Australian Party
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The Australian Party was a political party founded and led by former Australian prime minister Billy Hughes after his expulsion from the Nationalist Party. The party was formed in 1929, and at its pea
Cover page of the party's 1930 manifesto
Arthur O'Keefe, secretary of the Australian Party, at the party's office in Sydney.
United Australia Party
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The United Australia Party was an Australian political party which was founded in 1931 and dissolved in 1945. It won four federal elections in that time, usually governing in coalition with the Countr
Joseph Lyons, inaugural leader of the UAP and the party's first prime minister
Advertisement for the U.A.P. published in The Bulletin prior to the 1931 federal election.
At the 1931 federal election, the UAP campaigned on a platform of economic conservatism, accusing the Labor governments of James Scullin and Jack Lang of destroying the economy
Anti-Lang advertisement used by the UAP at the 1932 New South Wales state election