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  1. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Gough_WhitlamGough Whitlam - Wikipedia

    Edward Gough Whitlam [a] AC QC (11 July 1916 – 21 October 2014) was the 21st prime minister of Australia, serving from December 1972 to November 1975.To date the longest-serving leader of the Australian Labor Party (ALP), he was notable for being the head of a reformist and socially progressive government that ended with his controversial dismissal by the then-governor-general of Australia ...

  2. www.naa.gov.au › gough-whitlam › timelineGough Whitlam: timeline - naa.gov.au

    Whitlam was elected as Member of Parliament for the seat of Werriwa (NSW), in a by-election. 1960 to 1969 8 Feb 1967: Labor leader. Whitlam was elected as leader of the parliamentary Labor Party following the resignation of Arthur Calwell. 1970 to 1979 5 Dec 1972: 21st Prime Minister. Labor was elected to government for the first time in 23 years.

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  4. www.greenleft.org.au › content › rememberingRemembering November 11, 1975: Pine Gap, the CIA and the coup ...

    Nov 8, 2019 · Remembering November 11, 1975: Pine Gap, the CIA and the coup to remove Whitlam. Gough Whitlam. Photo: National Film and Sound Archive of Australia. Labor leader Gough Whitlam rode to power in 1972 on a wave of widespread progressive sentiment and mass protests. His election ushered in a new political era in Australia, particularly in terms of ...

  5. www.britannica.com › biography › Gough-WhitlamGough Whitlam | Labor leader, reformer, visionary | Britannica

    Sep 25, 2024 · Gough Whitlam (born July 11, 1916, Kew, Victoria, Australia—died October 21, 2014, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia) was an Australian politician and lawyer who introduced a number of policy measures and social reforms as prime minister of Australia (1972–75), but his troubled administration was cut short when he was dismissed by the ...

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  6. www.nma.gov.au › prime-ministers › gough-whitlamGough Whitlam - National Museum of Australia

    Edward Gough Whitlam (commonly known by his middle name, Gough) was born in Kew, Melbourne, on 11 July 1916. He was the first of two children of Harry FE Whitlam and Martha Maddocks. Harry joined the Commonwealth Public Service in Melbourne, and rose to become the Commonwealth Crown Solicitor. The family moved to Sydney in 1918 and to Canberra ...

  7. theconversation.com › 50-years-ago-today-gough50 years ago today, Gough Whitlam was elected. There are some ...

    Dec 1, 2022 · On December 2 1972, after 23 years in opposition, Gough Whitlam led the Labor party back to government. What followed was three tumultuous years of crisis and transformation, after which Australia ...

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  9. theconversation.com › gough-whitlam-a-man-for-hisGough Whitlam: a man for his times whose mark is on our times

    Oct 20, 2014 · Whitlam was charismatic, a symbol and builder of what was modern Labor, a party reaching out to middle-class supporters. In the late 1960s, as he began his run to power, he was helped by the new ...