James Scullin - Sarah Scullin

Sarah Scullin

On 11 November 1907, in Ballarat, Victoria, he married Sarah Maria McNamara (1880–1962). The marriage was childless.

While no specific record of Sarah Scullin’s work as prime ministerial wife is available, a trace of her official, ceremonial and social duties can be gleaned from newspaper accounts of Scullin’s daily appointments. For instance, a three-day visit to Sydney soon after taking office involved Sarah Scullin’s participation in a wreath-laying ceremony at the Cenotaph, the silver jubilee banquet of the Labor women’s organising committee at Trades Hall in Sussex Street, and a lunch hosted by the New South Wales Institute of Journalists.