Australian Prime Ministers – Colouring-In for Kids

Bring Australian history to life with this fun, low-prep colouring set focused on Australia’s Prime Ministers. Kids can colour portrait outlines, read the labels (e.g., “Third Prime Minister,” “Fifth Prime Minister,” and named figures like “Andrew Fisher”), and build a sense of historical order while practising fine-motor skills.

What’s Inside

• Black-and-white portrait outlines ready to colour

• Clear labels for the position in the sequence (e.g., “Third Prime Minister,” “Fifth Prime Minister”)

• Named examples (e.g., Andrew Fisher) to anchor discussion and quick research

• Clean layout suitable for classroom display boards or portfolios

Why Teachers & Parents Love It

• Engaging entry point to civics/history: Colouring keeps hands busy while you introduce who a Prime Minister is and why leaders change over time.

• Sequence & timeline thinking: The ordinal labels (“Third…”, “Fifth…”) naturally prompt talk about order and eras.

• Flexible use: Works as a fast finisher, a bulletin-board project, or a launchpad for short research tasks.

• Print once, use often: Reusable across grades and for national celebration days or history weeks.

How to Use It

1. Print the pages on standard A4.

2. Intro chat (2–3 min): Ask, “What does a Prime Minister do?” and “Why might we have had more than one?”

3. Colour & label: Students colour neatly, then read the page labels aloud (e.g., “Third Prime Minister,” “Andrew Fisher”).

4. Add a fact bubble: Invite learners to add one researched fact (party, years served, or a major event from that era).

5. Create a wall timeline: Arrange finished pages in order to visualise leadership changes across time.

6. Reflect: Pair-share one new thing learned about Australia’s leaders.

Tips & Extensions

• Fast finishers: Encourage shading techniques or limited colour palettes to make poster-worthy portraits.

• Vocabulary boost: Collect words like Prime Minister, Parliament, election, term, cabinet on a mini word wall.

• Mini research: Assign a quick “who/when/why notable?” card for each featured leader and place it under the coloured page.

• Home link: Send a page home and ask students to explain who they coloured and where that PM fits in the sequence.

Ready to go? Use the download button on this page to get the printable and start colouring history today!