Gough Whitlam
Edward Gough Whitlam was the 21st prime minister of Australia, serving from December 1972 to November 1975. To date the longest-serving federal 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, John Kerr, at the climax of the 1975 constitutional crisis. Whitlam remains the only Australian prime minister to have been removed from office by a governor-general.
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Background
- Born in
- Melbourne
- Educated at
- University of SydneyCanberra Grammar SchoolMowbray HouseTelopea Park School
- Awards
- 🏆 Centenary Medal🏆 Australian National Living Treasure🏆 Companion of the Order of Australia🏆 Honorary Grand Companion of the Order of Logohu🏆 Grand Cordon of the Order of the Rising Sun
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"Vincent Lingiari, I solemnly hand to you these deeds as proof, in Australian law, that these lands belong to the Gurindji people and I put into your hands part of the earth itself as a sign that this …"
"When Sir Winton Turnbull , a slow and sometimes stumbling speaker, was raving and ranting on the adjournment and shouted: "I am a Count–ry member". I interjected "I remember". Sir Winton could not und…"
"The punters know that the horse named Morality rarely gets past the post, whereas the nag named Self-interest always runs a good race."
"Well may we say "God save the Queen", because nothing will save the Governor-General! The Proclamation which you have just heard read by the Governor-General's Official Secretary was countersigned "Ma…"
"If I begin my book with a review of the coup, it is only to show that my abiding interests for Australia did not end with it. They shall end only with a long and fortunate life."
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