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Edmund Barton – 1901–03 Alfred Deakin – 1903–04, 1905–08, 1909–10 Chris Watson – 1904 George Reid – 1904–05 Andrew Fisher – 1908–09, 1910–13, 1914–15 Joseph Cook – 1913–14 William Morris Hughes – 1915–23 Stanley Melbourne Bruce – 1923–29 James Scullin – 1929–32 Joseph Lyons – 1932–39 Earle Page – 1939 Robert Menzies – 1939–41, 1949–66 Arthur Fadden – 1941 John Curtin – 1941–45 Francis Forde – 1945 Ben Chifley – 1945–49 Harold Holt – 1966–67 John McEwen – 1967–68 John Gorton – 1968–71 William McMahon – 1971–72 Gough Whitlam – 1972–75 Malcolm Fraser – 1975–83 Robert Hawke – 1983–91 Paul Keating – 1991–96 John Howard – 1996–2007 Kevin Rudd – 2007–
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Margaret and Gough Whitlam with Philippines 'First Lady' Imelda Marcos at the Sydney Opera House during the visit of President Ferdinand Marcos and Mrs Marcos, October 1973.

Margaret and Gough Whitlam with Philippines 'First Lady' Imelda Marcos at the Sydney Opera House during the visit of President Ferdinand Marcos and Mrs Marcos, October 1973.


NAA: A6135, K26/10/73/26

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