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James Scullin, prime minister 1929-32

Image James Scullin, prime minister 1929-32

TLF ID M006937

This is a black-and-white photograph of James Scullin, Australia's ninth prime minister. He is directly facing the camera.

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Educational value
  • As Australia's ninth prime minister, Scullin was in office from 1929 until the end of 1931. He is best remembered as the first prime minister to choose the governor-general, and also for weathering the Great Depression while delivering reform.
  • Scullin's educational resource page offers a variety of archival material such as letters, parliamentary documents, photographs and links to National Archives of Australia websites such as 'Australia's Prime Ministers'.
Year level

5; 6; 7; 8; 9; 10; 11; 12

Topics Active citizenship Australian history Prime ministers
Learning area
  • Studies of society and environment
  • History

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  • Contributor
  • Name: National Archives of Australia
  • Organization: National Archives of Australia
  • Description: content provider
  • Address: AUSTRALIA
  • URL: http://www.naa.gov.au
  • Name: Department of Information
  • Organization: Department of Information
  • Description: author
  • Address: AUSTRALIA
  • Publisher
  • Name: National Archives of Australia
  • Organization: National Archives of Australia
  • Description: Publisher
  • Address: AUSTRALIA
  • URL: http://www.naa.gov.au
  • Resource metadata contributed by
  • Name: Education Services Australia Ltd
  • Organisation: Education Services Australia Ltd
  • Address: AUSTRALIA
  • URL: www.esa.edu.au
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Rights
  • © Education Services Australia Ltd and the National Archives of Australia, 2010 (except where otherwise indicated). You may view, display, print out, copy and modify this material for non-commercial educational purposes provided you retain all acknowledgements associated with the material.