Think of a deilcious Aussie dessert.

Spot on Rick.  Off you go.

Anna Pavlovna (Matveyevna) Pavlova (Russian: () ; February 12 [O.S. January 31] 1881 January 23, 1931) was a Russian prima ballerina of the late 19th and the early 20th centuries. She was a principal artist of the Imperial Russian Ballet and the Ballets Russes of Sergei Diaghilev. Pavlova is most recognized for her creation of the role of The Dying Swan and, with her own company, became the first ballerina to tour around the world. She toured South America, India and Australia.^[

Sorry for the delay. I cant post pictures from my workplace

Who is this bloke?

G'day Rich. Him I know (I hope). Frank Forde. Australia's shortest serving Prime Minister.

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Thats him Ballast2

Francis Michael Forde (18 July 1890  28 January 1983) was an Australian politician who served as Prime Minister of Australia from 6 to 13 July 1945. He held office after the death of John Curtin, and is the shortest-serving prime minister in Australia's history.

Forde was born in Mitchell, Queensland, to Irish immigrant parents. He eventually settled in Rockhampton, and was a schoolteacher and telegraphist before entering politics. Having joined the Labor Party at a young age, Forde was elected to the Queensland Legislative Assembly in 1917, aged 26. He transferred to the House of Representatives at the 1922 federal election, winning the Division of Capricornia. Forde was an assistant minister and minister in the Scullin Government from 1929 to 1932, and was largely responsible for the government's tariff policy. He entered cabinet in 1931 as Minister for Trade and Customs.

After Labor's landslide defeat at the 1931 election, Forde was elected deputy leader in place of Ted Theodore. After Scullin's retirement in 1935, he was expected to become party leader but lost to John Curtin by one vote. He returned to cabinet in 1941 as Minister for the Army in the Curtin Government, and as the de facto deputy prime minister was one of the government's most prominent figures. When John Curtin died in office in 1945, Forde was appointed prime minister to serve while the Labor Party elected a new leader. He contested the leadership ballot against Ben Chifley and Norman Makin, but Chifley emerged victorious.

Forde continued on as deputy leader and army minister in the Chifley Government, but lost his seat at the 1946 election. He then served as High Commissioner to Canada from 1947 to 1953. Forde attempted to re-enter federal parliament in 1954, but was unsuccessful. He won a state by-election in Queensland the following year the only former prime minister to enter state parliament but served only a single term before again being defeated. Forde died at the age of 92, and was accorded a state funeral; Gough Whitlam is the only prime minister to have lived to a greater age.

over to you Ballast2

Thanks Rick. Sorry for the name change. Must look at posts more closely before posting. Ok all who is this?

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Anyone out there. He served as a cabinet minister in Australia's First Federal Parliament.
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 Well then, the internet tells me the first cabinet ministers https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barton_Ministry . Looks like your guy is Sir John Forrest

G'day Rick. That's him. Who do you have for us?

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I'm having picture posting problems. Someone else have a go. Meanwhile I'll read up on Forrest http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/forrest-sir-john-6211

OK, to save the game from stagnating, try this one:

Gone very quiet !! OK I'll give an early clue. His Family name is Smith !!

G'day BG. I know he is not Dick. Would he be Wilber?

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He would be a Wilbur Jack. Over to you:

Thanks BG. Ok all who is this?

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Sorry I have been occupied with other things and haven't been in for a while. I think I will need a clue with this one

Ernest Hemingway ?

G'day Sheba. That's him. Who do you have for us?

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Ernest Miller Hemingway was an American journalist, novelist, short-story writer, and sportsman. His economical and understated stylewhich he termed the iceberg theoryhad a strong influence on 20th-century fiction, while his adventurous lifestyle and his public image brought him admiration from later generations

Thanks Jack.  Who is this lady ?

Hi Sheba you posted a link that said "Image results for yvonne de carlo" Maybe post another pic

Thanks Sandy.  Thought I had fixed that problem.  Try this one instead.  If the same thing happens, please post yourself, as I'll have to opt out 'till I fix the problem.

All good. I would guess an actor

Some-one else please post.  Thanks.

Ok all. I'll have a go. Keeping in line with my run of firsts, Who is this?

cheers.

Can't open it Jack.