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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, Sir John Kerr, at the climax of the 1975 constitutional crisis.
Sep 25, 2024 · Gough Whitlam 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 governor-general. Whitlam was born in Kew, a suburb of Melbourne.
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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.
Oct 21, 2014 · Gough Whitlam, prime minister for less than three years between 1972 and 1975, pushed through a raft of reforms that radically changed Australia's economic, legal and cultural landscape.
Edward Gough Whitlam (1916-2014), barrister, prime minister, and ambassador, was born on 11 July 1916 at Kew, Melbourne, elder of two children and only son of Henry Frederick Ernest (Fred) Whitlam, public servant, lawyer, and human rights advocate, and Martha (Mattie), née Maddocks, both Victorian-born.
Oct 21, 2014 · Gough Whitlam, Labor prime minister from 1972 to 1975, has died aged 98. A giant of modern Australian politics, his passing triggered a flood of tributes on Tuesday morning.
Oct 20, 2014 · Gough Whitlam, the prime minister who changed Australia in the 1970s. Gough Whitlam found himself at the centre of a constitutional crisis after being dismissed as prime minister by...
