Whitlam, Edward Gough (1916–2014)
Biographical Entries
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- Whitlam, Margaret Elaine (wife)
- Whitlam, Martha Ravenshaw (mother)
- Whitlam, Harry Frederick (father)
- Dovey, Wilfred Robert (father-in-law)
- Whitlam, Henry Hugh (grandfather)
- Williams, Rees David (friend)
- St John, Edward Henry (friend)
- Ferguson, Laurie John (friend)
- Ingram, Kenneth Ross (classmate)
- Hewitt, Alison Hope (classmate)
- James, Alfred Francis (classmate)
- McAlary, Frank Stratton (classmate)
- Owen, William Francis (employee)
- Rattigan, Godfrey Alfred (employee)
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- Wheeler, Frederick Henry (employee)
- Hall, Richard Victor (employee)
- Johnson, Leslie Royston (work colleague)
- Wilenski, Peter Stephen (work colleague)
- Evatt, Herbert Vere (colleague)
- Calwell, Arthur Augustus (colleague)
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- Young, Michael Jerome (colleague)
- Stead, Christina Ellen (acquaintance)
- O'Shea, Bernard Anthony (acquaintance)
- Wong, Keith (acquaintance)
- Mathews, Russell Lloyd (acquaintance)
- Smith, Shirley Coleen (acquaintance)
- Gietzelt, Ray (acquaintance)
- Freudenberg, Graham (associate)
- Myer, Kenneth Baillieu (supporter)
- Starke, Joseph Gabriel (teacher)
- Pugh, Clifton Ernest (artist)
- Menzies, Robert Gordon (political adversary)
- McEwen, John (political adversary)
- Hasluck, Paul Meernaa (political adversary)
- McMahon, William (political adversary)
- Field, Albert Patrick (political adversary)
- Bowen, Nigel Hubert (political adversary)
- Kerr, John Robert (political adversary)
- Aston, William John (political adversary)
- Snedden, Billy Mackie (political adversary)
- Fraser, Malcolm (political adversary)
- Carroll, James Patrick (related entry)
- Hardy, Francis Joseph (related entry)
- Khemlani, Tirath Hassaram (related entry)
- Stafford, Alfred George (public servant)
- Byers, Maurice Hearne (public servant)
- Bunting, Edward John (public servant)
- Griffith, Allan Thomas (public servant)
- Lingiari, Vincent (beneficiary)
Gough Whitlam, c.1972
National Archives of Australia, A6135:K21/9/72/9
Australian Broadcasting Commission
11 November 1975
Transcript
Life Summary [details]
Birth
11 July,
1916
Kew, Melbourne,
Victoria,
Australia
Death
21 October,
2014
(aged 98)
Sydney,
New South Wales,
Australia
Cause of Death
Religious Influence
Includes the religion in which subjects were raised, have chosen themselves, attendance at religious schools and/or religious funeral rites; Atheism and Agnosticism have been included.
Education
- Church of England Girls School (Chatswood, Sydney)
- Mowbray House School (Chatswood, Sydney)
- Knox Grammar School (Sydney)
- Telopea Park High School (ACT)
- Canberra Grammar School
- St Paul's College (University of Sydney)
- University of Sydney
Occupation
- air force officer
- ambassador
- barrister
- labour politician
- Member of Lower House
- prime minister
- radio quiz contestant
Military Service
Awards
Key Events
Legacies
Key Organisations
- New South Wales Bar Association
- Aboriginal tent embassy (ACT, 1972)
- United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization Advisory Committee
- Australian Constitutional Commission
- Australia-China Society (NSW)
- National Gallery of Australia