Born in 1975?

Ron Williams

This is  a series of books about life in Australia – one for each year from 1939. They describe happenings that affected people, real people. The whole series, to coin a modern phrase, is designed to push your buttons, to make you remember and wonder at things forgotten.

Whitlam had lead the Parliament for 2 years. His shine was starting to tarnish, and he was no longer seen as God, but as god. Meantime, the economy was nearly ruined, half a million people were on the dole, and interest rates on home loans was 17 percent. His ministers kept on  making big changes, and some of them were sensible. Towards the end of the year, he had a long-running fight with Malcolm Fraser, and the Governor General. He lost both of these and was pensioned off as Prime Minister.