HISTORY: Revisiting the Dismissal*

The 30th anniversary of the election of the Whitlam Government prompts consideration of its dismissal, three years later. Kenneth Gee re-examines these events.On 11 November 1975, Sir John Kerr, Governor-General of Australia, dismissed from office Gough Whitlam and his Labor Government, bringing to an end a financial and political crisis that went close to bringing this country to its knees. Thereafter an opaque cloud has lain over the events of that day, made up of ignorance, distortion and cal…

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