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The Canberra Times
The Canberra Times
Sally Pryor

Do you know how your suburb got its name?

He may have been prime minister for just eight days, but Francis Forde still gets a special plaque in the Canberra suburb named after him.

Same goes for Arthur Fadden - famously lasting 40 days and 40 nights in office - and Earle Page, who was just 20 days in the top job.

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