The Good, the Bad & the Unlikely, Australia's Prime Ministers
A History, Biography, Nonfiction book. The family was serious about education; after dinner, Fred was known to...
Good drinkers, bad swimmers and unlikely heroesSince 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 Barton united the bickering states in a federation; Billy Hughes forced US President Woodrow Wilson to take notice of Australia. The unlucky Jimmy Scullin took office days before Wall Street crashed into the Great Depression, while 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.With characteristic wit and expert knowledge,...
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Reminded that the Commonwealth was already involved in pre-school and university education, Chifley replied: Thats different theyre for kids before theyve got souls and after theyve lost them. Mungo MacCallum, The Good, the Bad & the Unlikely, Australia's Prime Ministers // Gough was a serious student but found time to gain a blue in rowing; he was later to say that the sport was an apt one for men in public life because you could face one way while going in the other. Mungo MacCallum, The Good, the Bad & the Unlikely, Australia's Prime Ministers // He embraced political power not as an end in itself, but for what it could accomplish for the betterment of society; Mungo MacCallum, The Good, the Bad & the Unlikely, Australia's Prime Ministers //
Good quick read. Now I know my PMs! A quick and lively read and a great way to brush up on your Australian history. Guess which Australian Prime Minister counted his three greatest achievements as winning a Cambridge Blue, captaining the St Andrews Golf Club (the one in Scotland, not the one at Gunnamatta) and being a member of the Royal Society? Not, you will have noticed, running our country for six years. Hed have had to have been here in this...
