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1. simons+94[view] [source] 2022-09-08 17:48:59
>>xd+(OP)
Winston Churchill (1951–55)

Anthony Eden (1955–57)

Harold Macmillan (1957–63)

Alec Douglas-Home (1963–64)

Harold Wilson (1964–70)

Edward Heath (1970–74)

Harold Wilson (1974–76)

James Callaghan (1976–79)

Margaret Thatcher (1979–90)

John Major (1990–97)

Tony Blair (1997–07)

Gordon Brown (2007–10)

David Cameron (2010–16)

Theresa May (2016–19)

Boris Johnson (2019–22)

Liz Truss (2022 (two days ago) - current)

Quite the reign! Can't help but feel a bit sad really.

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2. ddlath+W6[view] [source] 2022-09-08 17:57:48
>>simons+94
Indeed she reigned for about 30% of U.S. history.

(credit for observation goes to Matt Glassman)

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3. logicc+pA[view] [source] 2022-09-08 19:50:24
>>ddlath+W6
And she was queen of Australia for over 57% of its history.
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4. markdo+Zk1[view] [source] 2022-09-09 00:42:54
>>logicc+pA
Ahh, yes, because Australia began with the whitefella.
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5. denkmo+Mm1[view] [source] 2022-09-09 01:06:55
>>markdo+Zk1
Approximately zero of the indigenous population present prior to settlement by Europeans would have identified as being Australian, or of being born in Australia, or anything like that.

Definitively, yes, Australia "began" with European settlement of the continent.

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