Tuggeranong Suburbs - FADDEN
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Number 3 in the Tuggeranong Suburbs series.....
The suburb of Fadden is named after Sir Arthur Fadden, Prime Minister of Australia, briefly, in 1941.
It was gazetted on 5 August 1975. Streets are named after Queensland Politicians.
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Sir Arthur William Fadden, GCMG (13 April 1894 – 21 April 1973) was an Australian politician and, briefly, 13th Prime Minister of Australia.
Fadden was born in Ingham, Queensland. He was educated at state schools, and later studied accountancy. Once he had qualified he became assistant Town Clerk of Mackay, then Town Clerk.
In 1919 Fadden helped form the North Queensland Rugby League, and served as its founding secretary. In the 1920s he established a successful accountancy firm with offices in Brisbane and Townsville. He was active in the Country Party from its foundation.
In 1932 Fadden was elected to the Queensland Legislative Assembly, but was defeated in 1935. The following year, though, he won a by-election in the federal seat of Darling Downs. He was a blunt, effective debater and soon made an impression.
When Archie Cameron resigned suddenly as Country Party leader in 1940, there was a deadlock between Sir Earle Page and Sir John McEwen in the ballot to select a new leader, and Fadden was chosen as a compromise candidate.
He was appointed Minister for Supply and Development, then Minister for Air, then Treasurer.
In August 1941 Robert Menzies resigned as Prime Minister. So bereft of leadership had the United Australia Party (UAP) become by this time that Fadden was invited to become Prime Minister, although the Country Party was the smaller of the two anti-Labor parties.
He did not last long in the top office. On 3 October, the two independent parliamentarians (Arthur Coles and Alex Wilson) who were keeping the government in office were so disgusted at the way Menzies had been treated that they voted against Fadden's budget. As a consequence of that, Fadden submitted his government's resignation to the Governor-General Lord Gowrie later the same day.
This was the last occasion to date on which defeat on the floor of the House of Representatives obliged a government to resign.
Fadden joked that he was like the Flood: he had "reigned for 40 days and 40 nights".
Fadden continued as Opposition Leader, leading them to a crushing defeat in the 1943 election. He then handed the Opposition leadership back to Menzies and his new Liberal Party, while remaining Country Party leader.
Always an outspoken conservative, in the late 1940s he became a strong anti-communist, urging Menzies to ban the Communist Party. After the 1946 election, Fadden resumed his political partnership with Robert Menzies, though still keen to assert the independence of his party. Indeed, in the lead up to the 1949 federal election, Fadden played a key role in the defeat of the Chifley Labor government, frequently making inflammatory claims about the "socialist" nature of the Labor Party which Menzies could then "clarify" or repudiate as he saw fit, thus appearing more "moderate".
His often-extreme political views were concealed behind a jolly public manner and he enjoyed his nickname "Artie."
In 1949 Arthur Fadden became Treasurer in the second Menzies government. Although inflation was very high in the early 1950s, forcing him to impose several "horror budgets," he generally presided over a booming economy, with times especially good for farmers.
Fadden retired before the 1958 election and lived quietly until his death in Brisbane in 1973.
Fadden was made a Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George (KCMG) in 1951, and in 1958 was raised to Knight Grand Cross (GCMG) of the order.
The Federal Division of Fadden is also named after him.
In 1975 he was honoured on a postage stamp bearing his portrait issued by Australia Post.
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A single off set multi-cache.
At the posted co-ords, find a sign with a 6 digit phone number. AB CD EF
GZ is located, up the hill a little, at
S 35 23. E (A+B+C) (E-F)
E 149 06 (B+C) E (D+A)
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*******FTF - norkmeister*******
Additional Hints
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