Bob Hawke Siblings: Get to Know Neil Hawke
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Robert James Lee Hawke, universally known as Bob Hawke, was an Australian trade union leader and politician who served as the 23rd Prime Minister of Australia from 11 March 1983 to 20 December 1991.
Born on 9 December 1929 in Bordertown, South Australia, he was the younger son of Arthur Clarence “Clem” Hawke, a Congregationalist minister, and Edith Emily “Ellie” Lee, a schoolteacher, both of Cornish ancestry.
After the death of his older brother the family moved to Perth, Western Australia, where Hawke was educated at Perth Modern School and the University of Western Australia, graduating in arts and law.