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Places and Prime Ministers — by ges — posted on 2007-07-30 02:18 — 1 comment(s)
I'm interested in creating a planbooktravel theme that covers Australian Prime Ministers and their connection to various parts of Australia. I thought I would start small by noting just a few curios and adding detail and additional content as time goes on, nothing too grand to begin with.
Gough Whitlam's boyhood home — by Garry — posted on 2008-02-15 19:00 — 0 comment(s)
I was taken on a walk of the Canberra suburb of Forrest and on the corner of Melbourne Avenue and Empire Circuit stood the boyhood home of Australian Prime Minister Gough Whitlam (1972-1975).
The Boy from Boree Creek — by Garry — posted on 2007-09-02 02:35 — 1 comment(s)
The title is taken from Peter Rees's biography of former deputy Prime Minister and leader of the National Party, Tim Fischer. Indeed, the book is sub-titled, The Tim Fischer Story. Being linked to a famous Australian political figure has certainly helped put Boree Creek on the map. Fischer was born there in May 1946.
Canberra Home for the Treasurer? — by Garry — posted on 2007-08-18 22:04 — 0 comment(s)
The Treasurer, Peter Costello, has recently gone on record backing the idea of a permanent Canberra home for the nation's treasurer.
Creswick, Prime Minister John Curtin's birthplace — by Garry — posted on 2007-08-05 04:01 — 0 comment(s)
John Curtin, Australia's great wartime Prime Minister was born on 8 January 1885 in a rented small timber cottage in the Victorian town of Creswick, near Ballarat.
John Howard's Earlwood — by ges — posted on 2007-08-05 03:39 — 0 comment(s)
I'm haphazardly exploring the connections between Australian Prime Ministers and Australian places. Wayne Errington & Peter Van Onselen's recently published biography of John Howard opens with a chapter on Earlwood, the Sydney suburb where John Howard spent most of his childhood and teenage years.
Prime Ministers Sculptures, Botanic Gardens, Ballarat — by ges — posted on 2007-07-30 06:40 — 0 comment(s)
I remember being impressed by the sculpture garden in Ballarat's Botanic Gardens containing brass, I think, busts or heads of Australia's Prime Ministers.
 
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