November 11 1975 – watching history being made, from the best seats in the house
- Written by Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
Opposition Leader Malcom Fraser, Lord Mayor of Melbourne Ron Walker and Prime Minister Gough Whitlam at the Lord Mayor’s Banquet in Melbourne on November 10, 1975.City of Melbourne, CC BYIn his just-released memoir, historian and former diplomat Lachlan Strahan recalls being picked up from his Melbourne primary school by a neighbour on...





