Thomas Playford II
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Thomas Playford was an Australian politician who served two terms as Premier of South Australia. He subsequently entered federal politics, serving as a Senator for South Australia from 1901 to 1906 an
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Playford, c. 1901
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Charles Kingston
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Charles Cameron Kingston was an Australian politician. From 1893 to 1899 he was Premier of South Australia, leading a coalition of Radicals supported by the Labor Party.
Thomas Playford II
…would again last for two years. He received kudos for significantly reducing the colony's debt, although he spent much of this second term in India. Charles Kingston brought together the various 'liberal' groups and was able to defeat the conservative John Downer government at the 1893 election with Labor support…
Charles Kingston
Members of the South Adelaide Football Club, premiers 1885; Kingston is standing in the back row, far right, wearing a top hat.
Kingston circa 1900
Kingston (standing, second from right) as a member of the first federal Cabinet, January 1901