Truth Of The Matter: His Powerful Account of the Dismissal
Gough Whitlam's own account of the day Canberra changed forever.
November 11, 1975 is the day Canberra still cannot stop talking about, and in Truth Of The Matter Gough Whitlam gives his own account of being dismissed on the steps of Parliament House. It is history from the eye of the storm — the constitutional showdown between a prime minister, a governor-general and the Senate that remains the most dramatic moment in the nation's political life. For the history buff, the law student, or the visitor who has stood where "well may we say God save the Queen" was declared, it is a gripping, first-hand read. A landmark title for any collection of Canberra's political stories, and a gift that turns the capital's most famous crisis into a page-turner told by the man at its centre.
- Gough Whitlam's first-hand account of the 1975 Dismissal
- The defining constitutional crisis of Australian politics
- History straight from the man at the centre of it
- A must-have for anyone gripped by Canberra's biggest drama