Gough Whitlam
A Moment in History
Gough Whitlam examines Australian political and cultural developments in the twentieth century through the life of one of its most significant public figures.
Opinion
'Gough Whitlam is a compelling political narrative, enlivened with a warmth and humanity and a wealth of personal anecdote missing
from previous accounts of Gough's career'.
Evan Williams, The Weekend Australian, 15/11/08
'the best Australian political biography in decades.'
Greg Kelton, Adelaide Advertiser, 17/11/08
About this Title
This moment was not his alone, nor could it ever have come about without him . . . Gough Whitlam turned to Graham Freudenberg, touched him lightly on the shoulder, saying, 'It's been a long road, Comrade, but we're there', and walked out to meet the spotlight . . .
Acclaimed biographer Jenny Hocking's Gough Whitlam: A Moment in History is the first contemporary and definitive biographical study of the former Labor Prime Minister.
From his childhood in the fledging city of Canberra to his first appearance as Prime Minister (playing Neville Chamberlain), to his extensive war service in the Pacific and marriage to Margaret, the champion swimmer and daughter of Justice Wilfred Dovey, the biography draws on previously unseen archival material, extensive interviews with family and colleagues, and exclusive interviews with Gough Whitlam himself.
Hocking's narrative skill and scrupulous research reveals an extraordinary and complex man, whose life is, in every way, formed by the remarkable events of previous generations of his family, and who would, in turn, change Australian political and cultural developments in the twentieth century.
Gough Whitlam: A Moment in History is a magnificent biography that illuminates the path that took one man to power.
Table of Contents
Preface
1 'Out in the Rough Weather of Tuesday'
2 Two Good Men
3 'Land of the Blowflies'
4 An Obedient Son
5 Aching to Return Home
6 A Car in the Bar
7 'Those Melbourne Fellows Have a Bug'
8 'Have You Got the Blue Book, Comrade?'
9 A Public Display of Irrelevance
10 Living Dangerously
11 An Office Full of Long-Hairs
12 'Whose Party is This--Ours or His?'
13 Everything Changed in '69
14 A Moment in History
Notes
Bibliography
Acknowledgements
Index
About the Author
Jenny Hocking is Research Professor in the National Centre for Australian Studies at Monash University. She is the author of two major political biographies, Lionel Murphy: A Political Biography, shortlisted in the South Australian Festival Awards for Literature: National Non-Fiction Awards, and Frank Hardy: Politics Literature Life , shortlisetd in the NSW Premier's History Awards. Jenny has also written extensively on counter-terrorism and democracy, most recently in Terror Laws: ASIO, Counter-terrorism and the Threat to Democracy.
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