Sir Gough Whitlam

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:person
gptkbp:almaMater gptkb:University_of_Sydney
gptkbp:awarded gptkb:Companion_of_the_Order_of_Australia
Queen's Counsel
gptkbp:birthDate 1916-07-11
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:Kew,_Victoria,_Australia
gptkbp:children gptkb:Catherine_Dovey
gptkb:Nicholas_Whitlam
gptkb:Stephen_Whitlam
gptkb:Tony_Whitlam
gptkbp:deathDate 2014-10-21
gptkbp:deathPlace gptkb:Sydney,_New_South_Wales,_Australia
gptkbp:fullName gptkb:Edward_Gough_Whitlam
gptkbp:honorificPrefix gptkb:QC
gptkb:AC
The Honourable
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Sir Gough Whitlam
gptkbp:memberOfParliamentFor gptkb:Werriwa
gptkbp:militaryRank Flight Lieutenant
gptkbp:militaryService gptkb:Royal_Australian_Air_Force
1941–1945
gptkbp:nationality gptkb:Australian
gptkbp:notableFor gptkb:1975_Australian_constitutional_crisis
gptkb:Racial_Discrimination_Act_1975
Establishment of diplomatic relations with China
Medibank introduction
Land rights for Indigenous Australians
Abolition of conscription
Free university education
gptkbp:occupation gptkb:lawyer
politician
gptkbp:parliamentaryTerm 1952
1978
gptkbp:politicalParty gptkb:Australian_Labor_Party
gptkbp:portrait Gough Whitlam 1973.jpg
gptkbp:precededBy gptkb:William_McMahon
gptkbp:primeMinister gptkb:Australia
gptkbp:publishedWork gptkb:Abiding_Interests
gptkb:The_Truth_of_the_Matter
My Italian Notebook
On Australia's Constitution
gptkbp:religion atheism
gptkbp:signature Gough Whitlam signature.svg
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Margaret_Whitlam
gptkbp:successor gptkb:Malcolm_Fraser
gptkbp:termEnd 1975-11-11
gptkbp:termStart 1972-12-05
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:St_Andrew's_College,_University_of_Sydney
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6