The family was serious about education; after dinner, Fred was known to issue volumes of the Encyclopaedia Britannica to — Mungo MacCallum, The Good, the Bad & the Unlikely, Australia's Prime Ministers
The family was serious about education; after dinner, Fred was known to issue volumes of the Encyclopaedia Britannica to — Mungo MacCallum, The Good, the Bad & the Unlikely, Australia's Prime Ministers
The family was serious about education; after dinner, Fred was known to issue volumes of the Encyclopaedia Britannica to — Mungo MacCallum, The Good, the Bad & the Unlikely, Australia's Prime Ministers
The family was serious about education; after dinner, Fred was known to issue volumes of the Encyclopaedia Britannica to — Mungo MacCallum, The Good, the Bad & the Unlikely, Australia's Prime Ministers
The family was serious about education; after dinner, Fred was known to issue volumes of the Encyclopaedia Britannica to — Mungo MacCallum, The Good, the Bad & the Unlikely, Australia's Prime Ministers
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The family was serious about education; after dinner, Fred was known to issue volumes of the Encyclopaedia Britannica to his children and guests for a little light reading.

— Mungo MacCallum, The Good, the Bad & the Unlikely, Australia's Prime Ministers
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