Kevin Michael Rudd 2007 - Present

The Hon Kevin Rudd, elected September 2007.

The Prime Minister is the head of government and leader of the executive government. He or she leads the party or parties that command majority support in the House of Representatives. The Prime Minister is the chief adviser to the Governor-General.

Since The Australiana Fund was established many items of Australiana acquired by the Fund have been placed in the residences of the Prime Minister and Governor-General.

"[The four Official Residences] are more than just homes for the Prime Minister and Governor-General of the day. They provide the back drop for events of national and international significance as well as being showcases of Australian artistic and historical achievement for the many thousands of visitors to see and enjoy. Since its establishment in 1978, The Australiana Fund has not only raised the necessary funds to support its activities, but has located close to 200 items to fulfil the practical and decorative needs of these important historic establishments."

Hazel Hawke in an excerpt from The Australiana Fund Collection 1988

The Fund collects items of Australian significance and also memorabilia related to Australian politics and to Prime Ministers. Collecting items which relate to previous Prime Ministers is one of the Fund's current priorities. For example, the Terracotta bust of Australia's first Prime Minister, Edmund Barton, by Nelson Illingworth c.1901 is part of the collection.

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John Winston Howard 1996 - 2007

Paul John Keating 1991 - 1996

Robert James Hawke 1983 - 1991

John Malcolm Fraser 1975 - 1983

Edward Gough Whitlam 1972 - 1975

William McMahon 1971 - 1972

John Grey Gorton 1968 - 1971

John McEwen 1967 - 1968

Harold Holt 1966 - 1967

Robert Gordon Menzies 1949 - 1966

Joseph Benedict Chifley 1945 - 1949

Francis Michael Forde 1945 - 1945

John Joseph Curtin 1941 - 1945

Arthur Fadden 1941 - 1941

Robert Gordon Menzies 1939 - 1941

Earle Christmas Page 1939 - 1939

Joseph Aloysius Lyons 1932 - 1939

James Henry Scullin 1929 - 1931

Stanley Melbourne Bruce 1923 - 1929

William Morris Hughes 1915 - 1923

Andrew Fisher 1914 - 1915

Joseph Cook 1913 - 1914

Andrew Fisher 1910 - 1913

Alfred Deakin 1909 - 1910

Andrew Fisher 1908 - 1909

Alfred Deakin 1905 - 1908

George Reid 1904 - 1905

John Watson 1904 - 1904

Alfred Deakin 1903 - 1904

Edmund Barton 1901 - 1903