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National Museum of Australia - James Scullin   (website National Museum of Australia (NMA) )

Jim Scullin was the first Catholic to become Australian Prime Minister, the first Prime Minister to have come from an Irish background, and the first Labor Prime Minister born in Australia. In 1903, Scullin joined the Political Labor Council (PLC), a fore...

Prime Minister SM Bruce hands over to James Scullin - Australia's Prime Ministers   (website Australia's Prime Ministers )

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James Scullin - Australia's PMs - Australia's Prime Ministers   (website Australia's Prime Ministers )

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Key people - James Scullin - Australia's PMs - Australia's Prime Ministers   (website Australia's Prime Ministers )

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Before office - James Scullin - Australia's PMs - Australia's Prime Ministers   (website Australia's Prime Ministers )

â~~Politics held a special fascination for himâ~™ â~" 25 years a Labor man, in 1928 James Scullin became leader of the federal parliamentary party. In the next federal election in 1910, Scullin won the seat of Corangamite and was part of the Labor landsl...

Prime Minister James Scullin and Sarah Scullin - Australia's Prime Ministers   (website Australia's Prime Ministers )

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Sarah Scullin - James Scullin - Australia's PMs - Australia's Prime Ministers   (website Australia's Prime Ministers )

Sarah Scullin,Äôs first official duties in Canberra were her welcome on 21 October 1929 and her visit to the Canberra Hospital where she delivered the many bouquets presented on her arrival that day. Sarah Scullin did not include in her official duties t...

Elections - James Scullin - Australia's PMs - Australia's Prime Ministers   (website Australia's Prime Ministers )

In the Senate, the United Australia Party won 15 seats and Labor 3. Scullin retained Yarra, but lost government. The United Australia Party and Country Party won 16 Senate seats, and Labor won 3. Scullin held his seat of Yarra. Scullin held Yarra comfort...

In office - James Scullin - Australia's PMs - Australia's Prime Ministers   (website Australia's Prime Ministers )

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Fast facts - James Scullin - Fast facts - Australia's Prime Ministers   (website Australia's Prime Ministers )

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After office - James Scullin - Australia's PMs - Australia's Prime Ministers   (website Australia's Prime Ministers )

James Scullin remained in parliament for 17 years after losing government in 1931. Scullin did not serve as a minister again, but was a close adviser to the Labor governments of John Curtin and Ben Chifley. Robertson, John, JH Scullin: A Political Biogr...

The ministry of James Scullin, October 1929 - Australia's Prime Ministers   (website Australia's Prime Ministers )

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James Scullin and Arthur Blakeley his deputy - Australia's Prime Ministers   (website Australia's Prime Ministers )

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Special collections relating to James Scullin in the National Library of Australia   (website National Library of Australia (NLA) )

Scullin, J.H. Papers, 1921-1947. Collection Number: MS 5194Extent: 64 cm. Collection Number: MS 1538Extent: 35 metres (224 boxes) + folio itemsWilliam ('Billy') Morris Hughes' papers include correspondence, diaries and notebooks, newspaper cuttings, phot...

NMA Collections Search - Portrait of James Scullin   (website National Museum of Australia (NMA) )

Image not availableDigital images are not yet available for all objects. Description>A black and white photographic portrait of James Scullin. The photograph is in a painted black wooden frame. ...

NMA Collections Search - James Scullin   (website National Museum of Australia (NMA) )

Image not availableDigital images are not yet available for all objects. Description>A black and white photographic portrait of James Scullin. The back is stamped with the inscription " Dept of the Interior - News and Information Bureau". ...

NMA Collections Search - Jungle Gym presented to Ainslie Primary School by Prime Minister James Scullin in 1924   (website National Museum of Australia (NMA) )

Description>Jungle Gym playground equipment, which is made of steel rods that are bolted together to form a structure of joined cubes, that is concreted into the ground when used in situ. It has a plaque attached to two of the poles which reads "Trade Ma...

Theodore, Edward Granville (1884 - 1950) Biographical Entry - Australian Dictionary of Biography Online   (website Australian Dictionary of Biography )

THEODORE, EDWARD GRANVILLE (1884-1950), premier, Federal treasurer and company director, was born on 29 December 1884 at Port Adelaide, South Australia, second of six children of Basil Theodore, labourer, and his wife Annie, n. In October 1919, when Ryan ...