Abiding Interests (1997), Foreword
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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.
— Gough Whitlam
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About Gough Whitlam
Gough Whitlam (11 July 1916 – 21 October 2014) was the 21st Prime Minister of Australia, serving from December 1972 to November 1975. He held office as the leader of the Australian Labor Party, and was its longest-serving leader. He was notable for being the head of a reformist and socially progressive administration that ended with his controversial dismissal by the governor-general of Australia, Sir John Kerr, at the climax of the 1975 constitutional crisis. Whitlam is the only Australian prime minister to have been removed from office by the governor-general.
About Gough Whitlam
Gough Whitlam (11 July 1916 – 21 October 2014) was the 21st Prime Minister of Australia, serving from December 1972 to November 1975. He held office as the leader of the Australian Labor Party, and was its longest-serving leader. He was notable for being the head of a reformist and socially progressive administration that ended with his controversial dismissal by the governor-general of Australia, Sir John Kerr, at the climax of the 1975 constitutional crisis. Whitlam is the only Australian prime minister to have been removed from office by the governor-general.
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