How Did Gough Whitlam Influence Australia

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Gough Whitlam was the 21st Prime Minister in Australia from December 1972 to November 1975. Like his father, Whitlam became a lawyer. He always had an interest in politics and joined the Australian Labour Party (ALP) in 1945. Australia had seen better prime ministers than Gough Whitlam although few who have made a bigger impact on political and public life. His government flashed across the political sky like a meteor, soaring to dizzy heights before crashing to earth in an even more dazzling shower of sparks. (The Austrlians ) It lasted just three years and 11 days before he was defeated by Bill Hayden.
Edward Gough Whitlam was born in Kew, Melborne on the 11th July, 1916 in an upper-class suburb of Melborne. When he was young his family …show more content…
At 15 he moved to Canberra Grammar School to further ground the classics, so he studied Ancient Greek. He then three times sat the leaving certificate between 1932-1934. Gough enrolled for the University of Sydney in 1935 where he studied law and arts. In 1941 he joined the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) during World War II and in 1947 he practised worked as a barrister and appointed the Queen’s Counsel in 1950. Later on in 1945 Whitlam joined the Labour Party. (Wikipedia, …show more content…
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