The Good the Bad and the Unlikely

Australia’s Prime Ministers

by Mungo MacCallum

Black Inc., 2012, ISBN 978186333955874, small black and white portrait photograph at chapter headings, paperback

Very Good Condition, minor edge and shelf wear, a little rubbing and bumping to edges and corners, no inscriptions, uncreased spine, age toned edges (see photographs)

“Since Australia’s birth in 1901, twenty-seven politicians have run the national show.  Their time at the top has ranged from eight days for Frank Forde to eighteen years for Bob Menzies.  But whatever the length of their term, each Prime Minister has a story worth sharing.
Edmund Baton united the bickering states in a federation; Billy Huges forced US President Woodrow Wilson to take notice of Australia.  The unlucky Jimmy Sculling took office days before Wall Street crashed into the Great Depression, while John Curtin faced the ultimate challenge of wartime leadership.  John Curtin faced the ultimate challenge of wartime leadership John Gorton, Gough Whitlam and Paul Keating each shook up their parties’ policies so vigorously that none lasted much longer than a single term in office.”