Gough Whitlam
Edward Gough Whitlam the 21st Prime minister of Australia and 1st Labor Prime Minister in 23 years was born in Kew, Melbourne on the 11th of July 1916. In 1921 the family moved to Sydney where he started his education attending Mowbray House and Knox grammar school and then moved again with the family at the age of 10 in 1926, to Canberra where he attended Telopea Park High School and Canberra Boys school.
In 1935 Gough Whitlam enrolled at the University of Sydney where he completed an arts degree and began a law degree.
Gough Whitlam became Australia’s Prime minister on the 5th of December in 1972 campaigning the slogan “It’s Time”. Whitlam and his government the Labor Party the 1st one after more than two decades promised electors an ambitious package of major reform policies. These included an immediate end to Australia’s involvement in Vietnam War and an end to military conscription as well as criminal execution, Free university, A national health scheme, Aboriginal land rights, women’s rights and family law. All These Major Reform Policies were accomplished throughout his less than three years in office as Australia’s Prime minister. Edward Gough Whitlam arrived in the position keen to bring about a number of reforms and a new, progressive approach to the Australian national identity.
He graduated in Law from the University of Sydney in 1941 and then enlisted himself in the Royal Australia Air Force (RAAF) where he served as a navigator in the Air Force during the Second World War, he was later discharged in 1945 as a flight lieutenant.
Whitlam had always been interested in politics and joined the Australian Labor Party (ALP) in 1945, In 1952 Whitlam was elected to the house of representatives by winning the seat of Werriwa in a by-election. He kept this seat for 23 years and through eleven elections. In 1967 Whitlam became the Leader of the opposition, and played a central role in getting the ALP re-elected to power, he did this by modernising the
In 1935 Gough Whitlam enrolled at the University of Sydney where he completed an arts degree and began a law degree.
Gough Whitlam became Australia’s Prime minister on the 5th of December in 1972 campaigning the slogan “It’s Time”. Whitlam and his government the Labor Party the 1st one after more than two decades promised electors an ambitious package of major reform policies. These included an immediate end to Australia’s involvement in Vietnam War and an end to military conscription as well as criminal execution, Free university, A national health scheme, Aboriginal land rights, women’s rights and family law. All These Major Reform Policies were accomplished throughout his less than three years in office as Australia’s Prime minister. Edward Gough Whitlam arrived in the position keen to bring about a number of reforms and a new, progressive approach to the Australian national identity.
He graduated in Law from the University of Sydney in 1941 and then enlisted himself in the Royal Australia Air Force (RAAF) where he served as a navigator in the Air Force during the Second World War, he was later discharged in 1945 as a flight lieutenant.
Whitlam had always been interested in politics and joined the Australian Labor Party (ALP) in 1945, In 1952 Whitlam was elected to the house of representatives by winning the seat of Werriwa in a by-election. He kept this seat for 23 years and through eleven elections. In 1967 Whitlam became the Leader of the opposition, and played a central role in getting the ALP re-elected to power, he did this by modernising the