Sarah Scullin

The Right Honourable
Sarah Scullin
Spouse of the Prime Minister of Australia
In office
22 October 1929  6 January 1932
Preceded by Viscountess Bruce
Succeeded by Dame Enid Lyons
Personal details
Born 1880
Ballarat, Victoria,
British Empire
Died 31 May 1962 (aged 82-83)
Melbourne, Victoria,
Australia
Spouse(s) James Scullin
Religion Roman Catholicism

Sarah Scullin (née McNamara; 1880 - 31 May 1962) was the wife of James Scullin, Prime Minister of Australia.

She was born in Ballarat, Victoria.[1] While her husband was Prime Minister they lived not in The Lodge but in Hotel Canberra, because he saw it as a wasteful extravagance.[2]

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