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Troy Bramston: "Gough Whitlam: The Vista of the New"
In this episode of Biographers in Conversation, Troy Bramston chats with Dr Gabriella Kelly-Davies about Gough Whitlam: The Vista of the New. This is the first full biography of Gough Whitlam, a former Australian Prime Minister, since his death in 2014.
Here’s what you’ll discover in this episode:
The biography’s subtitle The Vista of the New came from a poem Gough Whitlam wrote in 1934 as a student at Canberra Grammar School. In it, he imagines a bolder brighter future for Australia.
The biography’s central theme is political leadership.
Troy Bramston is interested in how power is gained…
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