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In our
Australian classes we often tell you about important Australian
values, many of which were realised by the Labour government
(1972-1975) lead by Prime Minister Gough Whitlam. It was during
this period that Australia dismantled the White Australia Policy
and officially adopted multiculturalism. The New York Times
gives this summary of his/their achievements:
(the 1972 campaign poster)
(in 1975)
Mr. Whitlam was an important and influential figure of
Australian politics and public life even after his official
political career. He died on 21 October, 2014 at the age of 98,
and the obituaries of this great man offer an interesting
insight into his life and actions as well as a few Australian
social issues.
This one is by Australian writer, Tom Keneally, author of Schindler's list (originally: Shindler's Ark), and The Chant of Jimmy Blacksmith: http://www.smh.com.au/comment/gough-whitlam-a-monument-of-a-man-remembered-for-lifetime-of-action-20141022-119r1g.html
The political struggle that led to the affirmation of native title enshrined in the Mabo and Wik decisions is the subject of this momentous photograph. Appropriately, it was taken by Mervyn Bishop, Australia's first Aboriginal press photographer and a noted recorder of customary and contemporary life in Aboriginal communities. Bishop caught the human as well as the historical significance of the transferral of soil from the hand of a white prime minister, the reformist Gough Whitlam, to that of a Gurindji elder, Vincent Lingiari. Both men seem awed, even humbled, by the power of their own gesture, enacted against a brilliant blue Australian sky. Land at the Vestey-operated Wave Hill Station was handed back to its traditional owners, the Gurindji people, in August 1975, after decades of servitude and a nine-year walkout. The centrality of the concept of land, or more properly of place, in Aboriginal culture and consciousness is here given expression in a modern medium. from The Art Gallery of NSW Handbook, 1999.
These are links to accounts of PM Whitlam's memorial service in Sydney Town Hall. The speeches by actress Cate Blanchett and lawyer/academic/indigenous activist Noel Pearson are particularly noteworthy: Whitlam memorial account: http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-11-05/gough-whitlam-to-be-farewelled-in-state-memorial-service/5866874 Noel Pearson: http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-11-05/pearson-a-salute-to-australias-greatest-white-elder/5868730 text Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=JsXmYHiuJ8s
Cate Blanchett: video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6uNhvvR6XKI
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The Great Barrier Reef Dried out lake Litchfield Waterfall
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