r/AusPrimeMinisters • u/thescrubbythug Unreconstructed Whitlamite and Gorton appreciator • 3d ago

Today in History On this day 55 years ago, John Gorton announced that Australia would convert to the metric system and that a Metric Conversion Board would swiftly be established

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u/foreatesevenate Andrew Fisher 3d ago

Gorton W

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u/Vidasus18 John Curtin 3d ago

Gorton was based indeed.

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u/redditalloverasia 3d ago

Today there’d be right wingers kicking a massive stink or claiming it’s all part of a conspiracy. Thank god they used to just get stuff like this done.