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Edmund Barton - The first Prime Minister of Australia was sworn in on January 1, 1901, until 1903 when he resigned to become one of the first judges in Australia's High Court.

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Alfred Deakin -

The second Prime Minister of Australia was Deakin. He was also served in office two more times during 1903-1904, 1905-1908, and 1909-1910.

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Chris Watson - The third Prime Minister of Australia was also the first Labor PM. Watson only held office for four months in 1904 but shaped legislation in the first decade of Australian politics.

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George Reid - During 1904-1905, George Reid was the Prime Minister for less than a year and in that time passed the Commonwealth Conciliation and Arbitration Act.

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Andrew Fisher - The sixth Prime Minister, took on the role three times, like Deakin, during 1908-1909, 1910-1913 and 1914-1915.

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Joseph Cook - During 1913-1914, Joseph Cook was the Prime Minister of Australia. After his time in politics, Cook became Australia’s third High Commissioner in London in 1921.

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William Morris Hughes - The eleventh Prime Minister was also known as Billy Hughes. He took office during 1915-1923 and was the longest-serving PM until 1957.

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Stanley Melbourne Bruce - At age 40 Bruce took office during 1923-1929, and became the second youngest PM of Australia.

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James Scullin - In the first week of Scullin taking office in 1929, the New York Stock Exchange had crashed and so began the start of the Great Depression.

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Joseph Lyons (left) - Serving between 1932 and 1939, Lyons was the first Prime Minister to pass away during his term in office.

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Earle Page - As Deputy Prime Minister, Page took office in 1939 for 20 days after Lyons passed away.

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Robert Menzies - The longest-serving Australian Prime Minister was Menzies, having served during 1939-1941, and later during 1949-1966.

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Arthur Fadden - In 1941, Fadden became Prime Minister for forty days but totalled two years over the span of the coalition government of the time.

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John Curtin - Widely regarded as one of the greatest Prime Ministers, according to NAA, Curtin made strong decisions during WWII as PM. However, died in office six weeks before the war ended.

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Francis Forde -

After Curtin's death, Forde served as the Prime Minister in 1945 for only eight days.

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Ben Chifley - From the years 1945-49, Chifley served as the sixteenth Prime Minister of Australia.

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Harold Holt - The seventeenth PM during 1966-67, went missing after he went swimming at Portsea, VIC. He was presumed dead, and this led to a conspiracy that he was a secret agent.

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John McEwan - After Holt's disappearance, McEwan became the Prime Minister for less than a month in 1967. 

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John Gorton - Gorton was Prime Minister from 1968 to 1971 when he declared himself out of office.

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William McMahon - Before becoming Prime Minister in 1971, McMahon was Minister for External Affairs.

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Gough Whitlam - In 1972, Whitlam became the Prime Minister of Australia, only to have the Governor-General dismiss his government on November 11, 1975.

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Malcolm Fraser - As caretaker until the next election, Fraser won with his coalition government and was in office between 1975 and 1983.

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Robert Hawke - Hawke was the longest-serving Labour Prime Minister, having served for eight years during 1983-1991.

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Paul Keating - While in office during 1991-1996, Keating was best known for his influence on Australia's financial system and economy.

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John Howard - The 25th Prime Minister also was the second longest-serving Prime Minister after Menzies, except he held a straight run from 1996 to 2007.

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Kevin Rudd - Rudd became Prime Minister in 2007, but in 2010 was removed by his own party as leader. In 2013, he spent 11 weeks as PM but then lost the election and resigned from parliament.

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Julia Gillard - The Labor Party voted in Julia Gillard over Rudd in 2010, and she became the first female Prime Minister of Australia. In 2013, Rudd was voted back into office.

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Tony Abbott - In 2013, Abbott became the 28th Prime Minister of Australia before being voted out by his own party and replaced with Malcolm Turnball in 2015.

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Malcolm Turnbull - From 2015 to 2018, Turnball has been Australia's Prime Minister. However, with the recent leadership spill, Peter Dutton, Julia Bishop and Scott Morrisson made a play for the top job. 

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Scott Morrison - On August 24, 2018, Morrison was sworn into office as Australia's 30th Prime Minister. 

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