrally located Lake Burley Griffin in In 1965 he decided to send Australian troops over to Vietnam, to fight with the USA and South Vietnam troops against North Vietnamese Forces. On the 20th of January he retired from parliament. When television started in 1958 he was one of the first politicians to try it out to get more votes.

prime-minister wikipedia.org, womenaustralia.info, abc.net.au The book was called Prime Ministers of Australia by Sarah Russell and Kirsty Grant. The book was called Prime Ministers of Australia by Jill Bruce. Two federation books. menzies.htm