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Edward gough whitlam was born on 11 july 1916 at the family home ngara, 46 rowland street, kew, a suburb of melbourne, the elder of two children his sister, freda, was born four years after him, to. Gough whitlam, australias twentyfirst prime minister, swept to power in december 1972, ending twentythree years of co. It was in this context that the institute convened a roundtable to consider the implications of the survey for the future of australian democracy a key them of the whitlams institutes public policy program. Someone who valued education, and respected the traditional owners of our land. He won the 1974 election before being controversially dismissed by the governorgeneral of australia. Elected in a national mood of hope and anticipation, the government was steeped in. Edward gough whitlam 11 july 1916 21 october 2014, known gough whitlam, was an australian politician.
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