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        2. James Henry Scullin was a statesman and leader of the Australian Labor Party who as prime minister guided the country through the early.
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        4. James Scullin () served as Australia's ninth Prime Minister, with a legacy forever marked by the impact of the Great Depression.
        5. James Henry Scullin was the prime minister of Australia from to He guided the country through the early years of the Great Depression.

          6. James Scullin

          Prime Minister of Australia from 1929 to 1932

          James Henry Scullin (18 September 1876 – 28 January 1953) was an Australian politician and trade unionist who served as the ninth prime minister of Australia from 1929 to 1932.

          He held office as the leader of the Australian Labor Party (ALP), having briefly served as treasurer of Australia during his time in office from 1930 to 1931. His time in office was primarily categorised by the Wall Street Crash of 1929 which transpired just two days after his swearing in, thus heralding the beginning of the Great Depression in Australia.

          Scullin remained a leading figure in the Labor movement throughout his lifetime, and was an éminence grise in various capacities for the party until his retirement from federal parliament in 1949. He was the first Catholic, as well as the first Irish-Australian, to serve as prime minister.[1]

          The son of working-class Irish-immigrants, Scullin spent much of his early life as a