Commemorating Australia's Prime Ministers
Locations, buildings, monuments, organisations and events that bear the names of Australian Prime Ministers abound.
We've started the lists below and we are keen to expand the links to include web sites, photographs and other details and to add new items. If you can assist, please contact the JCPML and we will include the information on this page.
Sir Edmund Barton
Period in Office 1 January 1901 to 24 September 1903
- Barton (Suburb of Canberra, Australian Capital Territory)
- Barton Electorate (Federal, New South Wales)
- Barton Railway Station (On the trans-Australia line, South Australia)
- Barton Highway (New South Wales)
- Bust of Edmund Barton, Prime Ministers Avenue, Ballarat Botanical Gardens
- The Edmund Barton Building (Barton, Australian Capital Territory)
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Alfred Deakin
| Periods in Office: 24 September 1903 to 27 April 1904; 5 July 1905 to 13 November 1908; 2 June 1909 to 29 April 1910
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John Christian Watson
Period in Office 27 April to 17 August 1904
- Watson Electorate (Federal, New South Wales)
- Watson (Suburb of Canberra, Australian Capital Territory)
- Watson Railway Station (on the trans-Australia line, South Australia)
- Bust of John Watson, Prime Ministers Avenue, Ballarat Botanical Gardens
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Sir George Houston Reid
Period in Office 18 August 1904 to 5 July 1905
- Reid (Suburb of Canberra, Australian Capital Territory)
- Reid Electorate (Federal, New South Wales)
- Reid Railway Station (on the trans-Australia line)
- Bust of George Reid, Prime Ministers Avenue, Ballarat Botanical Gardens
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Andrew Fisher
Periods in Office: 13 November 1908 to 2 June 1909; 29 April 1910 to 24 June 1913; 17 September 1914 to 27 October 1915
- Fisher (Suburb of Canberra, Australian Capital Territory)
- Fisher Electorate (Federal, Queensland)
- Fisher Railway Station (on the trans-Australia line South Australia)
- Bust of Andrew Fisher, Prime Ministers Avenue, Ballarat Botanical Gardens
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Sir Joseph Cook
Period in Office 24 June 1913 to 17 September 1914
- Cook (Suburb of Canberra, Australian Capital Territory)
- Cook Railway Station (on the trans-Australia line South Australia)
- Bust of Joseph Cook, Prime Ministers Avenue, Ballarat Botanical Gardens
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William Morris Hughes
Periods in Office 27 October 1915 to
9 February 1923; 14 November 1916 to
9 February 1923
- Hughes (Suburb of Canberra, Australian Capital Territory)
- Hughes Electorate (Federal, New South Wales)
- Hughes Railway Station (on the trans-Australia line South Australia)
- Bust of Billy Hughes, Prime Ministers Avenue, Ballarat Botanical Gardens
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Stanley Melbourne Bruce
Period in Office 9 February 1923 to 22 October 1929
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James Henry Scullin
Period in Office 22 October 1929 to 6 January 1932
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Joseph Aloysius Lyons
Period in Office 6 January 1932 to 7 April 1939
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Earle Page
Period in Office 7 April 1939 to 26 April 1939
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Sir Robert Menzies
Periods in Office 26 April 1939 to 29 August 1941; 19 December 1949 to 26 January 1966
- Menzies Electorate (Federal, Victoria)
- R G Menzies Building (Australian National University, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory)
- The Menzies Foundation (Melbourne, Victoria)
- Menzies School of Health Research (Darwin, Northern Territory)
- Menzies Research Institute (Hobart, Tasmania)
- Menzies Centre for Health Policy (Australian National University / University of Sydney)
- Sir Robert Menzies Oration on Higher Education, 1991- (University of Melbourne, Victoria)
- RG Menzies Walk, Lake Burley Griffin (Canberra, ACT)
- Robert Menzies Humanities Building - known forever as the 'Ming Wing'
(Monash University, Clayton, Victoria).
- Robert Menzies College (Macquarie University, Sydney, New South Wales)
- Sir Robert Menzies Lecture (Monash Liberals' Club, Victoria)
- To mark the 50th anniversary of the end of World War Two in 1995, Australia Post commemorated Australia's five WWII prime ministers
- Menzies Centre for Australian Studies (Kings College London, UK)
- Bust of Robert Menzies by V.E. Greenhalgh, Liberal Party’s Headquarters, Canberra and Savage Club, Melbourne
- Plaque of Robert Menzies by Peter Latona, Sir Robert Menzies Square, Jeparit
- Bust of Robert Menzies, Prime Ministers Avenue, Ballarat Botanical Gardens
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Sir Arthur Fadden
Period in Office 29 August 1941 to 7 October 1941
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John Curtin
Francis Michael Forde
Period in Office 6 July 1945 to 13 July 1945
- Forde (Suburb of Canberra, Australian Capital Terrritory)
- Forde Electorate (Federal, Queensland)
- To mark the 50th anniversary of the end of World War Two in 1995, Australia Post commemorated Australia's five WWII prime ministers
Joseph Benedict Chifley
Period in Office 13 July 1945 to 19 December 1949
- Chifley (Suburb of Canberra, Australian Capital Terrritory)
- Chifley Electorate (Federal, New South Wales)
- Chifley Research Centre (Barton, Australian Capital Territory)
- J.B. Chifley Building, Australian National University Library (Australian Capital Territory)
- Chifley Plaque in the Australian National Botanic Gardens (Canberra, Australian Capital Territory)
- Ben Chifley Dam (near Bathurst, New South Wales)
- Ben Chifley's Cottage (Bathurst, New South Wales)
- Ben Chifley 'Light on the Hill' Memorial Lectures (Bathurst, New South Wales)
- Chifley Square & statue of Chifley in Square (Sydney, New South Wales)
- To mark the 50th anniversary of the end of World War Two in 1995, Australia Post commemorated Australia's five WWII prime ministers
- Bust of Ben Chifley, Prime Ministers Avenue, Ballarat Botanical Gardens
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Harold Holt
Period in Office 26 January 1966 to 19 December 1967
- Holt (Suburb of Canberra, Australian Capital Terrritory)
- Holt Electorate (Federal, Victoria)
- Harold Holt Memorial Swimming Pool (Malvern, Victoria)
- Naval Communication Station Harold E. Holt (Exmouth, Western Australia)
- Bust of Harold Holt, Prime Ministers Avenue, Ballarat Botanical Gardens
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Sir John McEwen
Period in Office 19 December 1967 to 10 January 1968
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John Grey Gorton
Period in Office 10 January 1968 to 10 March 1971
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Sir William McMahon
Period in Office 10 March 1971 to 5 December 1972
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Gough Whitlam
Period in Office 5 December 1972 to 11 November 1975
- The Whitlam Institute (University of Western Sydney, New South Wales)
- Whitlam Lecture Series (Trade Union Education Foundation)
- Gough Whitlam Park (Earlwood, New South Wales)
- Whitlam Square (Sydney, New South Wales)
- Whitlam Leisure Centre (Liverpool, New South Wales)
- Bust of Gough Whitlam, Prime Ministers Avenue, Ballarat Botanical Gardens
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John Malcom Fraser
Period in Office 11 November 1975 to 11 March 1983
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Robert James Lee Hawke
Period in Office 11 March 1983 to 20 December 1991
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Paul Keating
Period in Office 20 December 1991 to 11 March 1996
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John Winston Howard
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Period in Office 11 March 1996 to 3 December 2007
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Kevin Michael Rudd
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Period in Office 3 December 2007 to ...
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