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Includes Australian Prime Ministers & all Government related issues (State & Federal) Government

1927 Opening of New Parliament House, Canberra
1½d Red, First Parliament House, Canberra

1929 Centenary of Western Australia
1½d Red, Swan

1934 Centenary of Victoria
2d Red, Aboriginal on the Yarra River;
3d Blue, Aboriginal on the Yarra River;
1/- Black, Aboriginal on the Yarra River

1936 Centenary of the Founding of the Settlement of South Australia & the City of Adelaide
2d Red, Proclamation Tree, (old gum tree) at Glenelg, Adelaide;
3d Blue, Proclamation Tree, (old gum tree) at Glenelg, Adelaide;
1/- Green, Proclamation Tree, (old gum tree) at Glenelg, Adelaide
 
1937 150th Anniversary of Founding of Australia, Sydney, New South Wales & Sesquicentenary of Commonwealth of Australia
2d Red, Captain Phillip & Officers, Sydney Cove, 1788;
3d Blue, Captain Phillip & Officers, Sydney Cove, 1788;
9d Purple, Captain Phillip & Officers, Sydney Cove, 1788

1949 King George VI Definitives New High Values (issue 1)
5/- Red, Arms of the Commonwealth of Australia
(design shows an Emu & a Kangaroo);
10/- Purple, Arms of the Commonwealth of Australia (design shows an Emu & a Kangaroo);
£1 Blue, Arms of the Commonwealth of Australia (design shows an Emu & a Kangaroo)

1949
Lord Forrest of Bunbury
2½d Red, Lord Forrest, first Premier of Western Australia

1950 King George VI Definitives New High Values (issue 2)
£2 Green ,Arms of the Commonwealth of Australia, (design shows an Emu & a Kangaroo)

1950 Centenary Issue of Postage Stamps in Australia
2½d Maroon/Red, Sydney Views;
2½d Maroon/Red, Half Length Queen Victoria

1951 Centenaries of the Discovery of Gold in Australia & of Responsible Government in Victoria
3d Red, Charles La Trobe (1st Lieutenant-Governor of Victoria)

1953 150th Anniversary of Settlement in Tasmania
3½d Brown, Lieutenant-Governor Collins;
3½d Brown, Lieutenant-Governor Paterson;
2/- Green, Sullivan Cove, Tasmania, 1804


1953 Centenary of First Tasmanian Postage Stamp
3d Red, Reproduction of 1853 stamp

1954 Centenary of the First Western Australian Postage Stamp
3½d Black Swan

1955 Centenary of the First South Australian Postage Stamp
3½d Green,Queen Victoria

1956 Centenary of Responsible Government in New South Wales, Victoria & Tasmania
3½d Red, State Badges for both Queen's Victoria & Elizabeth II

1956 XVI Olympic Games, Melbourne
4d Red, Melbourne Coat of Arms & Olympic Rings;
1s or 1/- Multi-colour, Collins Street, Melbourne;
2s or 2/- Multi-colour, Banks of the Yarra River, Melbourne


1957 Centenary of Responsible Government in South Australia
4d Red/Brown, South Australian Coat of Arms

1958 Commonwealth Jubilee - 50 years since Federation
3d Red, Sir Edmund (1st Prime Minister of Australia)

1959 Centenary of Self Government in Queensland
4d Green & Lilac, Queensland Government House

1962 VII British Empire & Commonwealth Games
2/3 Multi-colour, Perth Coat of Arms & Running Track

1963 50th Anniversary of Canberra
5d Green Sir Walter Burley Griffin & Canberra Coat of Arms

1970 16th Commonwealth Parliamentary Association Conference, Canberra
6c Rising Flame

1974 150th Anniversary of Proclamation of the Charter of Justice in New South Wales & Van Dieman's Land (Tasmania)
7c Judge at Bench

1974 Education
5c Pre-school Education;
11c Correspondence Schools;
15c Science Education;
60c Adnaced Education

1975 Achievement of Independence by Papua New Guinea
18c Spirit House;
25c Stylised Bird

1976 75th Anniversary iof Nationhood
18c Australian Coat of Arms

1976 50th Anniversary of the CSIRO (Commonwealth Scientific & Industrial Research Organisation)
18c Measuring Stick, Graph & Computer Tape

1977 50th Anniversary of the Opening of Parliament House, Canberra
18c Parliament House, Canberra

1978 Establishment of the Northern Territory Government
18c Sturt's Desert Rose & Map Showing the Northern Territory

1981 Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting, Melbourne (CHOGM)
24c Gold Symbolic Design;
60c Sliver Symbolic Design
 
1983 Commonwealth Day
27c Equality & Dignity;
27c Social Justice & Co-operation;
27c Liberty & Freedom;
75c Peace & Harmony


Prime Ministers
1951 Commonwealth Jubilee - 50 Years Since Federation
3d Red, Sir Edmund Barton (1st Prime Minister of Australia)

1969 Australian Prime Ministers (issue 1)
5c Sir Edmund Barton;
5c Alfred Deakin;
5c John Christian (Chris) Watson;
5c Sir George Reid
 
1972 Australian Prime Ministers (issue 2)
7c Andrew Fisher;
7c Sir Joseph Cook;
7c William Morris (Billy) Hughes;
7c Stanley Melbourne Bruce (Viscount Bruce)
 
1975 Australian Prime Ministers (issue 3)
10c James Henry Scullin;
10c Joseph Aloysius (Joe) Lyons;
10c Earle Christmas Grafton Page;
10c Arthur William Fadden;
10c John Curtin;
10c Joseph Benedict (Ben) Chiefly

1975 Division of the Post Master Generals Department (the P.M.G.) 
into Two Separate Commissions- Australia Post & Telecom Australia
10c Australia Post;
10c Telecom Australia