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Malcolm Fraser’s Whitlam Oration

June 6, 2012

Former Prime Minister Malcolm Fraser has delivered the 2012 Whitlam Oration to the Whitlam Institute in Sydney.

Nearly thirty-seven years after the Fraser-led coalition parties blocked the Budget and Sir John Kerr dismissed the Whitlam government, Fraser remarked that in the 1970s “few people would have believed that Malcolm Fraser would be delivering a Gough Whitlam oration”.

Fraser, 82, spoke mainly about foreign policy and international politics, and issues concerning race, immigration and refugees.

Parliamentary Tributes To Margaret Whitlam

March 23, 2012

Audio and Video files of parliamentary tributes to Margaret Whitlam on March 19: Gillard, Abbott, Plibersek, Bishop, Rudd, Turnbull, Faulkner, Payne, Brown, Frydenberg and Griggs. Also includes audio of eulogies from Tony Whitlam and Catherine Dovey at the memorial service held on March 23.

Margaret Whitlam Dies, 92

March 17, 2012

ABC and Channel 10 television news report on the death of Margaret Whitlam.

Paul Jones, Creator Of ‘It’s Time’ Advertisement, Dies

February 2, 2007

The death of the creator of Gough Whitlam’s 1972 ‘It’s Time’ campaign commercial has been reported by The Australian newspaper.

The paper says that Paul Jones, the former creative director of the advertising agency McCann Erickson, was found dead in a Sydney park two days ago. He was 59, according to the article, but most likely 69, according to this 1971 article in The Australian.

The famous commercial featured many television and recording artists of the time singing ‘It’s Time’.

Richard Carleton, A Face From The Dismissal, Dies, 62

May 7, 2006

Richard Carleton, the journalist and a face in the crowd in the famous picture of the crowd on the steps of Parliament House on November 11, has died at the Beaconsfield mine in Tasmania.

Whitlam: A PM On PMs

December 3, 1997

Video of Gough Whitlams's PM on PMs address at Old Parliament House on the 25th anniversary of the election of his government.

20 Years On: Four Corners Remembers The Dismissal

November 11, 1995

Four Corners broadcast a 20-year anniversary program on The Dismissal in November 1995.

Keating On Kerr

April 9, 1991

Sir John Kerr died in Sydney on April 7, 1991.

During the Condolence motion in the House of Representatives, the then Treasurer, Paul Keating, intervened in the debate after hearing the Opposition Leader, Dr. John Hewson, speak.

Sir John Kerr Dies, 76

March 25, 1991

Sir John Kerr Dies, 76

Sir John Kerr, the Governor-General who dismissed Gough Whitlam, has died, in Sydney, at the age of 76.

Kerr died on Sunday, March 24, but his death was not reported until the next day.

This is the Channel 9 News Melbourne report of Kerr’s death.

Sir John Kerr Breaks His Silence And Talks To Geoffrey Robertson

November 11, 1987

In 1987, Sir John Kerr broke his silence and appeared on ABC television in conversation with Geoffrey Robertson, in a program called Talking Shop.

Kerr

Kerr and Robertson canvassed some of the issues concerning the Dismissal, including the question of his possible dismissal by Whitlam. Kerr dismisses the idea that he should have warned Whitlam of the possibility of his removal.

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