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Tasmania – Stanley – Joseph Lyons
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Tasmania – Stanley – Joseph Lyons

Joseph Lyons never looked like power — but in the hardest years Australia had known, he led with steadiness and care. This story traces his journey from a poor Tasmanian childhood to Prime Minister during the Great Depression, and asks what quiet leadership looks like when a nation is afraid.

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