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8 figures

Portrait of Edmund Barton

Edmund Barton

Australia · 1849–1920

First Prime Minister of Australia

Photograph of Ned Kelly from 1880

Ned Kelly

Australia · 1854–1880

Bushranger

The Eddie Mabo Monument in Townsville, Queensland, Australia

Eddie Mabo

Australia · 1936–1992

Land rights activist

Photograph of Don Bradman

Don Bradman

Australia · 1908–2001

Cricketer

Photograph of John Curtin

John Curtin

Australia · 1885–1945

Prime Minister of Australia

Portrait of Robert Menzies

Robert Menzies

Australia · 1894–1978

Prime Minister of Australia

Photograph of Gough Whitlam

Gough Whitlam

Australia · 1916–2014

Prime Minister of Australia

Official portrait of Julia Gillard

Julia Gillard

Australia · born 1961

Prime Minister of Australia