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639:Black, David
608:
594:Collier Road
586:Mount Lawley
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560:
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530:conscription
526:J. J. Simons
510:Henry Lefroy
506:Frank Wilson
499:
491:Billy Hughes
472:
448:
444:Frank Anstey
437:
427:and then in
410:
401:40-hour week
386:
366:John Scaddan
347:
334:
333:
312:Mount Lawley
307:(1948-10-18)
263:Constituency
252:Succeeded by
245:John Hopkins
229:
204:Succeeded by
197:John Scaddan
181:
156:Succeeded by
115:
105:Succeeded by
58:
18:
1569:1948 deaths
1564:1873 births
1355:Eric Ripper
1350:Jim McGinty
1320:David Evans
1310:David Evans
1295:Herb Graham
1290:John Tonkin
1264:Eric Ripper
1249:Jim McGinty
1229:Brian Burke
1214:John Tonkin
1184:Thomas Bath
829:(3): 58–70.
796:25 November
522:John Curtin
502:nationalist
440:Labor Party
421:gold mining
343:Labor Party
240:Preceded by
192:Preceded by
169:Labor Party
146:Preceded by
131:Edward VIII
93:Preceded by
1558:Categories
1451:McGowan II
1374:Ministries
1360:Roger Cook
1335:Ian Taylor
1300:Don Taylor
1274:Roger Cook
1244:Ian Taylor
1224:Ron Davies
1209:Bert Hawke
1204:Frank Wise
878:1933–1936
851:1924–1930
664:0730738140
632:References
551:referendum
407:Early life
397:basic wage
288:1873-04-21
1446:McGowan I
1441:Carpenter
1396:Collier 2
1391:Collier 1
1325:Mal Bryce
1315:Mal Bryce
1089:Carpenter
999:Colebatch
939:Throssell
707:cite book
577:in 1933.
555:secession
433:Northcote
417:Melbourne
413:Woodstock
295:Woodstock
230:In office
182:In office
116:In office
59:In office
49:14th
1492:Lawrence
1477:Jamieson
1431:Lawrence
1401:Willcock
1079:R. Court
1074:Lawrence
1059:O'Connor
1054:C. Court
1024:Willcock
1014:Mitchell
1004:Mitchell
787:Archived
675:(1956).
645:(2001).
477:for the
350:Victoria
137:Governor
128:George V
125:Monarchs
78:Governor
72:George V
1517:McGowan
1502:McGinty
1426:Dowding
1386:Scaddan
1381:Daglish
1162:Leaders
1099:McGowan
1094:Barnett
1069:Dowding
1034:McLarty
1019:Collier
1009:Collier
984:Scaddan
964:Daglish
949:Morgans
934:Forrest
534:censors
487:Scaddan
455:Boulder
382:in 1933
267:Boulder
68:Monarch
1512:Ripper
1507:Gallop
1497:Taylor
1482:Davies
1472:Tonkin
1436:Gallop
1416:Tonkin
1084:Gallop
1049:Tonkin
994:Lefroy
989:Wilson
979:Wilson
745:15 May
695:
661:
399:and a
1487:Burke
1421:Burke
1411:Hawke
1064:Burke
1044:Brand
1039:Hawke
974:Moore
969:Rason
959:James
954:Leake
944:Leake
790:(PDF)
779:(PDF)
600:Notes
415:near
323:Labor
1543:2023
1538:1990
1533:1981
1456:Cook
1406:Wise
1104:Cook
1029:Wise
798:2021
747:2024
713:link
693:ISBN
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282:Born
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