Ben Chifley, Australia’s 16th prime minister (1945–49), was a remarkably modest two-bedroom, semi-detached house called “Carnwath”. Located at 10 Busby Street in Bathurst, New South Wales, the humble home – built between 1882 and 1891 – was, quite famously, a far cry from the huge rooms and manicured lawns of the official residences, The Lodge (Canberra) and Kirribilli House (Sydney). Instead, it was typical of working-class housing in Bathurst’s Milltown region, which
