Whitlam, (Edward) Gough
WHITLAM, (Edward) Gough
WHITLAM, (Edward) Gough. Australian, b. 1916. Genres: Politics/ Government. Career: Labor Party Member of Parliament (Aus.) for Werriwa, NSW, 1952-78: Deputy Leader, Labor Party, 1960-67; Leader of the Opposition, 1967-72, 1975-77; Leader of the Australian Labor Party, 1967- 77; Prime Minister of Australia, 1972-75, also Foreign Minister, 1972-73. Visiting Fellow, 1978-79 and First National Fellow, 1980-81, Australian National University, Canberra; Visiting Professor of Australian Studies, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, 1979-80. Member, Independent Commission on International Humanitarian Issues, 1983-87; Australian Ambassador to Unesco, 1983-86; Member, Executive Board of Unesco, 1985-89, and Australian Constitutional Commission, 1986-88. Chairman, Australia-China Council, 1986-91, and Australian National Gallery Council, 1987-90. Publications: The Constitution versus Labor, 1957; Australian Foreign Policy, 1963; Socialism within the Constitution, 1965; Australia: Base or Bridge, 1966; Beyond Vietnam: Australia's Regional Responsibility, 1968; Australia: An Urban Nation, 1970; A New Federalism, 1971; Australian Public Administration, 1973; Australia's Foreign Policy, 1973; Road to Reform, 1975; The New Federalism, 1976; On Australia's Constitution, 1977; Reform During Recession, 1978; The Truth of the Matter, 1979; The Italian Inspiration in English Literature, 1980; A Pacific Community (Harvard lectures), 1981; Australian Federalism in Crisis, 1983; The Whitlam Government, 1985; International Law-Making, 1989; Australia's Administrative Amnesia, 1990; National Collecting Institutions, 1990; Living with the United States: British Dominions and New Pacific States, 1990; National and International Maturity, 1991; Co-ordination of Transportation, 1992; Human Rights in One Nation, 1992; Abiding Interests, 1997; My Italian Notebook, 2002. Address: 100 William St, Sydney, NSW 2011, Australia.
