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Carmen Lawrence

Australian politician
Also known as: Carmen Mary Lawrence
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A.R.G. Griffiths
Associate Professor of History, Flinders University of South Australia. Author of Contemporary Australia and Beautiful Lies.
A.R.G. Griffiths
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Carmen Lawrence (born March 2, 1948, Northam, Western Australia, Australia) is an Australian politician who rose to prominence as premier of Western Australia (1990–93) and served in the cabinet of Prime Minister Paul Keating. Lawrence was born to a wheat-farming family. She studied psychology at the University of Western Australia, graduating in 1968. She subsequently taught at several schools, and in 1983 she earned a Ph.D. at her alma mater. In 1986 she was elected...

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