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Harry Frederick Ernest "Fred" Whitlam (3 April 1884 – 8 December 1961) was Australia's Crown Solicitor from 1936 to 1949, and a pioneer of international human rights law in Australia. He was the father of Prime Minister Gough Whitlam, and had a great influence on his son's values and interests.
Apr 16, 2015 · From Canberra, Fred Whitlam (who had drafted the terms of the referendum) sent Gough the paperwork – in typical disinterested public service style enclosing both the “Yes” and “No” cases ...
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His father, Fred Whitlam, was Commonwealth Crown Solicitor. He came to Canberra in 1928, when Gough was 12 and had attended private primary schools, including Knox Grammar, in Sydney.
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The Whitlam Institute sends deep condolences to the family and friends of Freda Whitlam, who passed away yesterday on 30 May at the age of 97. Freda was the beloved only sister of former Prime Minister Gough Whitlam.
Harry Frederick Ernest (Fred) Whitlam (1884-1961), Commonwealth crown solicitor, was born on 3 April 1884 at Prahran, Melbourne, eldest of five children of Victorian-born parents Henry Hugh Gough Whitlam, clerk, and his wife Janet Turnbull, née Steele.
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Edward Gough Whitlam [a] AC QC (11 July 1916 – 21 October 2014) was the 21st prime minister of Australia, serving from 1972 to 1975. He held office as the leader of the Australian Labor Party (ALP), of which he was the longest-serving.
Gough’s father Fred Whitlam, as Solicitor-General, had helped to draw up ASIO’s initial charter when the Chifley government created ASIO in 1949. Instead Whitlam appointed Justice Robert Hope, of the NSW Supreme Court, to undertake a Royal Commission on Intelligence and Security.
