Issue 12 - A new world for Australia's political heartland (March 2003)
Issue 12 Index
It's Time™ is the online e-magazine of the Whitlam Institute.
36 documents added to the P.M. Collection online
This month we add Gough Whitlam's seminal address presented more than 40 years ago on 'The future of the ALP'. He delivered this important speech to a meeting of the Constitutional Association of Australia when he was Deputy Leader of the ALP. We also enhance the 1960-1970 collection with more papers from the files of Werriwa's local member. Also this month we start expanding the Whitlam Government collection with more items from 1973 marking the consolidation of the Whitlam policy agenda.
The future of Australian politics in Western Sydney
Released this month is the new book by University of Western Sydney historian, David Burchell, Western Horizon. He examines emerging political patterns in Sydney's Heartland in the context of Tampa and world terror.
Getting In
More than nine million people have migrated to Australia since 1788. Countless others have tried and failed. E.G. Whitlam launched the Getting In exhibition at the Immigration Museum, Melbourne, on 25 February 2003. This permanent exhibition documents the immigration policies that have shaped Victoria and Australia since the 1800s and how these policies have shaped our national identity.
Your own little piece of history
Responding to heavy demand we have more 'It's time' t-shirts. Selling now, only from the Whitlam Institute. T-shirts (small, medium, large and extra large) are only $25 each (plus $6.30 postage). Please contact the Whitlam Institute for yours! All in vivid orange - the classic model.
Celebrating the High Court's Centenary
Former chief justice of the High Court, Sir Anthony Mason, addressed a special gathering (including E.G. Whitlam) to mark 100 years of the High Court in February 2003. The relationship between the Whitlam Government and the Privy Council was highlighted in his speech.
Go to the Documents: An address on the role of historians
New to our collection of E.G. Whitlam's contemporary speeches is his address to the National Bi-annual Postgraduate History Conference held in 2001 at the University of Melbourne. Now, as then, his views on so-called "black armband" history and the historiography of war remain pertinent.
