Frank Walsh
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Francis Henry Walsh was an Australian politician who was the 34th Premier of South Australia from 1965 to 1967, representing the South Australian Branch of the Australian Labor Party.
Walsh in 1963
Thomas Playford IV
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Sir Thomas Playford was an Australian politician from the state of South Australia. He served as Premier of South Australia and leader of the Liberal and Country League from 5 November 1938 to 10 Marc
Frank Walsh
…as his deputy when it became clear no one else wanted the job. Labor had by then been in opposition in South Australia since 1933. The LCL, led by Sir Thomas Playford, ruled South Australia through a time of strong economic development and held power thanks to an electoral malapportionment known as the Playmander…
Playford c. 1938
Playford's forebears had lived in the town of Norton Summit for generations. Pictured here are market gardens on the hills near the town.
Playford in 1915, as a lieutenant in the 27th Battalion of the Australian Imperial Force.
Richard Layton Butler, first LCL Premier of South Australia and Playford's predecessor