Bob Hawke: guide to archives of Australia’s prime ministers

Bob Hawke preparing to speak to farmers demonstrating outside Parliament House, Canberra, 1985.
This guide can assist researchers in finding records relating to both Bob and Hazel Hawke.
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Bob Hawke was Australia's 23rd Prime Minister, from 11 March 1983 to 20 December 1991.

With 8 years in office, he was the longest-serving Labor prime minister.

He established consensus with unions and business to stabilise wage growth, improve the ability of business to compete in global markets and to deregulate the Australian economy and promote growth.