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John Curtin
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Australian politician, 14th Prime Minister of Australia (1885-1945)
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John Curtin (1885–1945) was an Australian politician and head of government who served as Prime Minister of Australia and Minister for Defence. A member of the Australian Labor Party, he was born in Creswick and educated at Boston College. Curtin spoke English and practiced Presbyterianism. He also participated in Australian rules football.
Curtin worked in Canberra and was buried at Karrakatta Cemetery. He died at The Lodge. His literary output includes works such as "Friendship is a sheltering tree" and "Survival English." He is also featured in the video game Civilization VI.
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1885
- Died
- 1945
- Works
- 13
Top works
- "Friendship is a sheltering tree"
- Survival English
- Survival English
- Survival English
- Barenaked Ladies
via Open Library + Wikidata
Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 24
- Total plays
- 152
<a href="https://www.last.fm/music/John+Curtin">Read more on Last.fm</a>
Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- Generalized Gradient Approximation Made Simple
· 1996 · cited 204,183x
- Highly accurate protein structure prediction with AlphaFold
· 2021 · cited 43,461x
- Gene Ontology: tool for the unification of biology
· 2000 · cited 36,858x
- Matplotlib: A 2D Graphics Environment
· 2007 · cited 35,491x
- The MOS 36-ltem Short-Form Health Survey (SF-36)
· 1992 · cited 29,110x
via Crossref · CC0
Quotes
- “Since the outbreak of war, Australians have been asked to join the armed forces and to make heavy sacrifices in many other ways for the preservation of freedom and democracy. The response by the people of Australia has been magnificent. But the words ‘freedom’ and ‘democracy’ must be more than a slogan. They must represent real and living things in the lives of ordinary men and women.”
- “Let us hope that the war in which Australia, in common with the rest of the Empire, is engaged will elevate the conscience of our nation to new and nobler purposes.”
- “The Australian Government, therefore, regards the Pacific struggle as primarily one in which the United States and Australia must have the fullest say in the direction of the democracies' fighting plan. Without any inhibitions of any kind, I make it quite clear that Australia looks to America, free of any pangs as to our traditional links or kinship with the United Kingdom.”
- “This country shall remain forever the home of the descendants of those people who came here in peace in order to establish in the South Seas an outpost of the British race.”
via Wikiquote · CC BY-SA
Key facts
- Monarch
- George VI
- Governors general
- Lord Gowrie , The Duke of Gloucester
- Deputy
- Frank Forde
- Preceded by
- Arthur Fadden
- Succeeded by
- Frank Forde
- Prime minister
- Himself
- Born
- John Joseph Ambrose Curtin , ( 1885-01-08 ) 8 January 1885, Creswick , Colony of Victoria
- Died
- 5 July 1945 (1945-07-05) (aged 60), Canberra , Australia
- Resting place
- Karrakatta Cemetery
- Party
- Labor
- Other political affiliations
- Victorian Socialist Party
- Spouse
- Elsie Needham ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 21 April 1917</span>"}]]}'>1917 )
- Relations
- Claude Curtin (nephew)
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
Early life
Early political career Victorian Socialist Party
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “John Curtin” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.