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E. G. Whitlam E. G. Whitlam i(A10350 works by) (a.k.a. Gough Whitlam; Edward Gough Whitlam)
Born: Established: 11 Jul 1916 Kew, Camberwell - Kew area, Melbourne - Inner South, Melbourne, Victoria, ; Died: Ceased: 21 Oct 2014
Gender: Male
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1 form y separately published work icon Ripples From Wave Hill Part 2 Lord Vestey , Paul Kelly , Billy Bunter , Maurie Ryan Japarta , Jimmy Wavehill , Violet Wadrill , Brian Manning , Alan Thorpe , Gus George , Ted Egan , Yunupingu , Kev Carmody , Paul Coe , Meredith Burgmann , Philip Nitschke , E. G. Whitlam , Canberra : ABC Television , 2007 9911980 2007 single work film/TV 'Story of Australia's first successful land rights campaign: an against-the-odds struggle that reshaped our nation. Recalls the momentous fight started 40 years ago by the Gurindji people of the Northern Territory. On Australia's biggest cattle station, they took on one of England's richest aristocrats, the beef baron Lord Vestey. Their 1966 strike became one of our longest industrial disputes. Their rebellion gave rise to a national movement. The Gurindji stuck to their demands - over nine hard years - and garnered support across Australia; from bricklayers to folk singers, from white university students to a new wave of young, urban Indigenous activists. These pioneering alliances carried the Gurindji message from the edge of the Tanami desert to the world. First-hand account of the struggle - told by the Aboriginal people who fought for their land and the radicals who joined with them.' (Source: TROVE)
1 1 y separately published work icon Abiding Interests E. G. Whitlam , St Lucia : University of Queensland Press , 1997 6966067 1997 single work autobiography

'When he became Prime Minister in December 1972 Gough Whitlam was the first Labor Prime Minister for 23 years. Within days he had abolished conscription, withdrawn the remaining Australian troops from Viet Nam, negotiated diplomatic relations with China and initiated Federal aid to State and church schools and land rights for Aborigines. In this new book, completed after his 80th birthday, he covers his activities after parliament. He reviews Governor-General Kerr's coup and robustly rebuts Chief Justice Barwick's doctrines. He examines the repercussions of the US withdrawal from Viet Nam and the Portuguese withdrawal from Timor in 1975 and the break-up of Yugoslavia in the 19902s. He discussed the decline of the Hawke Government, the rise and fall of Paul Keating and the resuscitation of John Howard. He propounds the case for a federal Republic and more representative Parliaments by the beginning of the next century.' (Publisher's blurb)
1 1 y separately published work icon Australia's First Fabians : Middle-Class Radicals, Labour Activists and the Early Labour Movement ; Foreword by Gough Whitlam Race Mathews , E. G. Whitlam , Cambridge : Cambridge University Press , 1993 Z1828521 1993 single work biography
1 Labor's Investment in Art E. G. Whitlam , 1976 single work criticism
— Appears in: Australian Author , January vol. 8 no. 1 1976; (p. 6-10)
1 Official Opening : Speech by the Prime Minister, The Hon. E.G. Whitlam, Q.C., M.P. E. G. Whitlam , 1976 single work criticism
— Appears in: Proceedings, Library Association of Australia 18th biennial Conference, Melbourne, August 1975 1976; (p. 1-4)
1 Australia's Need for Better Writers Who Are Better Off : Address to The Australian Society of Authors, 4 March 1975 E. G. Whitlam , 1975 single work criticism
— Appears in: Australian Author , April vol. 7 no. 2 1975; (p. 23-27) Australian Author , vol. 50 no. 2 2018; (p. 24-28)

'I am honoured that your Committee of Management has arranged this evening for me. The last time I spoke at the Opera House was in the election last May. I was in the company of Patrick White. So you will see that I have always had some success in getting writers on side. Now that authors are receiving public funds, now you are all on the government payroll, I expect an even bigger turnout at our next Opera House meeting, whenever that may be. In the meantime it is a pleasure to meet so many of you personally. Names familiar from innumerable dustjackets and title pages, from countless airport bookstalls and library shelves, are now fleshed out in living form. It is good to be among you.'  (Introduction)
1 New Role for the Arts Council E. G. Whitlam , 1973 single work criticism
— Appears in: Australian Government Digest , vol. 1 no. 1973; (p. 293-295) ASEA Bulletin , vol. 5 no. 6 1973; (p. 17-19)
1 Australian Council for the Arts E. G. Whitlam , 1973 single work criticism
— Appears in: Australian Government Digest , vol. 1 no. 1973; (p. 304-308)
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