James Scullin

James Henry Scullin (September 18, 1876 - January 28, 1953), Australian politician and ninth Prime Minister of Australia, was born in the small town of Trawalla, in western Victoria, the son of a railway worker of Irish Catholic descent. He was educated at state primary schools and worked as a journalist while studying privately. He joined the Labor Party in 1903 and became editor of a Labor newspaper in Ballarat, the Evening Echo.

See also

• Scullin Ministry