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Yes, Prime Minister! Multi-Cache

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Fergzter: Time to go old for this old cache. Thanks to all 298 geocachers who found it.

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Hidden : 2/17/2013
Difficulty:
2 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   small (small)

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Geocache Description:

Welcome to the Prime Ministers Avenue in the Ballarat Botanic Gardens

This area is a significant place for Ballarat and Australia as it holds a collection of bronze busts of each serving Australian Prime Minister. The original busts were donated by Richard Crouch in 1940. Since then each serving prime minister has had their busts added to this avenue. The artisits who created these scupltures include Wallace Anderson, Ken Palmer, Victor Greenhalgh and Peter Nicolson. 

Bob Hawke: Courtesy of Wikipedia

To solve this cache you are going to have to find some prime ministers and answer some questions about them. 

The Coordinates will read:
S37 32.ABC
E143 49.DEF

A: Paul Keating - How many years did he serve as prime minister plus four?
B: Harold Holt - How many letters in his middle name minus six?
C: James Scullin - How many letters in the town he was born in?

D: Edmund Barton - The last number in the first year of his term in office plus 1?
E: Francis Forde - First date of office minus two?
F: Robert Menzies - How many terms did Robert serve?

The GZ is located in a quiet area of the park. You do not need to leave the path or disturb any vegitation. 

Be sure to check out other awesome sculpture in this area. Its quite beautiful. 

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Ybbx sbe guerr ebpxf.

Decryption Key

A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
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N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)