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The Dismissal : Where Were You on November 11, 1975?.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Nolan, Sybil.
- Hocking, Jenny, author of introduction, etc.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Australia--Politics and government--1945-.
- Australia.
- Australian Labor Party--History--20th century.
- Australian Labor Party.
- Whitlam, Gough, 1916-2014.
- Whitlam, Gough.
- Kerr, John, Sir, 1914-1991.
- Kerr, John.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (129 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Melbourne : Melbourne University Publishing, 2015.
- Summary:
- The dismissal of Gough Whitlam's Labor government on November 11, 1975, was stunning news to most Australians, whichever side of the political divide they inhabited. Many people on first hearing that the Governor-General had sacked the Prime Minister, and appointed the Opposition leader as caretaker in his place, simply refused to believe it. Yet the ALP was defeated at the election that followed, and one of the most dramatic periods of political reform the nation had ever experienced abruptly ended. Shockwaves from the Dismissal generated profound political and personal ripples, particularly in the lives of those who had come of age in the 1960s and '70s. For some, it was a marker of what had been gained and lost in those remarkable years of change. For others directly involved in the events, it was a battle to the political death over principles and power. In this entertaining collection, thirty prominent Australians recall the events of November 11, 1975, and the days and weeks that followed. From Bob Ellis to Bonb Hawke, Lindy Morrison to Frank Moorhouse, Michelle Grattan to David Kemp, they take stock of those times with a mixture of passion, pride, regret, scepticism and humour.
- Contents:
- The Dismissal. Out of a blue sky / John Button
- A full-throated roar of protest / Mike Steketee
- The day the music died / Bob Ellis
- Meanwhile back in the Senate / Ken Wriedt. The Liberals' Story. Red felt pen on green paper / David Kemp
- D-day / Dale Budd
- A matter of principle / Ian Macphee
- A soldier regrets / Peter Baume. 'The Outskirts of Parliament'. Flying into a storm / Bob Hawke
- On the steps of history / Patrick Weller and Bron Stevens
- Right in the thick of it / David Smith
- No call for repentance / Glyn Davis. Disbelief. The professors' lunch / Frank Moorhouse
- Reeling in the aisles / Michael Gawenda
- An excursion / Pamela Bone
- The historians' picnic / Ann Curthoys. Radical Responses. Doing the born to rule boogie / Steve J. Spears
- The dismissal and me / Marg O'Donnell
- First lessons in getting angry / Michael Gurr
- What our fathers said / Craig Sherborne
- View from an island / Peter Davis. Meanwhile, Far Away ... Through the looking glass / KS Inglis
- Holy year / Shane Carmody
- Stranded / Lindy Morrison. An Argument for Democracy. Coup de blah / Gerard Henderson
- Voyage around my constitution / Mark McKenna. After the Deluge. Putting the god in Gough / Tony Wright
- Politics at full throttle / Michelle Grattan.
- Notes:
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 9780522869224
- 052286922X
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