Billy Hughes
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William Morris Hughes was an Australian politician who served as the seventh prime minister of Australia from 1915 to 1923. He led the nation during World War I, and his influence on national politics
Hughes in 1919
An unbreeched Hughes at about the age of four
Hughes in his Royal Fusiliers uniform, c. 1880
Hughes in 1895 (age 33)
Andrew Fisher
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Andrew Fisher was an Australian politician and trade unionist who served as the fifth prime minister of Australia from 1908 to 1909, 1910 to 1913 and 1914 to 1915. He held office as the leader of the
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…to the bar in 1903. He first entered cabinet in 1904, in the short-lived Watson government, and was later the attorney-general of Australia in each of Andrew Fisher's governments. He was elected deputy leader of the Australian Labor Party in 1914. Hughes became prime minister in October 1915, when Fisher retired…
Fisher in 1912
Memorial cairn in Crosshouse, Fisher's birthplace in rural Scotland
Fisher as a young man in Queensland
Fisher as a Queensland MP, c. 1899