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
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![]() Bust of Edmund Barton at Ballarat Botanical Gardens (Sculptor Wallace Anderson, photograph courtesy Wikipedia) |
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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![]() Bust of Alfred Deakin at Ballarat Botanical Gardens (Sculptor Wallace Anderson, photograph courtesy Wikipedia) |
John Christian Watson
Period in Office: 27 April to 17 August 1904
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![]() Bust of John Watson at Ballarat Botanical Gardens (Sculptor Wallace Anderson, photograph courtesy Wikipedia) |
Sir George Houston Reid
Period in Office: 18 August 1904 to 5 July 1905
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![]() Bust of George Reid at Ballarat Botanical Gardens (Sculptor Wallace Anderson, photograph courtesy Wikipedia) |
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
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![]() Bust of Andrew Fisher at Ballarat Botanical Gardens (Sculptor Wallace Anderson, photograph courtesy Wikipedia) |
Sir Joseph Cook
William Morris Hughes
Period in Office: 27 October 1915 to 9 February 1923
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![]() Bust of Billy Hughes at Ballarat Botanical Gardens (Sculptor Wallace Anderson, photograph courtesy Wikipedia) |
Stanley Melbourne Bruce
Period in Office: 9 February 1923 to 22 October 1929
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![]() Bust of Stanley Bruce at Ballarat Botanical Gardens (Sculptor Wallace Anderson, photograph courtesy Wikipedia) |
James Henry Scullin
Period in Office: 22 October 1929 to 6 January 1932
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![]() Bust of James Scullin at Ballarat Botanical Gardens (Sculptor Wallace Anderson, photograph courtesy Wikipedia) |
Joseph Aloysius Lyons
Period in Office: 6 January 1932 to 7 April 1939
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![]() Bust of Joseph Lyons at Ballarat Botanical Gardens (Sculptor Wallace Anderson, photograph courtesy Wikipedia) |
Earle Page
Period in Office 7 April 1939 to 26 April 1939
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![]() Bust of Earle Page at Ballarat Botanical Gardens (Sculptor Wallace Anderson, photograph courtesy Wikipedia) |
Sir Robert Menzies
Periods in Office 26 April 1939 to 29 August 1941; 19 December 1949 to 26 January 1966
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![]() Bust of Robert Menzies at Ballarat Botanical Gardens (Sculptor Wallace Anderson, photograph courtesy Wikipedia) |
Sir Arthur Fadden
Period in Office 29 August 1941 to 7 October 1941
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![]() Bust of Arthur Fadden at Ballarat Botanical Gardens (Sculptor Wallace Anderson, photograph courtesy Wikipedia) |
John Curtin
| Period in Office 7 October 1941 to 5 July 1945
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![]() Bust of John Curtin at Ballarat Botanical Gardens (Sculptor Wallace Anderson, photograph courtesy Wikipedia) |
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
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![]() Bust of Ben Chifley at Ballarat Botanical Gardens (Sculptor Ken Palmer, photograph courtesy Wikipedia) |
Harold Holt
Period in Office 26 January 1966 to 19 December 1967
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![]() Bust of Harold Holt at Ballarat Botanical Gardens (Sculptor Victor Greenhalgh, photograph courtesy Wikipedia) |
Sir John McEwen
Period in Office 19 December 1967 to 10 January 1968
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![]() Bust of John McEwen at Ballarat Botanical Gardens (Sculptor Victor Greenhalgh, photograph courtesy Wikipedia) |
John Grey Gorton
Period in Office 10 January 1968 to 10 March 1971
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![]() Bust of John Gorton at Ballarat Botanical Gardens (Sculptor Victor Greenhalgh, photograph courtesy Wikipedia) |
Sir William McMahon
Gough Whitlam
Period in Office 5 December 1972 to 11 November 1975
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![]() Bust of Gough Whitlam at Ballarat Botanical Gardens (Sculptor Victor Greenhalgh, photograph courtesy Wikipedia) |
John Malcom Fraser
Period in Office 11 November 1975 to 11 March 1983
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![]() Bust of Malcolm Fraser at Ballarat Botanical Gardens (Sculptor Peter Nicholson, photograph courtesy Wikipedia) |
Robert James Lee Hawke
Period in Office 11 March 1983 to 20 December 1991
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![]() Bust of Bob Hawke at Ballarat Botanical Gardens (Sculptor Peter Nicholson, photograph courtesy Wikipedia) |























