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"For this job a man really needs three things, or some of them anyhow; a hide like a rhinoceros, an overpowering ambition, and a mighty good conceit of himself."

Stanley Melbourne Bruce, Prime Minister 1923-29

Six prime ministers The Advisory War Council in 1940. Five of the men surrounding Prime Minister Robert Gordon Menzies (1939-41, 1949-66) once also held the title of prime minister. They are (third from left) Francis Forde (1945); (fourth from left) John Curtin (1941-45); (fourth from right) William Morris Hughes (1915-23); (second from right) Arthur Fadden (1941); and (right) Harold Holt (1966-67). Old Parliament House Collection