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Australian Prime Ministers

Prime Ministers of ____________________ have included some of the most influential and __________________ figures in Australian history. 

The first Prime Minster, Sir Edmund Barton was only Prime Minister for a ____________ time from 1901 to 1903. He was _____________________ by Alfred Deakin who was Prime Minister three times. Another early Prime Minister, Andrew Fisher, was also Prime Minister ____________ times between 1908 and 1915.

Some Prime Ministers have only held the _________________ for a very short time. They were know as caretaker Prime Ministers _________________ they were only looking after the position until a new Prime Minister could be __________________. John McEwen became _________________ Prime Minister in 1967 after the Prime Minister Harold Holt disappeared while __________________ in rough surf at Portsea near Melbourne.

Sir Robert Menzies is the longest ________________ Australian Prime Minister. He held the position from 1949 to 1966 a ________________ of 16 years. The current Prime Minister, John ________________ is the second __________________ serving Prime Minister having been elected in 1996.