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The truth about the dismissal.(History)(dismissal of the Whitlam government by the Governor-General)(Excerpt)

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| March 01, 2005 | Smith, David (American novelist) | COPYRIGHT 2005 Quadrant Magazine Company, Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

PROBABLY NO EVENT in Australia's political history has received as much coverage in the media and in the history books as has the dismissal of the Whitlam government by the Governor-General, Sir John Kerr, on November 11, 1975. And certainly no event in Australia's political history has received so much inaccurate and misleading coverage. As for Mr Whitlam himself, there has grown up around him almost an entire industry devoted to polishing his image and turning him into a legend in his own lifetime. It's time we had a look at the basis of legendary image.

Whitlam has described the events of November 11 as a coup, but it was nothing of the kind. A coup is defined ...

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